"Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future." That's a quote by Robert H. Schuller, a well-known TV evangelist. You might have seen him on his show, The Hour of Power, which he hosted from 1970 until 2010.
I think Schuller's quote is spot-on and easy to understand. And, I believe he is correct. It is so easy to sit back and wallow in our misfortunes. To feel down, and blame it on what has happened to us in the past. Easy... but not the right thing. There is so much more out there in the world than pain and sorrow. While it is okay to grieve, we must be careful to not allow it to take over our life. Regardless if you are rich or poor, there are many things out there that can make you happy. One of my favorite past times is to seek out old, covered bridges that I may not have seen yet. When we first moved to New England, I had read that there were only thirteen covered bridges left in all of New England. This is incorrect, but I didn't know that at the time. I thought that since they had seemingly disappeared so quickly, that it would be a cool idea to have Maddie see all of the remaining covered bridges, so that she would have a really cool story to tell her grand kids some day. Well, we saw about eleven covered bridges before we found out that there were numerous covered bridges still throughout New England. We laugh about that constantly! Even so, we still like to see new covered bridges when we get the chance, and I have been known to drive a half an hour out of our way to see one. It has become a family obsession. The point of that story, I guess, is that it costs us nothing but a little time to go see these bridges. Yet we take pictures of the bridges and look forward to seeing them... and we still hope to see all of them that we can. Hope can go a long way towards happiness. All said, if you have a choice between hopes and hurts, let your hopes guide you. You'd be surprised where they can lead you. With that said, it is off to the circus! I HOPE the girls will enjoy it as much as I will!
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Archives
September 2021
Categories
All
|