"Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love." Bradley Whitford came up with that little gem. It was a little longer than that when I read it, but I shortened it so that I too, wouldn't be a windbag! So who is Bradley Whitford? He seems to be an actor from the show West Wing and some other TV shows. Nice quote Bradley! This is the best quote I have seen on hope in a long while. Usually people go on and on about how hope sustains them... or how they have abandoned hope... or how its a good breakfast but a poor dinner... blah, blah, blah! What they fail to notice is that hope without action is a waste. If you don't take the steps necessary to chase your hope, you will likely never achieve it. Think about it! If my hope was to win the lottery (it's not), I would never be able to win it, no matter how hard I hoped, if I never actually played the lottery.! That little bit of action was necessary! How can I win it if I do not even have a ticket! That is a very simple example. Let's try one a little more complex. I hope to find a home-based business to start in my spare time and eventually do full time as my way of making a living. Now, that hope would be ridiculous if I never take the time to research home-based businesses or try out different ideas to see what will work. You see, without taking any sort of action, all of our hopes are likely to be dashed, unless they just happen to come about by chance. Are you looking for world peace? Well then start in your own back yard! Be at peace and be peaceful with all of the people you meet. I for one did not join the military when I was younger, nor do I teach my children that they should be coerced into joining either. I hope that my daughters will be happy in life. To that end, I try to spend as much of my time with them as I can. I have taken responsibility for teaching them what I believe is important, and I try to help them to make logical decisions about their choices in life. I try to remember that "what I believe is right for them, may not be what they believe is right for themselves. Career choices are up to them. I do try to encourage them to follow their dreams though... and to take action towards them. In the end, I believe all of their hopes can be achieved, if they are willing to take the actions required for their hopes or dreams. An important factor there is that they actually know the costs necessary to achieve their goal. It is very tough to become a black belt if you don't practice. By practice I mean both going to class and working out at home as well. If you do that consistently, then I believe you can achieve a black belt (I told Maddie and now Ashleigh). I tell them this about other of their hopes and dreams as well. I try to point out what they will need to do to reach those goals. Then I leave it to them to decide if the goal is worth the effort. Take actions people. Examine your hopes. Think about what would be necessary to make them a reality, and then take action!
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