Life isn’t easy. Maybe it isn’t supposed to be.
Diamonds are formed by intense pressure. Olives must be pressed to make oil. Sometimes there are parts of us that must break in order to become.
The man who I grew up knowing as Superman underwent a life-changing accident. Someone who was the top of the food chain when it came to strong people. He became stronger when he faced the accident and the following paralysis with unabashed hope. Christopher Reeve will always be my Superman, not for his tight-clad heroic escapades, but for wearing hope in the face of what many would consider unimaginable loss.
Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.
Christopher Reeve
So, this means that no matter what is going on in your life, no matter the struggle or success, the greatest thing you can cling to is hope.
Hope can change the world, all it needs is to be held despite changing circumstances or emotions.
It won’t necessarily make it easier, but hope will give strength where it seemed it wasn’t before.
Hope in better days. Hope for a life of your dreams. Hope to endure. Hope to overcome.
“Hope is being able to see there is light despite all the darkness.”
Desmond Tutu
When you have hope, you can not be overcome.
Stay strong, skywriters. You have more to give this world. As Morgan Harper Nichols says, “Tell the story of the mountain you climbed. Your words could be a page in someone else’s survival guide.”