Colleen says "Hope is important"

We have a lovely gentle lady who comes to our drop-in centre. She does not share much about her past life, but enough for us to know that it has not at all been plain sailing. She has had a pretty tough time of it, does not now have much of the "normal stuff" in her life but is always very positive and caring in the way she relates.

She showed us this little bit of writing that she has done on the subject of "Hope". I share it with you. It sounds like some event prompted it, but I think the basic thoughts are worth sharing.

Hope

I feel in my heart that hope is undermined and not given the consideration it deserves.

There are times when I get angry when I hear people’s hopes get dashed by a person who thinks they have the right to tell these people that hope is not real or needed or is not to be believed in. Hope is a special thing that can come from the heart that can be combined with something higher. It can give somebody that little bit extra until such a time when hope is realised or gives them a better quality of life.

When you take away a person’s hope you have the capability to break a person’s spirit.

No one has the right to do that to anybody no matter how well intended their motives are. When you break a person’s spirit you cause pain as much as any physical pain caused by a break. Hope is something that can get people to face their days when otherwise they would not ever want to carry on or feel like no one believed in them to give them the edge in their lives. When you give them something to work for or live for the smile that they may give you in return will light up your life for many years to come.

Put yourselves in their shoes be it a child or even an animal, they need something to look forward to. May people reconsider what they are going to say sometimes and think how they would feel in the same position?

Your blessings will be in the reality that you have put sunshine into a dark void in someone’s life.

Kind regards – Colleen