Hope For Tomorrow



 

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Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. Albert Einstein.

Last month on the Kinwomen blog we discussed how important it is to live in the present. That today is all we have and that there are no guarantees for tomorrow.

That is all true, but we also need hope. Hope is found in the idea that there is a tomorrow where all things are possible. Whether it is a literal tomorrow, or the future generally, we all need to believe that tomorrow will be better.

We all want—

a tomorrow where we haven’t made any mistakes yet.

a tomorrow where good things can happen.

a tomorrow where circumstances can change.

Tomorrow is a day where we have the possibility of a fresh start. Tomorrow’s story hasn’t been written yet. The image of a fresh page waiting to be filled with tomorrow’s story gives us hope.

Tomorrow may or may not come, but what tomorrow gives us is the hope we need when—

our today is filled with disappointment at ourselves or others.

Our today is filled with sadness

Our today is filled with loneliness.

Our today is filled with failure.

Humans need hope. Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them. ~Vincent McNabb

The prospect of a new day gives us the opportunity to—

try again.

start fresh.

make a new decision.

meet someone new.

forgive.

to apologise.

A new day gives us the opportunity to gather our courage, to be brave and face the future with hope. It’s an opportunity to think about things differently and to use the lessons we learnt yesterday for our benefit tomorrow.

I don’t know how many times I’ve gone to bed with a worry-filled mind only to wake with a fresh focus and a sense of starting over.

So, if your today is filled with disappointment, keep hoping for a better tomorrow.

 

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Heaven’s Kiss by Steve Fraser www.stevefraser.co

 

 


About Elaine Fraser

Elaine realised she wanted to be a writer at ten years of age when the words flew off the page during a creative writing lesson. She studied English and Education at university and went on to spend many years as a high school English teacher teaching others how to write. In 2005, Elaine took the plunge and began writing full-time. Since then she has published five books and blogs at www.elainefraser.co. Elaine’s passion is to write about real issues with a spiritual edge. When she’s not travelling the world in search of quirky bookstores or attending writing retreats in exotic locations, she can be found in the Perth hills sitting in her library—writing, reading, mentoring writers and hugging her golden retriever.