Gardez espoir ma ami

Gardez espoir ma ami...keep hoping my friend.   

Isn't that something we all need?  Hope, hope in another day, hope in love, hope in life, we just need it.  We long for it even though we may not know it.  Some people have it.  They hope that someday their troubles will be far away, they hope that maybe tomorrow will be a better day, they hope that maybe, just maybe, the grass IS greener on the other side.  Hope pushes us to try new things, to push our limits, to step out of our comfort zones because, maybe that hope could be much more then a hope. 

For me, hope is that dream that I keep reaching for.  That thing that is just out of reach that I can see and imagine but not reach.  Hope is that thing that keeps me going each morning when I open my eyes to a fresh new day.  It's what helps me keep my head up in the high tides of life. 

Hope is that thing that we all have deep inside us somewhere.  Some people say "I have lost all hope" but is it really possible to lose all hope?  Or will there always be this little thing inside us wriggling and squirming?  See, I don't believe that all hope can be lost.  There is always hope.  To some people that may be their ambition, their plans, their dreams.  

For me, that hope that will always be there, will always be shining, and will always be marvelous, my hope is the One who made heaven and earth.  The One who, despite all our sins, has never lost hope in us.  

So as humans, is it our job to give up, or lose hope when we fail, feel alone, or are struggling?  Or is it our job to grab hold of His hope, and make it our own, and allow it to grow and expand in our hearts and minds?

Gardez espoir ma ami ~ Girl Unscripted