The Second Book The 47th Chapter - You Can Give Hope

Aug 31/17

What is the power of hope to someone?  Have you experienced or are experiencing a time where you are faced with a large amount of life's challenges?  Where it seems like you are on the right track yet results are not coming your way?  As your going through this period, have you wished someone would respond in a positive way that is supporting what you are trying to accomplish?  Then finally after days, months or even years you start to get positive feedback that results in providing you the feeling of hope.

How do you measure that value of the feeling of hope?  As I am currently on a new path for me there was days where there seems to be no feedback and I start to question if I am doing the correct thing for me.  It feels a lot like fishing to me and repeatedly casting my fishing line, yet catching nothing until finally someone responds and the feeling of hope appears.

I am currently working on going into the teaching and consulting role of growing people.  As this is new to me, I do not have a network to draw from that is directly tied to this platform.  Weeks have passed by with people indicating they might contact me yet with no response.  The thought of when one door closes another one opens, has taken a higher level of meaning to me now.  Then finally one day a response, followed up by a commitment of a meeting for a possible opportunity.  At this moment this is not a sure opportunity yet the gift of hope was given to me.

The lesson I have learned from this period in my life is to always follow up with your personal and business network.  Even though there might not be a long term relationship with that follow up, the gift of hope can start to replicate.  Who knows how that 5-10 minute of your time of your day has impacted someone's life.  Chances are that brief time you spend with someone has helped be a part of someone changing their life.  This gift has given them the hope to help them achieve their goal.

Now isn't that what truly living life is about?  To freely give with no expectations in return and from that free gift given, something of significance is created.  So the next time someone approaches you and if you have time, freely give your time to that person.  Perhaps your time given will be returned back to you in ways you did not think is possible.

I know how grateful I have been when I have received the gift of hope and these gifts of hope multiply from brief conversations to help me travel to where my future lies.  You too can give the gift of hope and truly make a difference to someones life.