Encouragement, purpose focus, and other thoughts that grow up hearts open to pursue the extraordinary
Hope makes a way through the noisy negatives when you invest in seeing the hope. Finding hope clears the path for living your best life. Too often, we go through life with a map we don’t understand drawn by someone we don’t even know yet – and then we’re shocked when we get lost. You…
Emotions hijack our hearts when we allow them to drive our path and determine our steps. Wisdom gets set aside for the emotions and before you know it, you’re stranded in a ditch. “Wisdom can’t guide us if emotions hijack our hearts.” – Jud Wilhite Giving Emotions the Wheel At the end of the battle,…
Finding hope gets help when you are surrounded with hopeful voices. Stress, panic, and despair will all make finding hope more of a challenge. Recently, the dark place captured me and threatened to drag me down into a deep pit. I clung to the edges of hope, but my grip weakened with each moment. I…
Nothing can defeat God. He is an unstoppable God. Everything on the earth began with Him, and He can create more if necessary. And yet, I doubt. Or maybe it would be more accurate to say I struggle in my belief. There is nothing that can defeat God. Repeat that until you believe it. What Do…
Finding where hope grows requires seeing beyond the limits and restrictions of the world. Hope lies dormant in the heart of all things. It grows up through Light and Love. It is found wherever someone seeks to find it. You can find hope wherever you dare to look. Knowing Where Hope Grows When you recognize…
Grow accountability to help you stay focused on the path that will lead to your best life. You need to be accountable to you and sometimes that means keeping a personal record or sharing with others the path you’re walking. The key is to have something in place that will keep your eyes on the…
You have to keep growing hope if you want to remain in hope. Without the continued feeding and nurturing, hope will evaporate. What you do, who you are around, and what you ingest each day will determine how your hope grows. Hope provides fuelfor possibility living. We need hope to keep going. But we have…
Encouragement keeps you infused with the courage you need to live your best life. You need a reservoir of encouragement to fuel your walk and to allow you to be a wealth of encouragement to and for others. A dry reservoir doesn’t do anyone any good and actually becomes a hazard to everyone. I watched…
Encouraged relationships set the foundation for changing the world. When you invest in filling others with the courage to dare their possibilities, you’ll make a difference. Not only will you effect their lives and the lives of those they encounter, but spreading courage will grow courage in your life as well. I’ve shared before about…
You need a habit of encouragement to create a default response of hope and positivity even when the clouds show up. Encouragement can be tough to find some days, even for a natural-born hopesmith. The more encouragement is practiced, the easier and more natural it becomes. I avoided cleaning when I was in school. As…