A Greater Hope Prevails

A greater hope prevails: 

admittedly, addressing hope is a tough one for me, it can seem a faint promise, a hollow wish for something better than whatever's occurring right now. The Buddha taught the hope can often lead to suffering, that we can become attached to a specif outcome or desire and refuse to accept what the present moment offers. This has often been my experience as well, hoping for many things, yet always left disappointed in their failure to appear. 

but Saint offers us a different course of hope.

praying, from despair...

and asking for a transformation. 

hope, from this perspective, is more a belief in our ability to transcend, it's not a faint promise at all, but more of a powerful tool to accept this moment of despair, while knowing that even now it's in the process of shifting to something other. To hope is a prayer of strength, it's asking for the courage to remain true to my spiritual heart in the face of all that shows me despair. 

so I see things differently now.

from despair, 

I ask for hope. 

not for things to be other than they are, but only that I accept this moment, 

whatever might be present, 

knowing that a greater hope prevails.

~

Love, Eric

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