When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have
to get better. Never let go of hope. One day you will see that it all has finally come together. What you have always wished for has finally come to be. You will look back and laugh at what has passed and you will ask yourself… ‘How did I get through all of that?’
One day at a time–this is enough. Don’t look back and grieve over the past for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful it will be worth remembering.
Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
Anyone can give up, it’s the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that’s true strength. Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried because only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives Happiness is not the absence of problems but the ability to deal with them.
So what is hope?
Hope is the belief that a positive outcome lies ahead. Hope is a way of thinking, feeling and acting that may help you find ways to live with difficult situations. Hope is trusting that something bigger than you is out there, loving you and giving comfort through hard times. Hope is grief’s best music. Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark. When the world says, “Give up,” Hope whispers, “Try it one more time.” Hope is a universal language.
When you are low with nowhere to go remember this, when you open your eyes, your heart, your spirit, yourself, there you will find the stranger called hope
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human enough hope to make you happy.
Rabbi Shai Specht is a Spiritual Life Coach, educator, motivational speaker and musician/cantor.
He offers a range of services: Officiating weddings, Spiritual counseling/Life Coaching, prayer/healing services, motivational workshops, funerals, baby namings, Hebrew and Judaic classes for children and adults both online and in-person and Bar/Bat Mitzvahs.
Rabbi Shai comes from a long line of Rabbi’s (including the Maharal of Prague), Cantors and Educators. He received his smicha (ordination) as a Rabbi in New York City. He also holds a Pastoral counseling and Theology Awareness certification, and is a member of the International Federation of Rabbi's.