HOPE [Habitual Openess to Progressive Exploration]

An Acronym to engage HOPE:

 HOPE – [Habitual Open Productive Exploration] In the dictionary, one of the definitions for hope is, "the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled." While it is also is referred to as one of the three Christian virtues, it generally does not seem to be presented in a hopeful but almost general way. There are many quotes about hope that do not seem to improve its importance much at all:

-  "Hope is a waking dream." - Aristotle

- "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." - Thich Nhat Hanh

- "Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." - Desmond Tutu

- "To live without Hope is to Cease to live." - Fyodor Dostoevsky

 Is hope just a dream? Is hope only a positive theme to quell the darkness? Is hope only an attitude to release our mind from the reality of hardships? Is the dictionary correct in saying that hope is, "the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled?" As I thought about hope, and did more reading, I began to sense that hope might be a word with more activity and substance that just might move us away from only thinking or dreaming hopefully but living actively with hope.

 HOPE – [Habitual Open Productive Exploration]


Perhaps, with positive and creative actions, we might concentrate on productive and active ways and become more open to the mysteries and magic of life in this fantastic universe. By looking up to the heavens and the wonders of the world all around us, I believe there may be more concrete and genuine examples of hope that we can utilize. The creation is filled with the "trinity" of change, diversity, and equality. As we focus on these universal core principals they may bring real hope and a recreative perspective to life in all its fullness.

This understanding may give us, by clear decisive action, a positive and productive expression of hope. Hope, as I see it, is the activity of being - Habitually Open to Progressive Exploration! Making realistic allowances for the core values of our universe, change, diversity, and equality, to broaden our experiences in life bringing us hope. The more we engage in practicing this venue of hope the more we will see our hopes and dreams come to a more positive fruition.

Gerard A. Pisani, Jr.