closes one door he always opens another
but it’s often hell in the hallway have
you ever gone through what you can only
describe as pure living hell I have I
stepped into the hallway of being read
iagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast
cancer on my 40th birthday then
discovered massive deceit in my marriage
which led to a mental breakdown and
devastating divorce with police and
child Family Services involvement next
came preparing and selling my home
relocating my children an intense child
custody battle and re-entering the
workforce as I watched everything I had
previously created crumble to the ground
at that extreme financial stress from
mounting legal and medical bills
excessive physical and mental fatigue on
top of deep-seated emotional pain
although trying to shield my children
from the chaos of what was happening and
while under undergoing high beam
radiation treatments to shrink the
tumors growing in the base of my skull
spine bone right lung and lymph nodes
now with all that it could be easy to
understand why at one moment the
suffering was so severe fast got to take
me home because in that moment I could
not see how I would make it to that next
door yet in other moments I felt a
preserving power and peace that lifted
my heart fueled my soul and I believe
literally sustained my life now I say
this not for comparison’s sake but so
that you will understand that I am no
stranger when it comes to opposition in
life what I just described happened
after I had already undergone multiple
surgeries and a year of chemotherapy
when I was originally diagnosed with
breast cancer at age 31 when
five months pregnant so what is it that
makes the human soul desire to continue
down those hallways of hell and reach to
the next door what is it that drives us
to achieve the seemingly impossible that
moves the passionate soul to cry out I
have a dream when the opposition is
fierce and the barriers seem endless
today I address the real power and
mechanics of hope that enables the human
soul to chase after miracles and often
achieve them
what are miracles but realize hopes and
dreams that were first planted in the
heart mind and soul of a believing
individual who then took action to
achieve them
not to be confused with optimism hope is
a separate distinct emotion yielding
different results while hope can fuel
optimism as Barack Obama said hope is
not blind optimism it’s not ignoring the
enormity of the task ahead or the
roadblocks to stand in our path it’s not
sitting on the sidelines or shirk inform
the fight hope is that thing inside us
that insists despite all evidence to the
contrary that something better awaits us
if we have the courage to work for it
and to reach for it and to fight for it
hope then is a divine confidence of
expectation and the driving force behind
all design discovery creation innovation
movements and yes even miracles hope is
what fueled Rogers Bannister’s desire in
1954 to achieve what scientists of the
day said was humanly impossible break
the four-minute mile
and while athletes today continue to
push the realm of human potential
hope is what led researchers at the
Kavli Institute of nanoscience in the
Netherlands to attempt the seemingly
impossible of transferring data via
teleportation between an isolate of a
pair of electrons in two diamonds
located 32 feet apart from each other
and having that experiment succeed 100%
of the time thus paving the way for
greater discovery in the
of quantum physics hope is what moved
women across the nation to rise up and
speak out as part of the me2 movement
and expose years of sexual abuse to stay
time is up
a new day is on the horizon and hope
hope is what led me to seek after
evidence-based healing modalities both
eastern and western and to ultimately
receive the news that all stage 4 cancer
has now been resolved no evidence of
disease hope did all that research shows
that hopeful individuals make healthier
lifestyle choices recover from illness
and injuring more effectively and have
longer life expectancies they’re able to
find greater purpose in life are more
resilient and persevere when obstacles
arise they have less depression and
anxiety and are able to find benefit
from adversity to trial hope to the soul
is like oxygen to the body it breathes
new life and vitality into all who take
it in so how does one develop and then
apply greater hope to chase after
miracles in their own life number one
see the possibilities Australian
physicists at the ANU research school of
physics and engineering have discovered
that at the quantum level reality does
not exist if you are not looking at it
by opening the mind’s eye to see
potential possibilities then directing
dedicated focus on the desired outcome
literally keeping your eyes on the prize
as you actively engage to achieve your
vision opens one to a realm of new
possibilities of achievement which I
believe is sacred ground and that is the
realm of miracles
number two predict your future it’s not
enough merely to see because as it’s
been said vision without execution is
just hallucination and as Peter Drucker
put it the best way to predict your
future
is to create it creating a measurable
plan of action for your desired outcome
a hypothesis for your life or soul
vision if you will lays the foundation
upon which hopes and dreams can grow
where there is no vision the people
perish but a detailed vision of action
combined with the divine confidence of
expectation or hope provides a plan that
the mind can execute measure and focus
on achieving number three beta tests
your life being willing to adjust the
direction we take as new information is
received is vital to our ultimate
success because attempting to control
the outcome of events without the needed
resources often leads to frustration and
self blame truly is Beverly boat Beverly
votes dated hope without help is hype
beta testing your life means being
willing to assess the information
results and feedback you’re receiving
and then adapting your soul vision based
on what you learn this adaptation allows
you to move forward despite any setbacks
Abraham Lincoln is quoted as saying a
compass it will point it true north from
where you’re standing but it’s got no
advice about the swamp and desert and
chasm you’ll encounter along the way if
in pursuit of your destination you
plunge ahead heedless of obstacles and
achieve nothing more than to sink in a
swamp what’s the use of knowing True
North being willing to see the
possibilities predict my future and beta
test my life has enabled me to move past
the hallway of hell and through a door
of greater hope and possibilities than
I’ve ever before known I have endured
many things and hope to be able to
endure all things and while there may
continue to be hell in the hallways of
our lives there will always be a divine
brightness of Hope encouraging us
forward
and that hope can work miracles in your
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