Hope for 2015!

Dr. Deb 01 Jan 2015

Hope. There is something hopeful about new things. New babies seem to represent the promise of a bright future. Springtime brings new life from the death and dormancy of autumn and winter. And a new year brings a fresh reminder that we can always escape the trappings, failures and disappointments of the past and get a lease on life.

Just like forgiveness releases us from the past, so does a new year.

Hope can be defined as a feeling of desire of excitement about a thing about to happen. It’s also an expectation for great things to happen!

What are your hopes for 2015?

What are the desires of your heart?

Do you have a renewed sense of excitement, expectation and desire for the new year?

I figure there are two main ways to view the world.

One is to feel hopeless and a victim of things that are outside your control. I sometimes refer to it as the Doris Day philosophy. Que sera sera; whatever will be will be.

The other is to view yourself as an architect of your destiny, a deep belief in your ability to alter the world and cause things to be. I sometimes refer to this as the Sly Stone philosophy, based on the song, You can make it if you try, made popular by the funk musician in the late 1960s.

While some things are out of our control, it’s good to be reminded there is a great deal we can control! Our destiny is to a large extent in our hands.

Consider the Sly Stone philosophy as you think about the new year.

You can make it if you try! You can accomplish things you never knew possible. And you can be the bright light shining in your circle of influence!

Begin the new year with renewed hope!

Listen to the song here

You can make it if you try

Push a little harder

Think a little deeper

Don’t let the plastic

Bring you down

(All together now)

Yeah, yeah, yeah

You can make it if you try

Time still creepin’

‘Specially when you’re sleepin’