There are so many dashed expectations right now- schools closed, trips canceled, traditions missed, rituals around weddings, funeral, births, anniversary’s suspended. This is hard on the heart, mind and body.
If we were sitting together I would hand you a tattered copy of one of my favorite readings-
“Hope always admits its uncertainty. Expectation refuses to permit wondering or doubt, and so it is closed off, final and frozen. When expectation is not met, it dies. Sometimes, with grace, hope is born from the rubble of dashed expectations. Expectation is brittle...but hope is soft and willing to suffer pain. Hope is flexible, willing to change or even give up if need be..true hope is not at all passive. Its very flexibility allows hope to be alive and active in response to all situations.”
An excerpt on Expectaions and Hope by Gerald May from the Awakened Heart
As we grieve the rubble of dashed expectations, may we continue to hold Hope amidst uncertainty.
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