Anyway

Anyway

 People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.  Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.  Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies.  Succeed anyway.

 If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you.  Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight.  Create anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous.  Be happy anyway.

 The good you do today, will often be forgotten.  Do good anyway.

Give the best you have, and it will never be enough.  Give your best anyway.

 In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.

(This version found written on the wall in Mother Teresa's home for children in Calcutta.)

HOPE

Shock, Despair, Denial, Depression, Anger. Brutal emotions to feel. Sometimes they can be felt all at once or in no particular order whatsoever. I find solace in the idea my best friend told me long ago: "Every emotion that you have ever felt has been felt by someone else on this planet at one time or another." Somehow knowing that makes me feel less alone in darkness.

All emotions all have their purpose. We live, breathe and channel them. So when you are going through any form of loss and feel as though the pain could actually kill you, know that there is Hope. There is always Hope. No matter what. No matter how dark the situation. No matter how worthless, endless and disparing it feels. You can find Hope. It may take time. Take all the time you need, but know this is one of the tickets to feel your way out of the pain. 

So here is the deal, once you can find your way through the dark mines of those piano keys, you will hit the hope key and you are on your way back to YOU. Hope is the lift off to your creativity, your possibility, your potential, your power, your strength and your love.

Feeling it all, is the only way out and through.  Never give up on reaching your way back to Hope no matter how long it takes.
Breathe. Then do that again. Deeply.

Accept it all, forgive yourself for being a human being, forgive yourself for doing the best you can where you are.

This is not an overnight deal. This is love for the long run. It's learning to play emotions just like playing the keys of a piano. No cord or key is better or worse. Some keys may certainly feel better, but in the end, together they all make the most beautiful music.

And that may just be a rather peaceful way to move forward.

With Heaps of Hope,

~ Heart to Heart