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Hope is a feeling.\u00a0 It is also a skill.<\/p>\n

Hope is honest.\u00a0 You can pretend to be happy but it’s pretty much impossible to\u00a0 pretend to have Hope.<\/p>\n

Hope can be learned.\u00a0 How do you do this?\u00a0 Practice being Hopeful.\u00a0 Your first step is to make space in your life for Hope.\u00a0 This is also a good strategy for boosting your sense of well-being.<\/p>\n

You don’t have to be positive to learn about Hope.\u00a0 I learned about Hope recently when I experienced some dark days. In the midst of these\u00a0 negative and painful feelings I discovered I felt Hopeful.<\/p>\n

Hope just popped up and said “hi”.<\/p>\n

When this happened, I felt I suddenly weighed several pounds less.\u00a0 I felt like I could smile even.<\/p>\n

I think this happened because I refused to gloss things over.\u00a0 I decided\u00a0 I could try to change my situation.\u00a0 I felt strong enough to cope with the eventual outcome.<\/p>\n

I was ready to try, anyway.<\/p>\n

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I wanted to do everything possible I could to make things better.<\/p>\n

I was finally willing to even ask others for help.<\/p>\n

I realized I needed to sleep and rest each day.\u00a0 For me, sleep and rest are holy.<\/p>\n

One thing I was not ready to do was give up.<\/p>\n

Once I dug my heels in, I felt inspired.\u00a0 I was through just sitting on the sidelines watching things go in the wrong direction.<\/p>\n

Suddenly, Hope boosted me to take action!\u00a0 It was time to make things happen.\u00a0 Perfection was not in my situation but momentum and Hope were.<\/p>\n

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I soon learned that Hope covers many ills.\u00a0 I began to see what could happen because I had faith in things moving in the right direction.<\/p>\n

Hope taught me, once again, that with a belief in the strength of a higher power and\u00a0 a faith in the universe, things can’t go wrong.\u00a0 I stumbled onto the wisdom of universally higher power.<\/p>\n

We can all tap into universal wisdom.\u00a0 All we have to do is see it for what it is.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, with Hope we have to reach out to others for help, answers, and direction.<\/p>\n

I did this.\u00a0 I reached out to those around me.\u00a0 I didn’t stop with just one or two people.\u00a0 I asked everyone I could find for help, inspiration.\u00a0 \u00a0I heated up the phone (and email) lines, as my grandmother would have said.<\/p>\n

The result was not necessarily what I envisioned.\u00a0 It was, however, far better than what I saw as a good outcome.\u00a0 A lot of my reaching out resulted in “no” or “not now” or “I don’t know”.\u00a0 Even these negatives were encouraging.<\/p>\n

All it took was Hope..<\/p>\n

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I knew what I needed to do was “go it alone”.\u00a0 I arrived at the TV studio with a basket from Karen\u00a0 filled with donations to put on the altar:\u00a0 stones, feathers, a singing bowl, an alter cloth, herbs, fruit, empty bottles, bread, rocks.<\/p>\n

The first presentation of HOPE on the Road went out on Channel 23\u00a0 this week.\u00a0 \u00a0 Ellen knew how to arrange the altar pieces.<\/p>\n

You’ll find\u00a0 HOPE on the Road on YOUTUBE in early September.<\/p>\n

Because I reached out to others, the outcome was beautiful.<\/p>\n

Will you participate in HOPE on the Road?<\/p>\n

Do you practice Reiki?\u00a0 Can you\u00a0 host your own HOPE on the Road?<\/p>\n

You don’t practice Reiki?.\u00a0 That’s not a problem.\u00a0 Invite a Reiki practitioner to facilitate a HOPE on the Road presentation for you.\u00a0 Encourage people to enjoy your HOPE on the Road event.<\/p>\n

A HOPE on the Road event includes a guided meditation opening followed by a group Reiki session.\u00a0 A hand blessing closes the experience.\u00a0 A HOPE on the Road event only takes an hour.<\/p>\n

The Reiki practitioner is a vital link between a person experiencing a challenge and appropriate support.<\/p>\n

Does that not seem right for you?\u00a0 Give me a call.\u00a0 Send me an email.\u00a0 I’m ready, willing, and able.<\/p>\n

I’ll offer HOPE on the Road through Zoom or on the porch of a building, or in a garden somewhere. I can work with social distancing.<\/p>\n

Don’t overlook your neighborhood library.<\/p>\n

The important thing is that we share HOPE on the road.<\/p>\n

What we all need now is HOPE.<\/p>\n

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Thank you for reading this blog article.\u00a0 Please forward this post to your preferred social media network.<\/p>\n

Share it with your friends.<\/p>\n

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Thanks for joining HOPE on the Road!<\/p>\n

Thurman Greco<\/p>\n

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