What Gives You Hope?

Hope Bluebird
@CarolDM (203422)
Nashville, Tennessee
October 4, 2018 1:45pm CST
I have had a lot of people ask how I continue living without my son. I have hope. Hope for another day. Hope for a better day. Hope that one day I will understand more of what has happened in my life. Hope. Where does it come from? I get it from within my soul.I keep this bluebird plaque hanging in my screen room and see it every single day. I know my son would want me to have hope and happiness. What about you? Where does your hope come from?
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
4 Oct 18
My hope comes from God's promises recorded in the Bible. I believe them. Here is one example. Acts 24:15 (AMPC) 15 Having [the same] hope in God which these themselves hold and look for, that there is to be a resurrection both of the righteous and the unrighteous (the just and the unjust).
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
4 Oct 18
That is great, you have a strong belief system.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
5 Oct 18
@CarolDM I try to keep my hope high. Without hope we are lost and sad. Hope fill us with energy and joy.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
5 Oct 18
@1hopefulman Yes it does that is why I am always looking for things to keep my spirits up.
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
4 Oct 18
My hope to live another few years.Still have things I want to do.Will see
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
4 Oct 18
@CarolDM thank you Carol
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
4 Oct 18
And I hope you live to do them all. I think you will.
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@Juliaacv (51407)
• Canada
4 Oct 18
And don't ever stop hoping, that would be to defy your son's memory. I feel that family is what keeps me going, and hopefully, like you say, always will. Even in should they become absent, I will always keep hope in my life.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
4 Oct 18
Thank you my friend, you are so right. That is what keeps me going. Good for you.
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
4 Oct 18
I'm so glad you have hope, and your bluebird plaque is beautiful. My hope comes from within and my prayers.
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
4 Oct 18
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
4 Oct 18
There are days when I really wonder Dianne. Mine also comes from within and I struggle but getting better.
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@franxav (13849)
• India
5 Oct 18
If we lose hope, we lose everything.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
5 Oct 18
Indeed we do and I have been at that door.
4 Oct 18
My hope comes from the fact that I do try and do my meditation everyday. It helps me to control my mind and does give me hope to fight all odds.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
4 Oct 18
That is great, we all have our things to do to take care of ourselves.
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@m_audrey6788 (58472)
• Germany
4 Oct 18
From my husband and my mother
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
4 Oct 18
Good for you.
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• Germany
4 Oct 18
@CarolDM Thanks
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@SHAMRACK (8576)
• India
5 Oct 18
Many ups and downs has happened in my life. The most hurting is my mother' s lost. That too mum suffered a lot and on other side mom contributed a big valuable part in our family. Later I lived only on hope that something better good will come .. anything can happen any time... looking for better one to come
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
5 Oct 18
We all have to look for a better day. Sorry for your losses. We all have so much to endure in life.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
5 Oct 18
My hope is in my daughter and husband and family. They keep making me want to live longer .
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
5 Oct 18
Good for you and your family.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
6 Oct 18
@CarolDM Thank you.
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@mesbakh (2284)
• Indonesia
23 Oct 18
hope itself
@LadyDuck (472078)
• Switzerland
5 Oct 18
My hope comes from the inside, I live every day hoping to be with my husband until our last breath.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
5 Oct 18
Good for you, as I do Anna.
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@1creekgirl (41752)
• United States
21 Oct 18
My hope comes from God. And my husband and family. I'm so sorry about your son, Carol. I know you miss him every single day.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
21 Oct 18
Thank you so much. And yes every single day I miss him more it seems.
@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
5 Oct 18
This last year hope has eluded me more and more Carol. It seems like a foreign word to me now. The only ´hope´ I have is my ability to survive.
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@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
5 Oct 18
@CarolDM Oh yes we do soldier on dear friend
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
5 Oct 18
You know I can relate so well. But we cannot give up. One foot in front of the other.
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@debjani1 (7202)
5 Oct 18
Believe in God .He will help you for sure. Time is the main medicine.