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SEPTEMBER 8 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Choose not to be hopeless"
We are told that no situation is hopeless. At first, of course, we find this hard to believe. The opposites - hope and despair are human emotional attitudes. It is we who are hopeless, not the condition of our lives. When we give up hope and become depressed, it's because we're unable, for now, to believe in the possibility of a change for the better. Can I accept this: "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed unless it's faced"? Today I Pray … May I remember that, because I am human and can make choices, I am never "hopeless." Only the situation I find myself…
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