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Letting Go of Hope: Embracing the Present to Unlock Endless Possibilities · STOPTIME: Live in the Moment.

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  Lisa Hopkins: Hey there, there is no better way to live a life of creative possibilities than to let go of hope.
• 0:32
  Lisa Hopkins: I know that's counterintuitive, so I'm going to say it again there is no better way to live a life of creative possibilities than to let go of hope.
• 0:46
  Lisa Hopkins: Possibilities than to let go of hope.
• 0:55
  Lisa Hopkins: Hope is the definition of not living in the moment.
• 0:57
  Lisa Hopkins: It's hope that keeps us from seeing the endless possibilities all around us right now and tethers us to expectations Expectations we have for ourselves, expectations we have for the future and for others.
• 1:11
  Lisa Hopkins: Hope invites comparison and implies that things aren't good right here, right now.
• 1:21
  Lisa Hopkins: When we hang on to hope, like we so often do, we become tied to the endless pursuit of when, into moving through or past now to an imaginary later time, a supposed better place, dismissing or entirely overlooking now in the belief that things will be better someplace else and that when we get there we'll somehow be healthier, we'll somehow be richer, we'll somehow be happier.
• 1:58
  Lisa Hopkins: Hope narrows our perspective to tunnel vision.
• 2:05
  Lisa Hopkins: Tunnel vision is defined as defective sight, in which objects cannot be properly seen if not close to the center of the field of view.
• 2:18
  Lisa Hopkins: The tendency to focus exclusively on a single or limited goal or point of view, Hope, the veritable light at the end of the tunnel.
• 2:37
  Lisa Hopkins: But we are the light, my friends.
• 2:41
  Lisa Hopkins: The light shines from within us and guides our way and illuminates the possibilities that are all around us right now.
• 2:54
  Lisa Hopkins: I truly believe that life is full of possibilities, and possibilities are not something you hope will come your way like luck or good fortune.
• 3:03
  Lisa Hopkins: Possibilities exist everywhere if you are open to them.
• 3:09
  Lisa Hopkins: I'm Lisa Hopkins.
• 3:14
  Lisa Hopkins: Thanks so much for listening.
• 3:17
  Lisa Hopkins: Stay safe and healthy, everyone, and remember to live in the moment.