You got to have hope in your soul.....!

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In Aine Belton's article Messages from the Universe, she talks about having faith, hope and optimism about your future, your goals and your heart's desires.  In January, I started my blog to go along side a year of treating myself well and encouraging others to do the same!  More than six months into it. I reviewed my progress so far.

I am still being kinder to myself most of the time and try hard to accept compliments graciously.  I try not to make jokes at my own expense and when I am having a day when I want to eat badly, I accept that tomorrow is another day to eat better.  However, I was determined to create more down time to relax and enjoy being...........this is the area I am struggling with the most.  Like all of us, life is incredibly busy with commitments to work, home, family and relationships.  Lately I have felt like an elastic band pulled to the maximum and felt ready to be pinged into oblivion.

There is no one to blame for this other than me.  One of my own lessons that I need to learn is to say NO a little more often.  I also realise that I am not a one woman show who can spread herself so thinly that I have been in danger of thinning out so far that I fade away.  I also recognise a trait in myself that I like to people please which is a nice trait to have if you also take some time to actually please yourself some of the time too.

So I amble on through the second half of the year achieving some of my goals and adjusting and amending some of the others to help my focus on working towards a healthier work/life/family balance.

Here is what Aine wrote about hope.....

Hope
Are you lacking hope in some area of your life at this time? Has your optimism or positive expectation waned around a particular goal, project or outcome you desire?  The universe is wanting to remind you of the power of hope and encourage you to rekindle its light and to have faith in YOU and your future.

Hope is always a catalyst to a brighter tomorrow.” ~Aine Belton

How can you use hope to generate new energy, vision and possibilities? Get excited and passionate again. Renew your enthusiasm and feel the brightness of hope for your dreams and desires.

There can be a dark side to hope, such as hoping for something to come about that doesn’t actually serve you, or hoping someone else will change rather than addressing the situation, etc. Give hope to what you are wholly sure will be a bright future for yourself. Give hope to those areas that deserve to blossom and bloom into all they can be. Have hope for greater happiness, success, love, laughter and joy, for example. Hope for the well being of others, and have hope in general.
As you hope, you increase desire, imagination and positive expectation, which are all part of the manifesting process.
Hope is not the same as neediness or desperation in any way, which are contractive and constrictive energies. Hope is expansive and generates light and positivity.
Get in touch with the wonder of hope and harness its energy for your life and your dreams. Perhaps you are here to be a beacon of hope to others in this life, in which case share that sense of hope and its message of a bright future. Have faith and shine your light!

Love and Blessings,

Jean Fisher-Taylor x