Hello and welcome to this realm of all possibility.
My name is Jim Rajan.
Let us delve into hope.
Hope,
My dear friend,
Is something you build,
Cultivate and develop yourself.
It is true that others can give us hope,
But this is a transient form of encouragement that we can easily lose or let go of.
No,
True hope,
The kind of unshakable hope that sets you apart from the rest can only be made by you.
It can only come from your heart.
In your heart there is fire,
There is faith.
And the essence of faith is courage.
Hope is the expression of inner courage from you,
In you,
By you,
Through you,
Every day,
In the big tough situations but also in the small routine ones.
Hope is a feeling you create within your heart.
It is the understanding that you are home.
You are your own home and that is where the heart is,
Is it not?
Generate your own hope.
Don't wait for others to bestow it upon you.
And if you don't get what you need,
Do not assume it does not work.
Forge it further.
Imbue yourself with a positive nature.
Gently,
Solidly encourage yourself over and over again.
If you know my work,
You'll know we always give away the result.
Give away your need to cultivate a specific result and instead cultivate hope internally as a fire,
As a red-hot fire that can never go out,
A flame of fire that burns for all eternity.
Forge hope as a blacksmith would forge a blade.
Focus dearly upon that,
Clearly upon that.
Feel it run through your veins.
Pulse as it passes through the nervous system.
Fear not of your surroundings,
Your situations,
Your pain.
Focus on suffering and that is all you will see,
My friend.
No,
Forge hope.
Harden and temper hope like the finest blade that you,
Your inner warrior,
Might hold true and may brandish with dignity and honour,
Not pride.
This is not pride,
For pride is easily taken from you.
But hope is the way you honour yourself and the dignity you feel for your life.
Forge hope within you as an elemental inner strength that you live by,
That you cherish,
That you would fight tooth and nail for.
Build,
Cultivate and develop hope yourself,
Your way in your heart.
And feel your fire burn through whatever stands before you,
My sister,
My brother.
True hope is unshakeable.
True hope is inner power.
And it permits you to feel.
Conjure it up.
Bring it forth.
Bring it into being your being,
Your sphere of influence.
You do not have courage.
You are courage.
You do not get given hope.
You build it yourself,
Inside your heart.
It just requires practice and gentleness with the Self.
Hope is fire,
Your inner fire.
Build it yourself and it will never go out.
Cultivate it and see it grow within you.
Forge the blade and you will never lose the way.
You will never lose sight of home.
Thank you.
