I’ve made a spiritual decision, one I shall have to make again and again this year—but I’m committed to it. I’m going to be hopeful. I’m going to walk and talk hope about all sorts of things.
- I’ll hope for a shift to a higher level in the collective consciousness that will enable us to build healthy economies across the world.
- I’ll hope for peaceful souls to win over the warmongers who keep animosities stirred up between Israel and the Palestinian people.
- I’ll hope that more and more people volunteer their time and resources for the sake of better education, better childcare, better housing.
- I’ll hope that the moderate voices keep our government on track in revamping our country’s healthcare.
- I’ll hope that heads of state all over the globe have personal conversions concerning care for the planet.
- I’ll hope that local authorities everywhere will tell the truth about poverty and oppression and help the rest of us do something right.
- I’ll hope for communities of faith to be converted day after day until they actually live as God desires us to live.
- I’ll hope to be an encouraging and beneficial influence on my own marriage.
- I’ll hope for artists to rise up and create works that make us long for beauty, honesty, and humility.
- I’ll hope to pray with more regularity and more love.
- I’ll hope for Christians to discover what it means to be free spiritually and to free others.
- I’ll hope that the prophets keep making noise and irritating the rest of us.
- I’ll hope to see a dramatic rise in the number of people who learn how to be still and comprehend that God is right here.
- I’ll hope to write fewer lists this year and squander more beautiful afternoons by enjoying the breeze and thinking about nothing in particular.
May the wonders begin, indeed! And happy belated birthday.
Posted by: Claudia Mair Burney | January 14, 2010 at 02:59 AM