Ignite Hope.

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Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space – Maya Angelou

Hope is allowing ourselves a peek into a positive future. It’s about expecting and desiring that this will work out. It’s about believing that good things really do happen. It’s about remembering that magic exists, beauty surrounds us, and miracles are possible.

Hope lends us slivers of happiness which uplift us and make difficult situations easier to bear. Hope grows into optimism which encourages a positive belief that we really do have the inner power and strength to step into the unknown.

All the things we do for ourselves or with our children that are prevention measures, show we’re in control and can solve problems. When we’re proud of washing hands and wiping things down, when we celebrate covering our nose and mouth with a tissue or elbow when we cough or sneeze, when we follow the rules, we shoo away feelings of helplessness.

If we seek to make the best of a situation we’re in by seeing new experiences more as a challenge and we laugh and share our failures and successes, we role model hope.

Keep activating logic and facts which are reassuring because reassurance offers hope. Our immune systems are incredible and fight off germs all day every day like a super hero. Keep quoting hopeful facts. Most people who do get the virus recover 100%.

Answers do exist and the more we cheer on the great people helping others and put our trust in the experts out there working around the clock, using their incredible brains to discover breakthroughs, advances in medicine and solutions for all the problems, the more we keep hope alive.

People are amazing and helpful and resilient. Let’s keep using heartfelt encouraging words to ignite hope in ourselves and others, and once we ignite it, keep it alight so it illuminates the way forward. We’ve got this.