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This is Our Story

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  • Cycle-of-Life Season
    • 1 Dormancy
      • Week 01: Human Worth
      • Week 02: Universality
      • Week 03: Justice
      • Week 04: Suffering
      • Week 05: Humility
      • Week 06: Avoiding Harm, or Evil
      • Week 07: Engaging the World
      • Week 08: Order
    • 2 Sowing
      • Week 09: Preferences (Desire)
      • Week 10: Autonomy
      • Week 11: Life as a Journey
      • Week 12: Renewal
      • Week 13: Hope and Optimism
      • Week 14: Self-esteem (Self-worth begins)
      • Week 15: Self-confidence
      • Week 16: Independence (Self-competence)
    • 3 Growth
      • Week 17: Our Future
      • Week 18: Honesty
      • Week 19: Obligation in the World
      • Week 20: Duty toward Others
      • Week 21: Awakening
      • Week 22: Obstacles and Opportunities
      • Week 23: Individuality and Community
    • 4 Ripening
      • Week 24: Honoring
      • Week 25: Excellence
      • Week 26: An Ethic of Generous Service
      • Week 27: Openness
      • Week 28: Transcendence
      • Week 29: Wisdom
      • Week 30: Caring
      • Week 31: Courage
      • Week 32: Citizenship
    • 5 Interlude
      • Week 33: Grounding and Well-Roundedness
      • Week 34: Assertiveness
      • Week 35: Restoration
    • 6 Fulfillment
      • Week 36: Creativity
      • Week 37: Truth
      • Week 38: Love
      • Week 39: Faith
      • Week 40: Rebirth
    • 7 Assessing
      • Week 41: Home and the Past
      • Week 42: Vitality
      • Week 43: Self-actualization and Integrity
      • Week 44: Connectedness
      • Week 45: Empowerment
      • Week 46: Equality
    • 8 Harvest and Celebration
      • Week 47: Flourishing
      • Week 48: Focus and Perspective
      • Week 49: Change
      • Week 50: Finding Our Niche
      • Week 51: Accepting / Surrendering
      • Week 52: Living Religiously
      • Week 53: Celebration and Remembrance
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Week 13: Hope and Optimism

Hopelessness

Hopelessness

Hopelessness is a dark view of the future, in which there is no escape from unhappiness and suffering. ... Read More about Hopelessness

Being Optimistic

Being Optimistic

Optimism is an attitude that accompanies hope. When we practice and cultivate being optimistic, we poise ourselves to act on our dreams. “Optimism is expecting good things to occur in your life.” ... Read More about Being Optimistic

Resilience

Resilience

By nature, humans are resilient. This is a great asset in every season. “Resilience can be defined as the process of adapting well and even growing in the face of adversity, stress, or trauma . . ... Read More about Resilience

Keeping Eyes On the Prize

Keeping Eyes On the Prize

We further empower ourselves by identifying our goals clearly, and focusing on them. People may have goals but if they are scattered in their intention, those goals will be harder to realize. Keeping ... Read More about Keeping Eyes On the Prize

Being Resolute

Being Resolute

Not merely to dream but as the poet wrote, to hold fast to our dreams – then we can begin to empower ourselves. We need hope and optimism, sometimes, when external forces have control over the ... Read More about Being Resolute

Developing and Pursuing Dreams and Goals

Developing and Pursuing Dreams and Goals

When we hope, we can dream, and set goals; then, the lives we desire begin to come into focus. Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor ... Read More about Developing and Pursuing Dreams and Goals

Being Cheerful

Being Cheerful

Cheerfulness is one of hope’s many companions. “Cheerfulness is broadly defined as an individual's habitual tendencies in presenting cheerful mood, laughing and smiling frequently and easily, and ... Read More about Being Cheerful

Hoping

Hoping

From the bleak mid-winter of our souls, we emerge into hope. When we hope, we look to the future, as we wish it to be. It's utterly impossible for me to build my life on a foundation of chaos, ... Read More about Hoping

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