Door of Hope

Door of Hope

To make light the day

Let the day touch you gently

as you see the magnificence of the ordinary

made special by your Seeing 

I hope and pray that in the night

you have beautiful dreams

that give you comfort, hope and strength

to make light the day

Without Compassion there can be no Hope.

Hope is a desire for a positive outcome that requires more than one’s own actions, with a belief that this outcome is possible. Hope is a condition that is temporary and specific to a given situation. Hope reflects one’s moral values, i.e. hope is for something good. In a dire situation when there is no hope, despair rules. Compassion on the other hand, is the ability to understand and feel another person’s pain or predicament, combined with the will for action to alleviate the situation for that person. Hence, hope recognises that there is a way out of a bad situation that requires external support for a cause that is good. Compassion, or Grace, is this force for good, enabling the way out for hope to be fulfilled.