A Spot of Tea and a Dash of Hope (Part 1)

So I'm going to come back to hope because that's the, that's the agenda.

A lot of people hear the word hope and think it's kind of like wishful thinking and positive vibes.

Um, but you push against that a little bit.

So what, is hope actually.

I

really love this question.

When we think about hope and the kind of misconception about it, where I think it often lands is being mistaken for optimism.

So optimism is when we're attached to an outcome.

I'm optimistic.

I'll get this job.

I'm optimistic.

The sale will happen, or I'm optimistic for this relationship to go well.

And our sense of this being good is attached to the outcome being what we want it to be.

When we think about hope, ultimately hope is interchangeable more with the word trust.

And it's trusting that we're going to be okay.

It's trusting that it will unfold, it will be, and it's going to be all right.

And so it's being able to have that steadfast state of knowing that I don't know all the controllables.

I don't know all these things.

So much of this is outside of my control.

But what I do know is that all will be well.

that I will be okay, the people I love most will be okay, we're going to be able to get through whatever comes our way.

So hope to me is this steadfast trust that whether it's God, whether it's the universe, whatever you choose to put your energy towards, it's knowing that we are safe, we are protected, and we will be well.

I love that.

Okay, so you say that hope changes the brain and the body in measurable ways.

Yeah.