SOFT SKILLED LIVING WORKSHOP
LESSON 3:
THE VICTORY OF HOPE
“He who has health, has hope. And he who has hope, has everything.”
Arabian Proverb
Sayings of Arabian Origin
‘Hope, the patent medicine for disease, disaster, sin.”
Wallace Rice
1859-1939, American Poet, Editor
WHAT IS HOPE?
In many circumstances in life, Hope is all that exists to hold on to. Our belief in the greater good brings strength to our lives at times when all seems lost. We have all lived through a period of destitution when Hope was our only friend. List two life experience when Hope was all that held the strings of your life together.
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Life Experience 2.
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I wrote these two thoughts while I was healing from my cancer. As you will read, Hope seemed to be the only tangible and intangible source of energy I had to cling to. As a survivor of cancer with personal and emotional hardship, these few lines of prose came to be of great inspiration to me. I looked to them for strength and clarity in a life that was very dark.
OF THE THREE GREAT VIRTUES©
Faith, Hope and Love,
Love is the Greatest
Faith the most important
But Hope is the strength
For each of my days!”©
1 year anniversary of survivorship
Steve, theGoodWordGuy, Cancer Survivor
In your opinion, How does this writing provide strength and clarity with your two life experiences when Hope was all that held the strings of your life together? Comment on each line.
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“Cancer can rob one of many things
Health, prosperity, marriage, job,
Happiness, contentment and an endless
Individual list of personal losses.
Cancer cannot rob you
Of the power of the resurrection,
The Foundation of Hope.”©
My 47th year celebrating life,
Steve, theGoodWordGuy, Cancer Survivor
Please substitute your life trauma for the word cancer. This is a powerful message that provides strength, clarity and the Victory of Hope in your life. Write how the meaning of this message helps you with the two life experiences you listed on the prior page. Take your time, you are writing the outline of your emotional wellness.
Life Experience 1.
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Life Experience 2.
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I will lean on the Virtue of Hope to provide strength, clarity of discernment and endurance for each of my days.
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