Perhaps one of the best things about studying a new language is that it can bring insightful shifts in your relationship with an important word in your native tongue. Such has certainly been the case for me.
Take for example the Spanish verb esperar. If you look this up, you’re likely to find that the two most common English translations are to hope and to wait. And that fact got me thinking a bit more about hope.
The lesson I am gathering from esperar is that there are two sides of hope. One is to optimistically trust and the other is to wait.
It seems we may want to be mindful about these two sides of hope. At the moment for me, optimistically trusting looks like the more helpful side and waiting the less helpful one.
Why do I say that? Because optimistically trusting often invites me to take action—to exercise the gift of choice and truly practice faith. Whereas, waiting typically lures me into non-action, a pattern more likely to lead to stagnation.
Take a look at what you are hoping for. Are you actively trusting you can partner with the Universe to bring about positive changes for yourself and others? Or are you waiting for Providence and/or others to do so?
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