Let's talk about how meditation brings hope

Hope as a quality is ephemeral, and at the same time it can profoundly impact how we experience our lives. To have lost all hope means to be in the pit of despair. On the other hand, what does it mean to have hope? We can have all the hope in the world that everything will turn out okay, yet we know this is not how life works. Things go wrong all the time, and none of us are immune from accidents, illness or other calamities.

Find value in our efforts to make the world a better place, even as we understand there is no guarantee what we’re working towards will succeed. Entrepreneurial hope requires me to remain engaged and focus on those with me now, yet it can show little in the way of ‘outcomes’. instantly. The opposite of ‘wise hope’ may not be despair but apathy, a pervasive sense of ‘why bother?’ The problems are so numerous and overwhelming, what difference can one person really make?

Think of Martin Luther King or any other icon on hope. What if he had not received the kindness of his community, the neighbor who brought food when he was sick, or the shopkeeper who spoke to him with respect and care. These tiny moments of kindness and presence are hope's building blocks. When you give them, you spread hope in the now.