If you have ever met me you will know that one thing I am not is passive.

Except, of course, when I am .

I believe that I am not just a passenger in my life, but am in control of responding and reacting and making decisions, choosing a path.

But I also believe that things will be as they should be, and that everything “happens as it should”, as it “was meant to be”

I read a post the other day about hope.

“Why do some seem to have more than others? Where do we access our sense of hope from? How can hope be shared?”

To me, for me, it isn’t hope so much as trust. And confidence.

Trust that it will work out, and when the bumps occur, I will work through them. Confidence that I am capable of getting us, me, through whatever difficulties come up. Confidence in myself, my goals, my plans and my dreams.

Belief that my dreams aren’t flighty, that they are reachable.  Trust that I can remain focused on what I want, and trust that I will get what I work for.

I don’t know why I have this trust. Where it came or how it got here, I just know that I have learned that without trying, without believing that something good will happen in the end, without pushing through the bad times . . . nothing good will come, nothing productive will happen.

So.

If you need hope. . .

Then believe you have it.  Trust that the world is your oyster and have confidence that when you path changes, it does so for a reason.  Follow your instincts, and have simple dreams.

Be passive in the belief, just not in the actions.