Redefine

12.24.22

Why does hope always hurt?

Does it just for me?

Is hope itself the spear that inflicts the wounds?

Is it me? Am I voluntarily fabricating the hope?

Hope for what?

Connection, chemistry, partnership, service, honesty, accountability?

Why does hope for the foundational principles hurt?

Is it my naïveté?

Assuming people see connection as I do?

An unspoken lower level commitment that lends itself to mutual respect, trust and follow through?

Why does hope hurt?

More so, is the possibility that hope is not meant to be placed on those created in His likeness but are scarred, like me.

My culpability is the inappropriate placement of responsibility.

This hope that hurts is meant to be held to help heal the broken for the next life.

The hope that is eternal. Not fickle. Not conditional.

It does not cause or create confusion; manipulate or control emotions; perpetuate or initiate chaos.

Hope in its authentic form isn’t meant for one person to place on another.