Some people talk about hope as if it’s a magic wand. For a healthy perspective on hope, keep in mind:
Hope doesn’t change your reality. Hope changes your perception of your reality.
Without hope for tomorrow, I’m confused about what’s happening in my body. I’m scared of my treatments. Side effects signal doom.
With hope, I feel my body working together with the treatments to my benefit. Side effects remind me that the treatments are powerful, making me feel unwell in the short run to get me well in the long run. Hope changes my perception of my reality for the better, if that hope is healing hope that opens my eyes to possibilities.
Hope doesn’t change your future. Hope motivates you to action that can change your future.
I’m closing my eyes and clasping my hands together, hoping as hard as I can to recover. By itself, that hope won’t make any difference. It is only when my hope motivates me to seek proper medical care, comply with therapies, and take health-promoting steps that my hope has made a difference, increasing my chance of the best outcome. Hope motivates me to action that can change what happens for the better, if that hope is healing hope—hope that helps me get good care.
Hope doesn’t guarantee a better tomorrow. Hope guarantees a better today.
Nobody can predict my future. Finding hope guarantees a better today, if that hope is healing hope—hope that helps me live more fully.
To learn more about healing hope, download Finding Hope That Heals. (a free eBook, available thanks to the National Breast Cancer Foundation).
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