Hope Emerging from the Dust

Be vulnerable to the new day, and hold on to hope.

I was once a member of a professional reading group with several of my colleagues. Like any book club, each of us read the same new book every month. However, we each explored our own particular theme in that monthly book. My theme was hope. 

I nearly forgot about this illuminating time, until I pulled down one of the books from the collection we read. Their Eyes Were Watching God was full of dog-eared pages where I saw hope. One passage particularly catches my eye today: 

She knew that God tore down the old world every evening and built a new one by sun-up. It was wonderful to see it take form with the sun and emerge from the gray dust of its making.

What impresses me most now is how hope comes from a dark place. Even through the gray dust we are assured that something bright and new is on the horizon.

When it feels like everything around you is crumbling, keep telling yourself you will soon find:

Something new

Something needed

Something important

Something beautiful

Be vulnerable to the new day, and hold on to hope.  Be open to change along your personal path. If it still seems murky, coaching can help bring you through the gray dust toward your goals.