Without hope we can’t move beyond just surviving. Only when we reach deep within will we find this courage. It is this hope that calls us beyond one self and in the circumstances we find ourselves.

Trauma has a way of calling into question our purpose. A question I find myself asking frequently, why did I survive this horrific crash and others seemingly healthy die?

Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it and to work for it and to fight for it

~ Barack Obama

Within this audacity of hope we find strength to not simply survive, but to thrive. We will find our way. It starts with a little hope. Audacious hope.

Hope is a powerful force that can sustain us through the darkest of times. It’s the belief that things will eventually improve even if it’s hard to see in the moment.  As we nurture a belief in our own abilities and recognize the inherent goodness in ourselves and the world around us, we make the world a better place.