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Get a small notebook that you carry with you everywhere and be ready to use it.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Begin noting how others on your path demonstrate their hope.\u00a0 Do this for a month.\u00a0 Imitate them, in fact.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Keep track of the times you extended love\/hope to some one else over a seven day period.\u00a0 Note what effect this extension has on you.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Practicing gratitude cultivates hope and a changed heart.\u00a0 At the end of each day for thirty days, write about your experiences.\u00a0 What changes in yourself do you see?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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List the times you know, without a doubt, that God was present in your life.\u00a0 This will help you continue on your hope-filled journey.\u00a0 And keep watching for Him!<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Our interactions with others are always intentional<\/strong>.\u00a0 Write about some of these that the passage of time has revealed to you even though you didn\u2019t see \u201ctheir value\u201d at the time.\u00a0 This revelation assures us that our journey is divine and hopeful.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Choosing to be peaceful rather than argumentative is an act of letting go.\u00a0 Can you recall some of these times of late?\u00a0 How does this action give you hope?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Deciding to refrain from reacting, smiling instead<\/em><\/strong>, changes the dynamic of any situation and hope is born within us.\u00a0 Practice this action and then write about its effects on you and others.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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We are never given more than we can handle.\u00a0 Share some examples of how your personal life has been a testament of this.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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See only the good in others for the next seven days.\u00a0 This isn\u2019t easy but when some thing comes to mind that isn\u2019t \u201cgood,\u201d discard it for some thing that is.\u00a0 Write down how this changes your heart.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Hope is contagious.\u00a0 When you perceive it in others, how are you affected?\u00a0 Keep track of this experience for a few days.\u00a0 Share what you observe with a sponsor, a sponsee, or a friend in order to extend hope even further.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Think about your relationship to your quieter inner voice.\u00a0 The cultivation of that relationship would cultivate more hope too.\u00a0 Make a plan in this regard.<\/p>\n

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Accepting others as they are is the surest way to peace.\u00a0 It guarantees being more hopeful too.\u00a0 The decision to do so may need to be made daily.\u00a0 Who do you need to work harder to accept?\u00a0 How will you begin?<\/p>\n

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