Losing Hope

Receiving means losing hope.

Those of us who become accustomed to lack can become quite attached to hope

Yet hope is a beingness of desire which we must abandon in the transition to receive and have.

When I finally request a resource, I lose the hope for that resource and receive the resource. When I have it, I no longer hope for it. Or, I lose hope and find that the resource is not there. I do not have it, nor may I even hope for it the way I have been.

It is VITAL to understand the risk this represents, especially to the child psyche within us all. It is vital to take the attachment to hope seriously, perhaps even to consciously grieve the part of us that has loved dreaming about how what we longed for would come to fruition. We deserve to understand the way hope is an activity, a practice all its own.

Fantasy can be a lifeline in the darkest moments of our lives. It is natural to grow attached, and responsible to honor the attachment.