SPEAKING KIND WORDS OF HOPE IN TIMES OF GREAT UNCERTAINTY If you want to reduce stress and speak life back into your tired and weary soul, then there are positive and kind words that you can say over yourself and others. If you want to spread hope and joy for all, then incorporate these phrases into your life and speech. 1. “If you’re patient, you’ll be compensated for every disappointment in life.” Henry David Thoreau 2. “When you have hope, you’re able to see the light even though there is darkness all around you.” Desmond Tutu 3. “The good in this world is worth fighting for.” J.R.R. Tolkien 4. “I GET BY WHEN I STOP DWELLING ON MY MISERY; RATHER, I TEND TO FOCUS ON THE BEAUTY AND LOVE THAT REMAINS.” ANNE FRANK 5. “Weeping may remain, but for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.” English Proverb 6. “You can accomplish great things in this world if you keep trying even when there seems to be no hope.” Dale Carnegie 7. “Use your talents to carve a tunnel of hope through your darkest mountain.” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr 8. “Hope means to keep believing even when everything seems doomed, or it seems as if there is no purity left in the world at all. When you feel that everything is hopeless, you develop the strength to fight another day.” G.K. Chesterton 9. “IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW FAR YOUR JOURNEY OR WHERE YOU GO, AS LONG AS YOU DON’T STOP.” CONFUCIUS 10. “You will find your greatest victories come in life, not when you fall, but in every time that you rise.” Confucius 11. “Hope is as delicious and sweet as bread to a poor man.” Gary Herbert 12. “If you are without hope, then you cease to live.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky 13. “FREQUENTLY, THE FAILURES YOU EXPERIENCE IN LIFE ARE MERELY BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T REALIZE HOW CLOSE YOU WERE TO SUCCESS, AND YOU GAVE UP TOO SOON.” THOMAS EDISON 14. “Use your mistakes from yesterday to live for today and use your successes of today to have hope for tomorrow.” Albert Einstein 15. “There are many dark nights, but there are always brighter days.” Tupac. FINAL THOUGHTS ON WHY WE MUST SHARE KIND WORDS AND SPREAD HOPE A study was done in 2018 by the students at a university in Dubai. They used 30 plants, grouped in pairs by identical species. Fifteen plants were praised as the students spoke positively to it. However, the other 15 plants were spoken to in a negative manner and cursed at. They said things like, “you’re ugly, you will never be as big and beautiful as the other plants, and you’re going to die.” Ikea sponsored the project at Wellington Academy, hoping to get to the bottom of the often bogus believed claim. Researchers dubbed the study “Bully a Plant” to raise awareness of how harmful bullying can be to people, let alone plants. They documented the study on video for all the world to see. The results were uncanny. The plants that received the negativity and all the harsh comments had droopy leaves and were dramatically different than the other foliage. While they had equally received the same water, food, and things essential for survival, the negativity had a dramatic impact. While this study is about plants, it can be related to humans. Being always told how worthless you are and how you will never be as good as your brother or sister is very detrimental. If you grew up in a home where you were always seen as less than others, then you might have a negative outlook on life. Thankfully, you have the power to change all of this. Your kind words and positive affirmations that you speak into your mind and soul can change you and those around you. Spread hope and joy around you to others by filling them with goodness and hope. Be the person that everyone wants to be around and the one who has a smile on their face and a spring in their step. What changes can you make today to change your tomorrow? You only have one life to live, so it’s essential to make it the best one you can.
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