Who was the last person you spoke to?

I realize that for me, I don't have hope; because that suggests there's something wrong with life at present. I have faith that whatever is happening is for the highest good of all concerned; if I can't see that right now, I ask to be shown it or let it flow…

Love: expand my heart whenever I see it closing with fear, apprehension, or distrust!

I know Internet doesn't mean as much as other things, But  I fell so sorry. And I feel for you and your mother. I do. I was going through these blogs and a good percent of them spoke to their beloved or lover. There is another person who has had a similar account they shared here, I read.
I remember God and all that He has done in my life. I remember His love, And I remember His promises. That's what I've come back to over and over and over again. HIs love is just so attracting; His love draws me to Him. He has also given me tangible things to go to. God is there and wants me to love and be loved by Him. God is good.
Again, I am so sorry for this loss, Jung. She is blessed to have your love.

So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
It's not that we will be loved but that we have loved, loved from the very core of us, sparked our imagination, our perception to the point where the edges of this image of a me faded into a reality of an us becoming. So that's what we are and all we have to do is remember, the gift that we are, the greatest gift.

great question…for me it would have to be actually living those 3, by showing hope in tricky situations, keeping the faith alive by practicing my spiritual disciplines (yoga, mantra, art) and of course showing the love in simple ways such as a smile, a hug, loving words and support to friends and loved ones in need.

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Ye gads, saying good bye is tough…lord knows, I have done it enough times! I agree with Meenakshi's wise counsel and think she is right, but I also know at times, our faith can be tested in strange ways. Your mama is a cutie! And I know how hard it is to find “the right one” and stay together. Me, of all people knows, as I am on #4.

Trying to remain positive in times of despair is a hard thing to do, but I do try. I also let my emotions unravel if need be…and release. That is the best advice I can give. When we release it seems to allow for the room for something else to come in.

Big hugs and lots of empathy…I think she has a wonderful ally in you, and there is nothing quite like a daughters love for her mama to cure some ills.

Love, Aley

Faith: the ability to face  What Is  with courage, an open heart and intuitive knowledge of our total connection with the Essence of all things…

Hope: that my connection with Eternal Truth never fades…

Love: the marriage of faith and hope begets outpourings of love.

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Hey Sweetie, I don't do anything to keep faith, hope, love alive.
It is the other way around; They keep me alive and I surrender in that grace!
Arn't mum the lovliest things, so close to the heart they can break it right open.

Aaw Mom is gorgeous! :D
Please give her a big hug from me.

mmm.. how to keep (hope, etc) alive?

gratitude helps

This is an interesting question

It creates the sense there's an option

and takes me to the essence of Be-ing

I guess when we are centred on others
(see things as outside of self)
for our happiness, etc
then we are going to experience suffering
thats one thing for sure.
Because all things come and go
all things change
this is the nature of things

Guru Life throws us challenges all the way
each is a sacred lesson

It is tough when our loved one's are in pain

so much love

Deep Blessings for your mom being filled with abundant Love always.  Awakening to the realization that hope faith and love are always alive in us.  Sometimes we forget and need to go through the process of remembering who we really are.   Your mom is a bright shining soul.  More love will come her way.

trust the process
and let go…
sending love & light
tess

“Hope” is the thing with feathers– That perches in the soul– And sings the tune without the words And never stops–at all”
Emily Dickenson

I rest in the present moments that offer the gifts to let me know that I am something greater than my physical body and mind trips.  I revel in the struggle with the journey to the break throughs to something greater than myself and cherish the times when I can express authentic faith, hope, and love.

During a morning when I am feeling a little down this helps. Thanks Jung Girl

A quote:

Inside this clay jug there are canyons and pine mountians,
         and the marker of canyons and pine mountains!
All seven oceans are inside, and hundreds of millions of stars.
The acid that tests gold is there, and the one who judges jewels.
And the music from the strings no one touches,
          and the source of all water.

If you want the truth, I will tell you the truth:
Friend, listen: the God whom I love is inside.

–Kabir

Jung Girl, my heart goes out to your mother.  It seems she has a wonderfully loving daughter in you, and I am sure that that in itself gives her hope and joy.

I have thought about your question and find that I do not make a special effort to keep these things alive.  Like Meenakshi, I do not much organize my life around hope.  If I can listen deeply to what is present in my life, and open myself in welcoming to the moment, that is often enough.  In that opening, appreciation, love, and compassion naturally seem to flower.  Life is so precious and beautiful, it breaks the heart … and it breaks it open.

Thank you for thinking of me, sis. And give Mama a hug for me and let her know, she's not alone. We're never alone!

I must admit I think often of the future and its possibilities; you can call me a dreamer, and I don't mind. I also recall the great people I am meeting on my way that are out there doing their thing for justice and kindness and goodness in the world, the true saviours and heroes. This inspires me.

I soundly place negativity and dysfunction in their places: as aberrations from the natural and so I get to see the beauty and natural wonder that is our world. It helps that I don't watch the news that much too ;) I take the real life stories about triumph and achievement and immediately I am encouraged.

Lots of love, Sherri

moms, dads, just have to remember that we are all children
and just ” get naked and dance” around and around and around
the heart of reality til …..hilariousness tickles the toes to fingers tips to intuitives genius….and all melts into the chocolate covered peaches of life.

Every day, something, or many things will happen, some tiny, and sometimes, something really big, that I can only take in with openness.  Given a choice of whether to fight, and reject whatever is happening, or turn to face it, for whatever it is anyway, and accept everything, and demand of myself that I make every situation workable and manageable, this requires cultivating the confidence that this is always possible.

Though many things could make or break a day, or the perception of a whole life, why not choose, when one can abide in the space where that choice is always possible, to seize that event and turn it into a positive, even if it involves suffering? I strive to do this, and continue to encounter my share of “good” and “bad” fortune, taking it all, and often with increasing patience and humor.

Having lived through too many times when faith was still a question, and doubt stood by, poisoning the possibility of freedom, I have learned to more and more consistently see, or at least believe in if or when I cannot see, the divine grace of all occurences.  I simply cannot afford not to believe in the infinite web of love that holds us all up, and together, ensuring we will each be ok, whatever happens. The extent to which I witness and experience that reality manifesting in my life and other's lives confirms and deepens my faith in being held in that vast web.

I could name on and on, the many times when I have been caught by, or prayed to be held within the great compassion and abundance of the Universe.  Every day I live on and invoke with devotion and trust for that all-pervading power, instead of relying on my own personal resources and will alone, I experience an undeniable result that such power is the only force that ever really accomplishes anything of value.  Increasingly, I turn toward trusting this power more fully, and aligning my own activities with only the things that will benefit all beings.

As for hope, when I can give something that will help someone, express kindness, and pray with belief in the value and invetability of the arising of an event, then hope can grow.  Patience with things as they are, and trusting that I, and others around me, will always be cared for and have needs met, allows hope to flourish.

Love?  : ) When I remember to cultivate metta, starting with a wish for all beings to be happy, and remember to smile, and act kindly to all beings, including and starting with myself, these and the other four immeasurables unfold like petals of a lotus. It is in the wish to benefit others, that all beings be happy, in practice, and devotion to this sure method that this can arise as I have found.

Thank you for the invitation to read and comment on your blog, and the reminder to be here on Gaia as in community : ) 

How is your mom today, Jung Girl?

Shwartzman, I am sure you're intentions are good, 
at the same time your comments on gay people are derogatory

love
HummingBird

Hi!  I'm very sorry your family is having trouble, I hope it gets better.  : )
What I do to keep hope alive is to align myself with the highest, brightest truth I know.  What specifically I remind myself depends on the situation, but somewhere inside our mental landscapes, if we search, we'll hear a voice that tells us that all is well.  Some times we all have to strain to listen…
It's hardest in a case like this where someone loses a loved one, though.  The most important thing in such a tough time is to, at every moment, reach for as much love and happiness one can find, in our own thoughts and in the world around us.  Even if we can only find a tiny bit of  light, we must try… by accumulating light thoughts, light activities and light people, we'll find our way through the hardest things, I believe.  
Love and light to you all…

I'm rather protective of my mom. I'm always trying to come up with things to make her happy. I wouldn't want to see her alone. She takes care of herself pretty well. She doesn't really need my help but its there whenever she desires it. To keep our love alive and our future hopeful I talk to her, email her, visit…I treat her as a friend and an equal. I share what i'm doing in my life and remain interested in hers.  I respect her and have faith that she knows what she wants and that she'll find it when she's ready. I provide her a safe space in which she can say anything about anything and not be judged and i try to find things to say and do that amuse/entertain/delight her. I remember the important days. I try not to do anything that would give her grief. I try to find something to laugh about. She enjoys a good laugh and I do too. Keep it light. Life is not serious.


Thanks for inviting me over, Jung Girl. I've missed you this summer. It's been a busy one. Still busy. I have so much work to do now…after playing all summer.

Your mom is very beautiful and sweet, Jung Girl.   Hope she's feeling much better by now. 

I cannot pinpoint exactly what I did to keep the hope, faith and love alive in my life when the ground shook beneath me………..but if I ever find myself on that surface again, I know I will want to give myself enough time to heal first of all………and after that, the sky is the limit when it comes to new inspirations…………universal secrets to uncover, books to write, give that to those what I need, helping others fulfill their dreams, practice more health habits, home decorating, gardening……….and just about anything to take my mind off that item which caused me to lose my faith, hope and love in the first place……..

sigh.