Feelings of Hopelessness Are Actually A Call For Hope

This may come as a surprise, but you're not alone when you have feelings of hopelessness.


However, these feelings don't need to be a part of you anymore.



"What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are."
- Anthony Robbins
Where do feelings of hopelessness come from? Hopelessness arises out of your belief that there are no solutions to your problems or challenges. The future looks bleak. Despair is all around you.

But is this really reality? Are there really no avenues out? Is there really no solution to what's causing your pain?

If you truly believe there's no way out, then feelings of hopelessness will be with you always. The shame in that is that you're choosing to be in this state of mind. You're choosing a hopeless destiny for yourself.

Think long and hard about what I just wrote. It's true. I believe there is always a solution. No matter how dim things look, no matter how down in the hole you are, there's a way out for you.
Did I always believe this? Actually, no. There were times when I was younger when I would allow myself to sink into feelings of hopelessness, thinking there was no way to find a positive solution.

I emphasized the word "thinking" in the previous sentence because, just like so much of the content on my site, the thought process in your mind is the key to your personal growth journey.

When you convince yourself that things are hopeless, how in the world can your mind start thinking of solutions? The simple thought, "There's no way out" slams the door shut on any possibility thinking your mind has the power to employ in your favor.

"Nearly every man who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged."
- Thomas A Edison
One thing I've learned to this point in my life is that when feelings of hopelessness begin to set in, it's time to open your mind to all possibilities.

Yes, it's hard. When you're feeling hopeless you want to just curl up, go to sleep and hide, don't you? It takes a conscious effort to break this thought pattern, but it must be done in order for you to experience the rich abundance you deserve in your life.

Open your soul and mind up. What can be done to turn a hopeless situation positive? What should you stop doing? What should you begin to do differently? Who can you talk to that can offer quality insight?

Seeking counsel from someone you trust can be an immense help. In some of my roughest periods in life, when I wanted to be alone in my misery, it was always a family member or close friend who said one small thing that made the difference.

In my lowest moments of self-pity, I would hear advice that kicked me in the pants. It jarred my mind back into a positive, solution-seeking mode.

Your reality is a product of your thinking. Feelings of hopelessness are a sign that something big needs to be changed in your life. However, these feelings are not a call for you to give up. They're a call for you go in a different direction. They're a call for you to change.

Feelings of hopelessness are actually a call for hope.

"Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up."
- Anne Lamott
"Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles."
- Samuel Smiles
Change your life,

Matt


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