The following paragraphs are from Dr. Fleet’s Psychiatric Principles text and cover the topics of faith and hope. These paragraphs are so powerful that I actually have them posted on my wall. Whenever I find myself worrying about something I go and read (and sometimes reread) the paragraph on hope. It instantly picks me up and puts me in a better mood.
FAITH
“If you have faith regarding what happens in the world – that God rules it all – and that He would not send anything to you that was not deserved, then you will accept what is sent to you and learn a lesson from it. That is faith.”
HOPE
“Another law of the Soul is the Law of Hope. Hope is that positive attribute which tells us that God in His divine wisdom will change things for the better, will bring about that change. Anyone who understands and obeys this law, who knows that much about it, has direction in his life. This individual knows where he is going. He doesn’t always know what is at the “end of the tunnel,” or what is coming. But when he has hope that the Power knows where he is going, what he is doing, that there is a plan in operation, then this individual knows that he is being taken care of. Let’s hope. You don’t have to worry about the negativity that is everywhere evident in the world. You don’t have to change the teachers, or the rulers of the nations. The person whom you have to change is within your own being. It is you, yourself. It is really something when you have to change this “fellow” on the inside. It seems to change the world around you. That is quite a thing to get straightened out. It opens up a whole new life for you.”
