Hope makes us believe in better and safer days to come. It is the prayer of the heart, the plea of the soul. It makes us believe in the impossible. It makes us subscribe to new beginnings. It makes us prosper in love. Hope makes our faith more intense. It makes us walk the path of God.
Hope delivers us from angst and agitation. Hope humbles us as well as fortifies us. It is the pinwheel that spins solutions to the problems. And when push comes to shove and the problems become unsolvable, hope makes us manage the unmanageable, the same way it gives meaning to the mundane.
Hope is the cap to our restlessness. Hope is the tenderness of security, the happiness of peace. It is the Energizer Bunny to the spirit that has known desolation and despair. It is the balm to the soul that's broken. Hope mends. Hope heals. Hope wins.
Let's hear it from some personalities what they hope for in the New Year.
Fr. Dave Concepcion, chaplain of Sto. Niño de Paz (Greenbelt Chapel)
Someone said, every night we go to bed without any assurance of being alive the next morning, but still we set alarms to wake up. That is hope. What are my hopes in 2025?
- That people with different faiths will be able to live in harmony.
- That families will bring back Christ in their home.
- That children bring back respect to parents.
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