We All Carry Disappointments
Life takes its toll. If we lack a right perspective, disappointments and setbacks accumulate over time and can cause depression and an inability to have hope for the future. Franciscan author Richard Rohr put it this way, “Until we walk with despair, and still have hope, we will not know that our hope was not just hope in ourselves, in our own successes, in our power to make a difference, in our image of what perfection should be. We need hope from a much deeper Source. We need a hope larger than ourselves.” … “This very journey is probably the heart of what Jesus came to reveal.”
I couldn't agree more. When it comes to processing disappointments, it is more about where you process them than how you process them. Where do you process life's disappointments and setbacks? I hope you have a place outside of your "head space" to reflect and draw inspiration.
Here's how Dr. Martin Luther King suggests we deal with disappointment, "We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."
"There's always failure. And there's always disappointment. And there's always loss. But the secret is learning from the loss, and realizing that none of those holes are vacuums." Michael J. Fox
