This is the week in advent where we celebrate hope. As a stroke survivor, I am truly blessed to have the functionality that I have. There was a time when I hoped to be able to be able to get out of bed by myself. To be able to stand up on my own. Then to be able to walk again. To me, hope is about opportunity, it is about self-dignity and it is about the future. However, for some people, the daily struggle watching their plodding footsteps keeps their head too far down to see the horizon, never mind the sunshine that is in the sky overhead.
This is the first week in the Christian calender leading into preparing for Christmas. Providing hope to someone can be as small a thing as offering a few encouraging words. So while we are buzzing around in a mad blitz to get Christmas shopping completed, my hope is that we all stop and take a minute to think about providing hope to someone else. Everyone in our community needs to be able to enjoy the sunshine.
Remember, starting something new requires taking a first step and lean forward, the next step will follow.
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