There are two kinds of hope, one positive and one negative.

In the negative kind, you put off living now, in hope that the future will be different; it is a way of avoiding acceptance.

In the positive kind, you are at peace with what is, at the same time inviting and expecting love, truth, and beauty to work in your life and manifest its fruits.

If you are feeling hopeless, it may be that you can no longer sustain living only for the future. This may be a gateway into acceptance and the generation of true hope, positive hope, for only when you are at peace can you experience the knowledge that you are creating a more joyous future.

True hope springs from the empowered heart, one that knows that you are part of the infinite and that as you are in alignment with Self, you are the source of hope for your life.

--Michael channeled by Shepherd Hoodwin, May 27, 2007