Promising Future

"At least you have a little Hope"  I say sometimes, as a little joke to a friend... and even if Hope is not a 1 yr old rosy-cheeked cherub in your life, it still remains the truth.  

We all need a little hope.  

Something to look forward to.  Anticipate.  Yearn for.  Dream about. 

Without that, life is pretty pointless and bleak.  Like a never-ending winter with no signs of spring. 

We have had a lot of excitement in the last three years.  Engagements, weddings, home-buying, babies (expected and unexpected), trips to Cuba, Disneyland, Hawaii, job changes.  And now the racing pulse and palpitations of life have slowed to an even, steady beating.  In other words there's not a lot going on in the Brown household these days.    We're plodding along, and making tracks, all noble efforts.  

But I have never had any desire to be a plough horse.  

I've realized lately that humans need something to strive towards.  I need something to strive towards.   When there is no hint of adventure on the horizon I find the days getting a little long.  

Yet, drama and aspirations aside, this is life.  Most of our "life" milestones have been passed.  We are solidly in the "Grade Two" phase of life (as a wise man I know calls it), and we'll be here for awhile to come.  

What all of this day-to-day boredom does make me realize is that even beyond these minor lulls, I have abundant gratitude that I am not living a hopeless life.  I can't even imagine how dreary life must be for those with nothing to look forward to beyond the grave.   

I have the best hope of all, a hope for eternity and that is what I will cling to in even the lacklustre moments of my life.