How to create hope when you feel discouraged

I was recently in a state of feeling discouraged. When I looked at what was going on internally, I noticed something interesting. I had lost hope in a situation that was important to me. When you feel that there is no hope in an area that is important to you, you can expect to feel discouraged. You may even feel depressed.

So here is the question. How do you create hope? When you have hope, you have an inner excitement. You feel on top of your circumstances. You are confident and very effective. When you have no hope, your circumstances have total power over you. Confidence and energy disappear. Negativity soars and opportunity gets pushed away.

To create hope, there are several steps you can take. The first step is to free yourself of the negative emotion that is being triggered by your circumstances. Find the hurt that you would have to feel if your fears came true and if your situation could never change. Then dive into this hurt.

Feel it willingly like a child. Feel it deliberately and purposefully. Let it the hurt come and let it go. The more you are willing to feel the hurt that is being triggered by your circumstances, the more your circumstances lose power and the more opportunity can show up.

The second step is to create a plan of action. Instead of fighting the way your situation is, surrender to the truth of the way it is. Then create a plan for what needs to be done based on the facts of the way your situation is. The moment you create a plan of action and start taking action steps, you get your power back. Life starts working and you generate hope.

The third step and perhaps the most important step is to get back in light. When you are in this state, you are free of the circumstances and present with who you are. You are happy, alive and free.

Learning how to live in the light is the key to being effective. When you are in the light, discouragement is impossible and hope is natural. We will talk more about this later. In the meantime, learn more about how to live in the light.