We Get What We Believe For

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There were two identical twins and they were alike in every way ... but one.

One was a hope-filled optimist who only saw the bright side of life in every situation.

The other was a very dark-minded pessimist who only saw the downside in everything.

The parents became worried about the extremes in the children of optimism and pessimism, and so they took them to the doctor, and the doctor suggested a plan.

On their next birthday give the pessimist a shiny, new bike but give the optimist only a pile of manure.

It seemed a fairly extreme thing to do ... after all; the parents have always treated their boys equally. But in this instance they decided that they would try the doctor’s advice.

So, when the twin’s birthday came around the parents gave the pessimist the most expensive, top-of-the-range, racing bike a child had every owned.

And, when he saw the bike, his first words were: “I’ll probably crash and break my leg.”

To the optimist, they gave a carefully wrapped box of manure. He opened it, looked puzzled for a moment and then ran outside screaming... “You can’t fool me! Where there’s this much manure, there’s gotta’ be a pony!”

Moral of the story: Refuse to stop hoping.


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Hi Trish a good blog on hope.

Thanks Leo, glad you enjoyed this.

Always take the optimist view. Thanks Trish.

Right ON Michael!
Thanks for dropping by and commenting.

I will never stop hoping. Thanks Trish.

Good to know Brad!
Thanks for stopping by and commenting.

Well, these things have much to do with the Enneatype you have developed in your young years. Some types are extremely positive - and then fall into pitfalls when they don't see the gap. Other types are extremely reserved (not necessarily negative, more doubting) and they risk to overlook the good things in life and choose the difficult ones. The other types are somewhere in between. The thing is that you cannot just DECIDE to act and think differently, as these patterns are deeply ingrained into the consciousness. Needs some really deep work to change that.
But inspiration is always good, an uplifting start for the deeper work.

Thanks for your inspirational posts!

If you don't know about Enneatypes and the Enneagram, I am happy to write something about it in the future. I did my thesis in Gestalt Counselling on that topic......

Thank YOU for your informative input and compliment Heidi.

Much appreciated,
Trish

Hope is faith, and faith is "RISK!" Over, around, or I'm going on thru'...

Thanks David!

G-Wiz I liked what you said. But the reason I do not like text, is that there's no emotions you can hear thru' our voices, which are vibrations of sound to the soul, so it is risky to see what is said, but not know it is really a "LIE!"
I told myself I can not be a salesmen, your required to lie!
I couldn't be a Lawyer because their required to "What?" LIE!
I couldn't be a Policemen because their required to "Who?" Lie!
I can not rob, steal, thieve, covet( meaning be with another's mates ), or even take my "Most-High" from off his thrown for no-man, or false entity. He is What He Is, let me see them(the one's who've changed you) change that. Understand-It? Souls need that freedom to do all that they please, not held back with spiritual chains(repent)upon the people you speak with so they also know what is to come, and be blessed by the "TRUTH", read the "book of Instruction Before Life Ends(the 1611 kjv bible) and you shall be blessed without no grievances of what ever the past throws at you. It will be off of your blood as a forgiveness, and we hope that everyone that conspires to take heed to these words I speak let them also receive the same of these blessing. "Amen!" Shalom...

Oh! If I'm sharing this with you I gotta like you. "Let's Make-It Happen!"

Nice one Trish, message received.

Thank YOU Michael.
T'was Joyce Meyer's message and I loved it so much I shared it here.

I agree 100 percent

Thanks Mitch!

Great post.

Thank YOU Roger!

No problem.

This is great advice! Keep going!

Thanks Dirk ... I intend to! :-))

Great advice,

Thanks Mike!

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