Here’s a task for you: try to think of a famous song that has the word ‘hope’ in its title or in the chorus – one that was played on the radio recently; one that runs in a commercial ad; one that just about everybody knows.
Some say that anxiety is excess future, depression is excess past, and stress is excess present. Now imagine someone who has an excess of all of these! Laura was that person.
It is hope that enables one to keep going in the face of difficult circumstances; it is having an expectancy of a better tomorrow, regardless of the current outlook.
Each person can control their thoughts and direct their will. With the exception of instinctive reactions or repeated actions in our habits, what we do has its origin in our thoughts.
When death take what matters most to us, we go through a storm of emotions. Pain, anger, regret, questions, anxiety, and often unbearable emotional trauma. We ache for genuine comfort. Yet even though we stumble through this maze, there is hope.
Having a healthy, colourful plant-based diet; getting out and exercising in the fresh air and sunshine daily; drinking enough water, and sleeping well, can do more for you than any doctor on the planet.