The Hope of it All.

I am absolutely in love with Hope.  It is my favorite word in the English language.   For, I have made a discovery about life, about the Makers plan for us.  It is so true and so clear to me.  We are each others hope.  It is in each other, in the revealing of our naked vulnerabilities, that we find kinship.  It is in our belief in the temporal nature of circumstance, that we lock our arms together and march in hope for one another.  It is why God gave us the privilege of experiencing true compassion.  We reflect the nature of our creator when we care for one another in a way that causes us to suffer with them.  Suffering reveals raw humanity.    "Under everything, just another human being" is one of my favorite lines from the Pearl Jam song, 'Just Breathe'.   Humanity is the great common denominator.  We really only carry a few things to our grave... our faith, our love, our sorrows... our humanity. So it makes sense then. .. All those 'Why?' questions. We are experiencing pain, loss, hurt, grief, love goodness, hope... all for one another.  So we can bear the burden when it is our turn; so we can give strength to those who can not lift their own faces up.  So that our faces can be lifted up when we have no strength.   It is our collective life's work.  It is the purpose of all things that make no sense. The meaning is sometimes only found in the survival, for the act of surviving sometimes is itself the revelation. The meaning is in the Hope that the survival perpetuates.  We are connected in our stories of our humanness.  Our stories of survival tell the tale of Hope.  It all has meaning because it has meaning to someone else.  It is this chain of Hope that links us;  to each other... and to our Creator.