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How To Have Unsinkable Hope

By Kimberley Cohen

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When unsettling times occur, your emotions can get the best of you. Fear and doubt can creep in and the feeling of hope seems to be lost.

When faced with a problem have unsinkable hope.

Whether it's hope for yourself or another person, it may appear to be out of reach or just beyond your grasp, but rest assure, it's not.

Your thoughts can be pretty tricky and quite believable sometimes. They may even seem as if they grab hold of you and you find yourself plummeting to the darkest and doubtful places in yourself.

You can feel overcome with worry, second guessing, hopelessness, uncertainty, panic, and even catastrophic thinking.

In the murky waters of your emotions unsinkable hope may appear to be sunk.

It may not always be easy to change your doubts and fears, but it is possible.

You will probably have to have a pep talk with yourself from time to time. Be determined and committed to elevating and alleviating the negative and worrisome thoughts that want to hold on and keep you down to ones of being hopeful and positive.

One of the most difficult things to do, especially when you are in the midst of your emotions, is to take 100% responsibility for the position you are taking in regards to what is occurring.

You are in charge of remaining hopeful or hopeless. Feel the difference between the two. Which one emits promise?

It's not about disregarding what you are feeling but rather it's moving through it in a more positive way.

When you are fearful or uncertain, possibility thinking turns into problem thinking but with that being said, another thought can also bring about hope once again.

How can you be optimistic when you are in the throws and shadows of pessimistic thinking? Through awareness.

When you recognize that your thoughts are negative, destructive, hopeless, etc., you can say, "Stop. Enough is enough. This way of thinking is not helping me or anyone else".

After you acknowledge what's going on, then you are on your way out of the darkness into lighter and possibility thinking again.

There is no doubt that some days will certainly be easier than others, but remember there is another way, another thought, that can change what you are focusing on.

You may have to remind yourself, especially if you tend to be more of a doubter than a believer, that the thoughts you are replaying in your mind are being sent out into the Universe.

Old mindsets aren't easily persuaded, but with awareness they can be changed.

If you have the ability to doubt and lose faith, you also have the capability to believe and have unsinkable hope.

As hard as it might be sometimes, don't allow your emotions to diminish your hopes.

When you realize you are being doubtful or fearful, then you can make a choice to change your way of thinking.

When you are feeling afraid or not sure of what to do, you can ask for help.

You can call a friend or family member and tell them you are having a difficult time.

You can pray, meditate, re-write the way you are viewing things, go for a walk, or watch or read something inspiring.

Acknowledge the way you are feeling, then be willing to let it go. Don't allow it to sink your unsinkable hope for another minute! Thanks, but no thanks.

"Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man". Victor Hugo

You can use these techniques to assist you in moving through fear, doubt, worry, and uncertainty through unsinkable hope.

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