Hope Lives: The Power That Pulls Us Into the Light

Today’s Good Word: Hope Lives

When everything feels lost, hope has a quiet way of stepping forward—and changing the story.

Have you ever been lost—really lost? I have. I was six years old when my parents took me to the beach. I wandered away, and when I turned around, nothing looked familiar. Blankets, towels, and umbrellas stretched as far as my small eyes could see, but none of them hid the parents I was desperately searching for.

I walked back and forth, heart pounding, until the fear finally broke through and I began to cry. A couple noticed, knelt beside me, and gently asked what was wrong. When I told them I was lost, they took me straight to the police station. And just like that, my fear lifted. I knew the police would find my parents. I knew we’d be reunited.

My disaster turned around because hope lives. Even at six years old, I had hope.

Hope is the life-breathing, life-sustaining fuel that pulls us out of darkness and back into the sunlight. Viktor Frankl called it meaning—the “why” that gives us strength in any “how.” When we discover our why, when we understand why tomorrow is worth waking up for, hope rises inside us like dawn.

Let hope live in you. Let it live through everything you do.