05/01/2026
“The Courage to Hope on Bad Days”
Good days make hope easy.
Bad days make it feel impossible.
And yet…
it’s on the bad days that hope matters most.
Hope doesn’t thrive in comfort.
It grows in discomfort.
It blooms in places where everything feels heavy.
On days when my body aches
and my thoughts feel dim,
I try to whisper hope into the dark.
Not loudly.
Not dramatically.
Just enough to remind myself:
“This pain is not the whole story.”
“This moment is not the end.”
“I have survived every hard day before this one.”
Hope isn’t denial.
It’s courage.
And I choose it even when choosing it hurts.