Do you have hope? It’s not always easy when our kids are struggling.
We all need some kind of dream to keep us going in the darkest times.
Having hope can give us the incentive to hang on a little longer when our son or daughter’s substance use is keeping us stuck.
In addition, we need something to keep us going when we desperately want something to change. It gives us one reason to keep moving forward when the outcome is uncertain.
The definition of hope is:
- a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen
- a person or thing that may help or save someone
- grounds for believing that something good may happen
We need to have faith that things can change for the better if we believe.
While you know you cannot control every aspect of the future, it is helpful to believe that your child will recover from their substance use.
You will have that chance to let go of your fear, stress, and sadness. It allows you to believe that life will get back to normal.
Here are 17 outstanding quotes that I hope will inspire you to remember that life can get better.
1. “Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come.” ~ Anne Lamott
2. “God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us – in the dreariest and most dreaded moments – can see a possibility of hope.” ~Maya Angelou
3. “It is often in the darkest skies that we see the brightest stars.” ~ Richard Evans
4. “Walk on with hope in your heart, and you’ll never walk alone” ~ Shah Rukh Khan
5. “Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” ~ Stephen King
6. “What is broken can be mended. What hurts can be healed. And no matter how hard it gets, the sun will rise again.” ~ Unknown
7. “Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there’s no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic.” ~ Laini Taylor
8. “A whole stack of memories never equal one little hope.” ~ Charles M. Schultz
9. “Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.” ~ Martha Beck
10. “All it takes is one bloom of hope to make a spiritual garden.” ~Terri Guillemets
11. “There is nothing so well-known as that we should not expect something for nothing – but we all do and call it Hope.” ~ Edgar Howe
12. “Beliefs create reality” ~ Melody Beattie
13. “Just because you can’t see it clearly now, that doesn’t mean things won’t work out for you. Keep going and trust in yourself. This may or may not pan out as you hoped it would, but it’s worth the risk. And no matter what happens, you can handle it, and you will be just fine.” ~ Lori Deschene
14. “When the world says, ‘Give up,’ Hope whispers, ‘Try it one more time.’ ~ Author Unknown
15. “Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering ‘it will be happier’…” ~ Alfred Tennyson
16. “No matter how dark the moment, love and hope are always possible.” ~ George Chakiris
17. “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sing the tunes without the words – And never stops at all.” ~ Emily Dickinson
Thank you for reading!
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Consider checking out my book, The Compassion Antidote: A Path to Change for You and Your Child Struggling with Addiction.
