As I was reading the May 21st entry in 365 Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes, it struck me that while hope and faith may be related, they are not the same thing.
When you have hope, you are waiting for something to happen - being passive instead of being active. You sit at the crossroads and wait for direction. With hope, you wish upon the star and wait for fate to happen. Most often, because no action was taken to ensure success, what you hoped for does not come to pass. And then you wonder why, never learning the lessons in order to grow and ensure success in the future.
When you have faith, you may rest at the side of the crossroads for a while to recover before choosing a path and walking firmly upon it. With faith, you have a goal in mind, and put in motion the actions required to gain that goal. Even if that goal is not attained, you will have at least made the effort to do so, and you will have learned what works and what doesn't to better ensure success for future endeavors.
And as the song says, "there are two paths, but in the long run, there is still time to change the road you're on."
So which do you choose - hope or faith? Passive or active?
It is one thing to be walking the labyrinth and finding your way out of the maze. It is another simply to be walking in circles.This is what happens when one continues to follow the same path and expecting different results.
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