HOPE can make or break you.

7 Days of Hope: Day 1, transcript...

Welcome to the Hope Hotline

A collaborative effort made possible by Katherine Gotshall English it is because of people like Katherine that HOPE is still alive today.

What a year it has been! With events being experienced both locally and globally like no other time. No doubt you have faced challenges, and maybe even a personal hardship during this time as it has been a year filled with opportunities to doubt, to fear or maybe even to feel hopeless.

Today I am here to say there is HOPE!

We are here today because there IS HOPE!

I'm James Possible and for TODAY and next 6 days I will be the Hope Hotline host or as Katherine calls it the "Hope Ambassador".

It is both a priviledge and an honor to be here with you on this 2nd day of August 2009.

Thank you.

Life and living have a way of being relentless teachers.

We either allow life to grind away until there is nothing left of us or like a stone being polished in a tumbler we become stronger and wiser as we embrace the challenges and through it all become the people we most want to be.

Still, keep in mind, life isn't just about the challenge, it's important to remember life is meant to be celebrated. Life is meant to be experienced.

Life is meant to be breathed in...sometimes you've just got to take a moment to sit back and breath it in. Deeply and slowly. Reminding yourself that you are alive! and because you are alive
there is HOPE!

So, let's take a moment to take a deep slow breath and remind ourselves of why we are here...in a word...

HOPE!

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Exercise...

Ok, close your eyes...
Now let's take a couple deep and hopeful breaths together...
Breathing in slowly and deeply and breathing out slowly

Ready...

Breath in...breath out...

Ok, one more time...
Breath in...breath out...

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So thank you for being here...thank you for your trust and your willingness to explore your hope with me.

It is my intent to celebrate you for being here, to celebrate you for saying "I'm not giving up!", or maybe even for saying "I love my life!"

No matter where you are today my goal is to share with you the experience of HOPE!

To do that I will be sharing with you what I know about Hope, what I've experienced with hope and why I feel hope can be the difference between a life well lived and a life of disappointment.

Whether or not it is about you, your job, your business, your family or even a friend...right now, right here I want you to know HOPE can make or break you.

You're here and that means something, and because you are I'm going to give you my very best.

Your Sharing is the first step...

...in us experiencing this opportunity of hope for these 7 days.

Together we can find hope!

If you have a question, a doubt, a fear, a hope or you just have something to share please take the time to do so by leaving a message at the end of the call.

Even if you do nothing more than share a single word, a sinkgle thought, a feeling, a name, a hope, a concern just share it. Go ahead and let go of the thought, this is your chance, with no judgment, to let it go.

If you'd like to celebrate a victory, a choice, an experience of you living your best go ahead and share it.

Your sharing creates momentum and because of your sharing others will do the same...take this moment and make it yours.

Take advantage of this time, it is your time to use.

Ok, let's wrap it up...

There are three things for you to do today...

1. Leave a message; what about hope is important for you.
2. Remember to breathe today, deep slow breaths, remember to be hopeful.
3. Get your free gift for being here with me today by going to 7daysofhope.blogspot.com.

Finally, remember join me tomorrow for more hope and another free gift.

Free Gift...Day 1: The 9 Stepping Stones of Hope!

Thank you, because of you...there is HOPE!

PS: You can call in to leave a message by calling...

1 212-714-4673 (4673 = HOPE)

Freedom is a product of HOPE!

It starts with hope...

Until you have hope there is no reason to be
any different than you have been. Which is
ok if where you are is enough. On the other
hand...if you're ready for a change...

Pay attention...

Without HOPE it's going to be difficult to
make a lasting change.

What does freedom mean for you?

What does it feel like when you begin to consider
the meaning of freedom for yourself?

- Pay attention to those thoughts that feel good.
- Pay attention to the experience of feeling good.
- Notice how you change when you start to feel good.

Hope feels good!

Once you identify your hope you are ready to begin.

Ready or not go have an awesome day!

Remember: Starting August 2nd I will be hosting the
Hope Hotline...

1 212-714-4673 (4673 = HOPE)

...a 24/7 service. Come listen and share with me your
experience of hope.

What color is your HOPE?

Far to often it is the typical or the norm that drives us...

As you begin to understand or as I like to say "come to terms with yourself" you will begin to understand...

YOU ARE NOT TYPICAL!

...you are unique, despite all of the similarities you may find between you and others...the fact that remains true is that you are "unique". So too is your hope.

How do you experience your hope...

- Is it a place?
- Is it an experience?
- Is it a person?
- Is it a book?

...or is it a color?

Give yourself a moment, a precious moment of your time, to consider how you experience your hope. Allow yourself the freedom to explore a part of you you may have forgotten exists.

Once you find your hope, your color, your experience that certain magic take it in, allow it's warmth to embrace all of you. In this moment is an opportunity for you to find what cannot be taken from you.

Your HOPE!

In hope there is no room for fear, there is only the moment and you. It is here that life happens.

Have a hopeful day,

James

PS: Share a gift! Share The Hope Hotline 1 212-714-4673 (4673 = HOPE) with a friend. Be the hope you seek, be a gift.

Hope is a choice...

I happened across a blog post today that describes hope in action...

“It’s all I have,” she smiled. “But I wanted to give something.”

...don't let the open line stop you (wink!) keep reading.

How many examples of hope have you noticed today, yesterday or even in the last seven days?

Take a moment to revisit those hope filled moments...what did you notice?

Have an awesome day of hope,

James

PS: Call The Hope Hotline 1 212-714-4673 (4673 = HOPE) and tell a friend.

Hope is not a wish!

To hope is to know...

Hope is never clouded. Have you ever looked at a cloudy sky to see a spot where the rays of light, from the sun, find their way through an opening in the clouds? Hope is very similar.

In a hectic world where you feel hurried, out of time and out of breath, hope has a way of finding an opening in the clouds of stress.

- Hope has a way of reminding us "it's ok, this too shall pass".
- Hope has a way of reminding us "there is another".

The moment a wish is acted on it becomes hope. ..

Hope without action is nothing more than a wish.

- Do you have a wish?
- What would it take for you to act on your wish?

I will be hosting The Hope Hotline from August 2nd to the 8th. You will have a chance to hear me and to share your thoughts of living with or without hope. Remember...

The Hope Hotline is open 24/7...

1 212-714-4673 (4673 = HOPE)

Have hopeful day,

James

PS: Hope is always there it's more about whether or not you are giving a hope a chance.

Hope is Unstoppable...

Here is a quote that says it best...

"Hope is the last thing that dies in man." François de la Rochefoucauld

Whether or not hope is a conscious choice for you doesn't matter. Even if all that remains for you is the tiniest sliver of hope, your hope will always be a driving force. Much like lighting a match in pitch dark room, no matter the size you will see the flame.

Hope doesn't die!

So long as you are breathing there is an unstoppable hope deep within you.

Learning how to embrace your hopeful nature does not require years of practice...

• Being hopeful is about possibility.
• Being hopefu is about trusting what is.
• Being hopeful is about being thankful.
• Being hopeful is about listening to your heart.
• Being hopeful is about feeling good.

Hope is like air, your dreams require hope to breathe.

So, go ahead, take a moment, take a break, allow yourself to breathe. Allow yourself enough time to take a couple deep, slow and deliberate breaths. It's almost impossible to be hopeful if you are constantly being busy.

No matter what, always remember, hope is always with you.

Have a hopeful day,

James

PS: The Hope Hotline is here for you 24/7. All you have to do is call...

1 212-714-4673 (4673 = HOPE)

Hope IS a Big Thing!

I never knew...

In preparing for my 7 Days of Hope as an Ambassador of Hope for the Hope Hotline I've come to realize "Hope is something I know very well!" and the odds are...you probably know a lot more about hope than you realize.

How did I realize...

So, how did I come to realize how much I know about Hope? Well, I started searching the internet for quotes about Hope. The more quotes I found, the more I wanted to share my thoughts, my feelings and my experiences of Hope. In fact I started to create my own Hope quotes.

In two short days I come to realize I know a great deal about hope and I have an amazing collection of quotes and thoughts written by me to prove it. In short...

I come to realize "I am a very hopeful person!"

Here's one of my latest hope quotes...

Living without hope is like eating a handful of crackers without a glass of water. It just doesn't work. James Possible

August 2nd through the 8th I'll serving up Hope for all the world to enjoy on The Hope Hotline...

1 212-714-4673 (4673 = HOPE)

Have a hopeful day,

James

PS: Without Hope there is no future!

It Starts with HOPE!

Hope is the first step...

No matter the task, no matter the vision, no matter the dream...it all starts with hope. It is that first inkling of possibility that leads us to take that first step, to have that first thought or even to be inspired.

Hope comes in all shapes, sizes and forms...

When it comes to hope it's personal. There is no measurement for hope except hope itself. Either you have hope or you don't. Where you find your hope or how you experience your hope is not important, remember "it's personal".

What's important IS that you have HOPE!

- Hope can be a feeling...
- Hope can be an experience...
- Hope can be a word...
- Hope can be a memory...
- Hope can be a friend...
- Hope can be a pet...
- Hope can be a song...

Hope is shapeless, it has no size or form and it can even change as we live, grow and experience it.

In Hope all is possible...

So, find it, keep it and nurture it, your dream depends on your HOPE!

Have a hopeful day,

James

PS: The Hope Hotline is here for you 24/7. All you have to do is call...

1 212-714-4673 (4673 = HOPE)