Below is part of a page in a book called: ‘Yes, And…’ by Fr. Richard Rohr. 

 

I also wanted to add this excerpt from a poem by John Keats called: “To Hope” to this post.

The phrasing sounds a bit fancy perhaps (ah, well- it is from my beloved Romantic Era after all! And, just as I was reading the words ‘visage bright’, the sun happened to set right over my face through the window, transforming that moment all of a sudden into ‘A Moment’… yes please!

Anyway: I am struck by the truth of how disappointment is often linked with despair.

Then…there is hope. Not the same as expectations, as they are often such cause for disappointment.

And not a false hope, either. 

– Saskia

To Hope (excerpt) by John Keats

‘Should Disappointment, parent of Despair,

Strive for her son to seize my careless heart;

When, like a cloud, he sits upon the air,

Preparing on his spell-bound prey to dart:

Chase him away, sweet Hope, with visage bright,

And fright him as the morning frightens night’