One of the most impactful and powerful feelings you’ll ever experience is hope. Hope occurs when we center our expectations on something. There’s power in that expectation.

Hope gives us power – here are some ways to harvest the power of hope.

1. Hope plants a seed. Whenever you yearn for something, having hope is an implication that it could actually occur. Hope can begin the process of manifesting what your desire and enhancing your life’s journey.

2. Hope requires honesty.  Reflect on the situation – being honest about the challenge and the factors creating it – including your own role.  An honest assessment creates the space for hope.

3. Hope produces a “can do” spirit. When you hope for something, reflect on the desire behind it. For example, if you want your career to advance, you can draw upon the hope within you. That desire to want a new role could be rooted in a hope that you can take on more responsibilities or deepen your skills. Then ask yourself “What can I do to change my role? Hope cultivates a personal sense of responsibility and ownership that can lead to making changes in your life.

4. Hope can lead to the answer. When you are actively engaged in hoping for something to be solved or to change, your thoughts begin to turn over the ins and outs of figuring out the challenge, and this can lead to an understanding of the next steps you can take.

5. Hope nurtures the imagination. Creativity and imagination are necessary when you’re hoping for something to grow or change in a positive way. Engaging in hope gives you an opportunity to stretch yourself by considering resolutions you hadn’t considered before.

6. Hope enhances your personal commitment to the issue. When you reflect on the challenge or change you are hoping for, you create a commitment to overcoming it. When you become invested through hope, you enhance your personal commitment and sharpen your focus on reaching your desired outcome.

7. Hope comes from within. The purest form of strength and power in your life emerges solely from within you – in your thoughts and desires. Hope is free and available to you at any time you wish to tap into it.

8. Hope fosters acceptance and forgiveness. Many times, the path you seek can only be paved by your complete acceptance of others and your ability to forgive them. Having hope encourages us to move past feelings of powerlessness and discover the true strength of our character.

Nurturing and possessing hope enables you to perform challenging acts and believe the unbelievable, by letting go of your self-doubt and negativity. Discover your power by embracing all the riches hope can deliver. If you would like to harness the power of hope in your life or to explore customized coaching, check our signature coaching and membership program.