"We have this hope, a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul…" — Hebrews 6:19a (NRSV)
There are mornings when the world feels weighty—when the headlines ache, the silence in the room feels louder than comfort, and the to-do lists stretch longer than the energy we carry. And yet, today, we choose hope. Not because it’s easy, and not because everything feels okay, but because hope is a way of leaning into the light even when shadows try to grow tall. Hope is not about ignoring pain; it’s about believing that pain does not get the final word.
Choosing hope is not a passive act—it’s an active, brave decision. It’s a quiet resistance to despair and cynicism. It’s the hand we extend to one another when we’ve fallen and don’t know how to rise alone. Hope invites us to keep showing up—with kindness, with honesty, and with imagination for a better way forward. It says, “Yes, things are hard. Yes, we’re tired. But we will not give up on the possibility that healing is still ahead, that justice can take root, that peace might bloom, even here.”
So today, and maybe again tomorrow, we anchor our hearts in that possibility. We lift our eyes, steady our steps, and trust that choosing hope—even on the heaviest days—is how we begin to shape a world worthy of our children, of one another, and of the light still breaking through the cracks.