Look back on your life and see how you have been led toward the perfection of your calling, your innermost nature. You did not do it. Actually, you have accomplished nothing, if you have arrived anywhere at all. You have been made.
Whatever situation we encounter, we can choose our response. When facing overwhelming challenges, we might feel that our actions don’t count for much. Yet the kind of responses we make and the degree to which we believe they count are shaped by the way we think and feel about hope.