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Let Our Hope Be Infinite

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” - Martin Luther King Jr.

The struggle for a better world is not won or lost in a day, or a week, or a month, or a year, or a decade, or a century, or even a millennium. People in every generation, people of good conscience and good will are called to take their places and do their parts.

History has shown that there will be setbacks and losses. There will be defeats and disappointments. But we must never allow ourselves to be defeated. Our love must always be bigger than our hate, our hope must always be greater than our fear, and our concern must always be greater than our indifference, and our joy greater than our sorrow.

Disappointed is inevitable. Maintaining hope is a choice we are empowered to make through our connection that which is bigger than ourselves, a connection many of us describe as divine.

Let us always hold on to infinite hope.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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One Success Beats a Thousand Failures

“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don’t be afraid to fail. There is no one anywhere who has accomplished anything of significance without first making a lot of mistakes, miscues, and blunders.

Each time we try and fail, we have to get back up, dust ourselves off, reflect, review, reevaluate, make a new plan and try again.

It is said that Thomas Edison went through nearly a thousand different designs before he succeeded in creating his light bulb. In his mind, he didn’t fail 999 times. He learned 999 ways not to do it.

The great thing about success, is that it makes our previous failures completely irrelevant! No one cares how many times Edison failed. We only care that he succeeded.

One success beats one thousand failures.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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“She said to her, "All that you say I will do." -From the story of Ruth and Naomi in the third chapter of Ruth

The story of Ruth and Naomi is many things. It’s the story of the best mother in law / daughter in law relationship in the world. It’s the story of two women working together to survive and thrive in the face of crushing setbacks. It’s the story of how an immigrant woman in dire straights became the grandmother of King David.

In a patriarchal society a woman’s status was largely determined by the status of the men in her life. Naomi’s father was dead. Her husband was dead. Her sons were dead. And she was too old to work.

Ruth, having been married to Naomi’s son was herself a widow. But she was young enough to have some other prospects. Nevertheless, she refused to leave Naomi in a bad spot and worked to provide for them both.

Naomi for her part was a very was woman. She knew the people. She understood the social dynamics. She knew how to navigate them and gave Ruth good advice. And Ruth followed.

Seek and follow good advice from wise people who have your best interests at heart.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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