The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Knowing your hopes gives life direction. Living fully means embodying those hopes rather than just having them.
- In plain terms
- Identify what you hope for and live according to it.
- What can you take from it?
- Align your life with your deepest hopes.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do you hope for most?
- How do you live inside that hope?
Another view
Hope alone without action may not create change.
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