How To Find Hope As You Enter A New Year |
When you have lived through some incredibly tumultuous times, it can be tough to face a New Year. Looking back on past struggles and looking ahead to an unknowable future; it can be very overwhelming.
This is when hope is hardest to come by but also when we need it the most. When darkness is enveloping our lives, it’s vital that we find sparks of hope, even if we find them with gritted teeth.
A 2022 study found that being hopeful, however that may look for you, fosters “wellbeing, quality of life, and psychological adjustment in the general population and in specific groups, such as people living with mental health conditions.”
So, how do you become more hopeful?
On their website, Samaritans says: “Hope can mean something different to everyone. Feeling hopeful can be anything from lifting your mood, to giving you something to focus on, or something to look forward to in the future.
“It doesn’t have to mean that you feel like everything is going to be amazing right........