Hope and Trust – A Whole NEW Game

“We are all suffering the same collective heartbreak over the failure of institutional transformation. But open yourself to take in the truth: Times they are a changing. The [old] ‘game’ of business is over?greed and fraud on the shady side of capitalism is out in the open now. You’ve lived the dream of transformation for so long it won’t let you go. Give in to hope. Hear the inner voice, speak from your heart, trust something greater than you.”
~ Patricia Aburdene – Megatrends 2010

On this historic day in America, hope is in the hearts
and on the lips of people all over the world.

As the French newspaper headline declared after 9/11,
“We are all Americans today.”

Hope is deeply imprinted into the American psyche.
In almost every conversation, someone says, “I hope”
for something.

Listen to yourself carefully, and you’ll hear “I hope” at
least once a day. It’s so deeply grooved and unconscious,
we don’t even notice when we say it.

Hope is the fabric of the American ethos.

No matter how tough things are or how hard they get,
we “keep hope alive.”

Hope is healthy.
It’s a wonderful way to be.
I choose hope over despair every time.

But “I hope” is not a healthy thing to say.
It declares you have no input into the outcome.

Spoken, the words “I hope” have the opposite effect.
They de-energize and dis-empower.

Saying, “I hope” imprints on you internally that you
have no say in the matter, and expresses externally that
you do not trust the force.

I explain this in my blog post, Stop Hoping, Start Trusting.

Hope is not trust.

Hoping is like wishing or praying.
It is out of your hands.

Trust is different.
Trust is to know.

Trust is going forward in faith.

Hope is a state of mind.
Trust is an inner feeling.

Hope is not a game plan.
Trust is the foundation of every game.

If Barack Obama projected hope but not trust,
we’d be swearing in a different president today.

He is our president today because we trust him.

The question ringing in my ears today is:

“Do we trust ourselves?”

As Aburdene says, we suffer collective heartbreak
over the failure of our institutions to transform.

But institutions and systems are not animate.
They have no heart and soul.
They will never transform themselves.

They reflect the humanity of people who work there.
Institutions can only be transformed by people.

Hope is expecting an institution or system to change
on its own, and become more human.

Trust is taking leadership to make it so.

Systems are not human.
Only humans are human.

When we become conscious that we and ONLY we
have the power to transform the institutions,
hope will be fused with trust and lead us to
“be the change we want to see in the world.”

Hope alone cannot transform.
Trust can change the world.

HOPE AND TRUST WILL CHANGE THE WORLD.

A great outcome today would have us keep hope alive
and trust each other again.

People the world over love Americans.
But they don’t trust us.

It’s time we restore that trust.

We start by restoring trust in ourselves
and in each other.

You trust me.
I trust you.

Imagine how the world would transform if we all
trusted each other again?

I trust me.
You trust you.

Imagine how

OUR world would transform if
I trusted me and YOU trusted YOU?

Be hope.
Do trust.

Trust others.
Trust YOURSELF.

It’s a beautiful thing.

Today is a great day to be alive.
The lump in my throat tells me so.
I am filled with hope.
I trust you feel the same.

We are players.
YES WE CAN change the game.

I’ll meet you on the field.

Mitch, CEO – Chief Encouragement Officer™
Hope and Trust… A Whole NEW Game