Daily Question, January 19 What, or who, has sustained me during times when I felt hopeless? 47 Reflections Share Click here to cancel reply.Please log in or Create a Profile to post a comment. Notify me when someone replies to my comment via e-mail. Tahsin Tabassum1 year agoTahsin TabassumMy parents and my bestie Prianka Azad 0 Reply reality1 year agorealityNot just what or who, when, where, how and sometimes why too (but, never Y2K) has sustained me during times when I might have felt hopeless. Continual study. ? reality 1 Reply Tara1 year agoTaraMy husband, my yoga practice, my sense of humour 2 Reply Malag1 year agoMalagMe, my family, my friends, guides and countless thoughtful podcasts and also the conviction that a way through will be found and something good and interesting will emerge. 2 Reply Imani M1 year agoImani MMy bible and knowing that Jesus Christ is indeed still real has sustained me during times when I felt hopeless. 2 Reply Linda1 year agoLindaThe wise woman voice inside my head. Some might call her God but she has never failed me. 8 Reply SaVaLoS1 year agoSaVaLoSQigong and meditation as prescribed by the Master 6 Reply Lioness1 year agoLionessPerhaps not for the right reason, but my mother and my sister. When my own mental health went the wrong way it was not wishing to have the same bad mental experiences that they had, that made me swallow my pride and go to my GP. They suffered terribly in their lives and I actually lost my sister to her mental health. I was determined not to take the same route and that made me get the help I needed, or at least to start with. I feel I have a long way to go yet. 9 Reply 1 year agooh, and I forgot to mention this one book that a companion brought to the retreat center, this book changed it all!! since reading it I’ve learned to manage my inner storms so much better. although I said it before, it might be a good idea to say Thank You! again: THANK YOU 4 Reply Malag1 year agoMalagVerena my curiosity is piqued. Can you say what the book was? 0 Reply 1 year agodear Malag, I can follow ?, but it was embedded in a whole situation, just to mention the name of the book without knowing the background does not make sense. also I have difficulty to exchange intimate details without being able to look into the others face. so, please forgive me, I won’t share. 0 Reply Cailinrua1 year agoCailinruaThanks to all of you for these remarkable, uplifting, inspiring posts. They give me strength and hope as I face another day. I, too, have been to the bottom of the abyss and not able to make any "sense' of my life and how I handled some difficulties which presented themselves a few years ago (still ongoing, although getting better). Not feeling alone, as I read what you write, is a huge help. I'm trying to find a way to forgive myself for my cowardice in the face of challenges--a surrende...Thanks to all of you for these remarkable, uplifting, inspiring posts. They give me strength and hope as I face another day. I, too, have been to the bottom of the abyss and not able to make any “sense’ of my life and how I handled some difficulties which presented themselves a few years ago (still ongoing, although getting better). Not feeling alone, as I read what you write, is a huge help. I’m trying to find a way to forgive myself for my cowardice in the face of challenges–a surrender of my own personal power which makes me wonder how self-destructive I may have been. And yet I persevere. The strangest thing of all is that the creature who opens my heart and makes me feel safe is a neighbor’s cat that lives mostly in my home. He reminds me that I can be kind and not always on edge, depressed, (and even engaging in suicidal ideation) around the person who is most challenging in my life. Read More10 Reply Rebekah H.1 year agoRebekah H.I cannot count how many times my cat saved me from destroying myself some years ago. I would bury my face in her belly and weep as she slept. And feeling her warm little body rise with each breath was enough to draw me back from the precipice my mind was dangling from. She was alive and so was I! 3 Reply Lioness1 year agoLionessI often find it amazing what or who can change us or help us, a cat, a river, a written word. Whatever you find to make you feel safe, cling to it and respond to it. Even in the deepest of despairs I hope the smallest of things can find you and bring you through. 9 Reply 1 year agoit takes a lot of courage to share these experiences with us, Cailinrua. Like Pilgrim I bow before you. 3 Reply Ann1 year agoAnnThank you, Cailinrua, for your post. May your strengths and hopes blossom and grow. 3 Reply Pilgrim1 year agoPilgrimDear friend, I bow before your bravery in writing these words, for sharing your heart and your struggles with us here. May you find the strength and hope you are seeking, along with companions on the journey – including your neighbor’s cat. I think that pets can be so healing and understanding at a level that humans cannot always offer. Many blessings to you. 4 Reply pkr1 year agopkrMy faith, Mother Nature, exercise, meditation, many “spiritual advisers”, Wayne Dyer, Louise Hay, Deepak Chopra, Pema Chodan, Marianne Williamson, Mary Davis, Mary Oliver, Wendell Berry, and many more……. This sanctuary, Gratefulness.Org, without this beautiful, peaceful place I would be lost. Thank You, to You All here.? And my daughter, Lucy. I am so blessed.❤️ 8 Reply Pilgrim1 year agoPilgrimDear pkr, you have listed some of my favorite and best companions on my journey through the years. Thank you for bringing them into my heart this day. 3 Reply GCharlotte1 year agoGCharlotteGod,myself,Jesus Christ…..my family. Mary. 18 Reply Elaine1 year agoElaineThe certitude that it will pass. It always does. 6 Reply Michele1 year agoMicheleme, myself and I. 4 Reply Ann1 year agoAnnGrowing up, my mother did not allow excuses, saying “You have NO reason not to [do what needs to be done].” So, in the midst of great angst dealing with dishonest lawyers and employees following my husband’s death, I found the strength and perseverance within myself to choose life (instead of suicide) to do what needed to be done, being doggedly persistent during the years it took to complete all that I had to do. Thanks Mom. 10 Reply Pilgrim1 year agoPilgrimBravo, Ann, bravo!! Your mom gave you the ideas, and you brought forth your strength to take care of yourself. You ascended the mountain, my friend. 2 Reply Ann1 year agoAnnThank you, Pilgrim, for your comment and support. 2 Reply Ed1 year agoEdCompletely giving up. Even giving up the burden of hoping. So far my heart still beats and my lungs still breathe. Eventually it’s a new day. 9 Reply SaVaLoS1 year agoSaVaLoSI want to follow suit Ed sounds helpful. Less burdensome. 1 Reply Skeeter1 year agoSkeeterGood friends, my sisters, meditation, getting outside in nature, travel to new places and meeting new people. 3 Reply Debra1 year agoDebraFaith, family and friends. And of course, my tuxedo kitty cat, Mistletoes. 5 Reply Mark Piper1 year agoMark PiperSr. Fintan, CSN; Sr. Sue Sanders, RSM & Sr. Joy Clough, RSM; my wife; my parents, of course, when I was younger; I suppose the folks whom may have prayed for me over the years. Good books, a bath, a nap, and a pint of the good stuff from time to time while commiserating with a friend can also be very sustaining in vexing, hopeless, or otherwise confused moments of life. 8 Reply SaVaLoS1 year agoSaVaLoSAnother bath taking guy! So do I! 1 Reply Carla1 year agoCarlaI’ve often been carried by the prayers of others, especially my mother while living & in her cosmic form now. 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