A
person with hope does not get tangled up with concerns for how his
wishes will be fulfilled. So, too, his prayer is not directed toward the
gift, but toward the one who gives it. His prayer might still contain
just as many desires, but ultimately it is not a question of having a
wish come true but of expressing an unlimited faith is the giver of all
good things....For the prayer of hope it is essential that there are no
guarantees asked, no conditions posed, and no proofs demanded, only that
you expect everything from the other without binding him. Hope is based
on the premise that the other gives only what is good. Hope includes an
openness by which you wait for the other to make his loving promise
come true, even though you never know when, where or how this might
happen.
Henri Nouwen
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