The concept of change raises questions like, what
conditions prepare a person for change? What indicates a readiness to alter
one’s life and surroundings? The promise for a hopeful future motivates immigrants
to leave home and face uncertainties in a new country. Signposts for change are
loneliness, unhappiness, unemployment and discontent.
A positive
incentive for change is hope, which liberates people from resistance and a rigid
dependency on what is known to go in search of something better. Hope activates
courage to let go of the familiar for the possibility of obtaining fulfillment
in the future.
Hope
demands some degree of predictability by seeking creative ways to activate change.
Hope connects to a powerful drive that believes change is doable. Abraham could
only imagine what God had in mind for him when God told him to leave what was familiar
and go discover a new future. Abraham believed God, and it was regarded as righteousness
on his part. We can make that choice.
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