Once you choose hope, anything is possible. ~Christopher Reeve

As l contemplate on my recent article on “The Virtue of Hope”. l could not but wonder what life will be like without the virtue of hope. And so, in this moment of mine, l recalled the masterpiece on the virtue of hope by Fr. Enoch Usifo. According to him, we can never turn back time or change the things that happened in the past even if we wanted to and neither can we change the way we felt or reacted.

Be that as it may, we can never change how we felt in the past nor forget all the tears we shed. It will always be there. It might be tears shed for a happy or painful memory but it remains with us. And so, what happened in the past will never change but that does not mean that we should lose hope. Rather, we should remember that there is tomorrow and there is today. Therefore, do not live in the past for it will never come back. Live for today and look at what is ahead.

You may experience a lot of brokenness inside. People you come across before might have caused you so much pain but, always remember that today is a new day. If you can still wake up this morning and breathe fresh air, then it simply means that God is giving you the chance to experience the life that He planned for you to live. Hopefully, one day, when you look at your past, you may no longer feel the pain and all you may see is God’s goodness, His never-ending grace and His everlasting love for you.

So, if you allow God to reign in your life, He will show you a new perspective and He will bring out the goodness in everything that you experienced. You may think that what is behind is so messy but God will turn it into a beautiful masterpiece and that is what you will become – a stronger, independent and more responsible person. God will spread His hands towards you and together, you will evoke His goodness and His overflowing grace.

If only you will open your heart and listen to Him, you will realise that He never leaves you, and you will feel His hands moving around you. You will experience His comfort. God always sees our pain and whether we believe it or not, He is always with us in the midst of our suffering, holding our hands until the end. So, let us never give up or stagger in perpetual pain but, be hopeful.

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Beatrice Egbuna is an experienced Broadcast Technologist with a strong background in managing broadcast equipment and sound technology. She has played a leading role in building and installing various radio studios, as well as maintaining and repairing both analogue and digital equipment at Voice of Nigeria (VON) studios. Egbuna holds a degree in Mass Communication from the University of Lagos (UNILAG) and the Lagos State University (LASU), and has received training in Audio Engineering from the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom. She also holds certificates in Senior Management Programmes from the Lagos Business School (LBS) and the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), as well as a certificate in Entrepreneurial Management from the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) of the Pan-Atlantic University (PAU). Prior to joining EDC in 2011, Beatrice worked in various capacities at the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) and VON before retiring in 2010 as Deputy Director Programming. She has also worked as a Consultant/Mentor on projects like "Road-to-Growth" powered by Cherie Blair Foundation and Access Bank Plc. Egbuna produced and presented "Enterprise Stories", a live radio program on Inspiration 92.3 FM, which brings entrepreneurs together every Tuesday at 3 pm to share their success stories and inspire startup developers to follow their dreams. She also produced "The Economy and You," a program that aired for about four years on Rhythm 93.7 FM, which brought policymakers, technocrats and successful business executives to discuss government policies and their impact on the economy and businesses in Nigeria. Currently, Beatrice Egbuna is the Principal Consultant at Maluwe Capacity Builders International, Nigeria, where she provides real-time feedback and actionable advice that adds value to her clients. She is also a mentor and faculty member at the Enterprise Development Centre of the Pan-Atlantic University, and a BDSP Consultant on the 5-year (20??-20??) MASTERCARD TRANSFORMING NIGERIA YOUTH PROJECT (TNY). Egbuna is passionate about developing the entrepreneurship ecosystem, providing business support and advisory services to entrepreneurs within and outside the EDC business network for over a decade. She is a certified IFC/LPI Trainer, certified SMEDAN Business Development Service Provider (BDSP), life coach, work-life balance advocate/coordinator, and marriage counsellor who helps employees/career/business people find fulfilment in the workplace, balance in their daily activities, and solutions to their marital challenges. To reach Beatrice Egbuna she can be contacted through her email addresses: bettyegbuna@yahoo.com and maluwehelp@gmail.com. She also has a website, https://momentwithbetty.com.

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