When we think about Hope, we are actually thinking about the future. Hope has been described as a feeling of trust. We are trusting the future will manifest our expectations and desires. Hope is a powerful tool, its a powerful feeling. It is light shone in the darkest of times, its something we all need or have had at some point. It may be what even drives you now. In German, hoffen. means to expect confidently. Other translations affirm that hope is in line with wishing. Our brain pumps chemicals when we experience hope, these chemicals not only block pain but accelerate healing. In some cases, hope can have important affects on processes such as respiration, circulation and motor function. Our visualization of this hopeful feeling can physically rewire and improve our bodies.
Why name a “business" Hopeful Roots? My initial intention behind Hopeful Roots was to put my aspiration right up front. Hopefully, I was going to inspire people to care deeply about the earth in a way where our habits reflected that care and our actions displayed responsibility for her. I wanted people to feel rooted, connected to; both receiving and giving life source from. I want/wanted to see people be reminded of their connection. As I know there is a place in all of us who know it, but may not be so in tune with it that our lifestyles reflect this.
Why name my mantra for the next decade Hopeful Roots? I need to hear that their is hope in the work I do for the world that its worth the time, devotion and sacrifices that this work has meaning to change hearts/minds. If I were to tell you that I in this moment spring hope eternal, that truly would be a falsehood. For a few reasons, one being I’m learning how to be more hopeful every day and another being that being present in the moment also means not always looking to the future.
Its also funny because as I write this I reflect on all the conversations I’ve had with people over the past year about “my business”. Money is often the first thing people ask about and clients is the second. Are there really people in this area that will want what your offering? Will you really be able to make a living wage off of the work you do, isn’t that seasonal? Each time, I’d answer mirroring the persons already preconceived notion of my success. My expectation confident in reply, “I’m hopeful it will”.
And yet it makes perfect sense that at a time where I wanted to feel connected with others, wanted to feel hopeful and wanted to draw a purpose in it all, that the name should manifest as such. I know that this journey will evolve like any other. It will take masterful shape and it will arch, zig-zag, hit a fork and maybe even meet a cliff where flying is the only option. I might change my name to something that is more in tune with being presently connected, I may even change my mission or “my business” as I’m reminded by our American society. I’m so glad that I started here though. I start with confident expectation, with healing, with trust and with connection to manifesting a more healed whole world thats responsible for itself and all its parts; hopeful and connected to my roots.
