My now ex-husband started my Hope Box without us even knowing that’s what he was doing. He framed my degrees to let me know my life mattered and I have significant achievements when I was feeling hopeless!
A hope box is created by you to remind yourself that your life is so meaningful and worth living. This is a Cognitive Therapy technique like negative thought stopping, journaling, or positive thought reframing.
Hope is a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain things to happen
Many websites define Hope Boxes as:
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It is important that you love on yourselves. The reasons for making a Hope Box are quite simple. Of course, to give you HOPE while you are fighting a journey that can leave you tired, hopeless, and battle worn. You have so many things to deal with. Your regular life, bills, mortgage, daily needs are not stopping due to this disease. The added stress of the cancer diagnosis, treatment pain, and fear. Plus, the cost of your treatment is overwhelming.
Experiencing this disease and the mental anguish that comes with it, may have caused you to lose your sense of self, why you are here, or what you treasure in your life. Take this time to restore your energy, restore your faith, and give yourself hope to fight another day. As I said before, take time for you! Love on you! Celebrate you! Who better to give this wonderful gift, but you!
A Hope Box can be made from an empty shoe box, large envelope, or other small-to-medium sized container. The Hope Box contains items that serve as visual and tactile reminders of reasons for living. See this example for inspiration to give you HOPE!
Give Yourself the Power of Hope