Hope is distinct from optimism or idealism. It
has nothing to do with wishing. It references reality at every turn and reveres
truth. It lives open eyed and wholehearted with the darkness that is woven
ineluctably into the light of life and sometimes seems to overcome it. Hope,
like every virtue, is a choice that becomes a practice that becomes spiritual muscle
memory. It’s a renewable resource for moving through life as it is, not as we
wish it to be. (Becoming Wise: An Inquiry
into the Mystery and Art of Living by Krista Tippett; p. 233.)
What am I? Now that’s a question a lot of people have asked in the history of humans. We ( Rabbi Jeffrey Leynor and former pastor Jim Myers ) created two models for working with that question – after wrestling with it for over 25 years . You may have noticed that use models instead of answers. Most questions about life are better understood by using models that reveal potentialities than statements of either/or answers . Our models emerged from two sources in which our research and studies focused on during our journey together – one source is an ancient wisdom account embedded in our shared religious texts and the other source is modern science . This makes our approach at the TOV Center unique in many respects – we combine the wisdom of ancient texts with the facts of modern science to maximize human experiences . As pointed out above, we created a model from each source to help us better understand humans: (1) Ancient Wisdom Model – Humans are creatures that share t...
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