hope - so what?

last easter, i asked a serious question that still lingers with me...

the question is on hope: how then shall we live? how do we live differently, due to the fact that we have hope after life after death? and what is the hope of life after death? it's not just eternal life in heaven after our mortal beings give way, but life after death is morning after night, it's the rainbow after the pour, it's the relieving stillness after mourning. and how then do we live differently, believing that we do have this hope?

this is what it is for me, but it may be different for you. for me, the fact that we have life after death means that we live more courageously today. we have the courage to make the bold and difficult moves. we have the courage to make tomorrow like nothing it is today. we have the courage to face change (god knows we rarely like change). this is the courage i live by.