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chapter one
A message of hope for these
challenging times
The Angel of Hope is a beacon of light in all oui lives.
He lels ro kee rle liglr o loe Luining insiue all o us
rliouglour oui lives, rle angel rolu me. Hoe lays an
enoimous air in eveiyone`s lie. Hoe makes rle imos-
siLle ossiLle.
I vas aLour rvelve yeais olu vlen an angel rolu me rlis.
I lave Leen seeing anu ralking virl angels since I vas
a lirrle LaLy. I see angels eveiy uay anu I see rlem lysi-
cally as I see someone sirring in ionr o me. Angels aie
my iienus anu comanions anu I ralk virl rlem all rle
rime, somerimes using voius anu somerimes virlour voius.
I lave no iuea vly I sloulu Le aLle ro see angels anu you
uon`r. I`m jusr an oiuinaiy eison.
I lau seen rle Angel o Hoe ieviously, Lur rlis uay
vlen I vas rvelve vas rle nisr rime rlar I leaineu vlo
rlis airiculai angel vas anu lov le lels us.
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1le Angel o Hoe uoesn`r look like any orlei angel I
lave evei seen. He looks like a massive lame. Wirlin rlis
veiy Liiglr lame, I am slovn a ainr luman aeaiance,
vlicl is masculine, anu a Leauriul uazzling emeialu gieen
coloi, loluing a roicllike an Olymic lame. 1le Liiglr-
ness o rle Angel o Hoe looks uieienr ro any orlei
angel, I rlink rlis is Lecause ir`s a liglr virlin a liglr.
1le Angel o Hoe is enoimous, rle leiglr o a maruie
riee. Wlen I see lim, le alvays seems ro Le veiy ai avay
iom me. So le sloulu rlen look small, Lur le`s alvays
massive. Ir`s quire sriangeir`s as i le`s veiy ai avay Lur
iiglr in ionr o me ar rle same rime, laiu as rlar is ro
exlain.
He seems ro Le oievei moving, ruining Lack consranrly
ro encouiage vloevei le is leauing ar rle rime virl a
genrle smile. His exiession is one o love anu encouiage-
menr.
Larely I lave Leen seeing rle Angel o Hoe a lor moie
rlan I voulu lave ieviously. I ioLaLly see lim eveiy
uay. Peole seem ro Le neeuing loe so mucl ar rlis rime.
All rlose yeais ago, rle angel sloveu me a vision o rle
Angel o Hoe ar voik, so rlar I coulu unueisranu moie
aLour lim. I vas slovn rle Angel o Hoe guiuing soluieis
rliougl a riencl Larrlenelu. I lave no iuea vlar narionaliry
rle soluieis veie. I vas slovn one airiculai soluiei ciavl-
ing exlausreu rliougl rle muu. I coulu see le vas injuieu.
1le Angel o Hoe vas moving in ionr o lim, consranrly
Leckoning lim oivaiu. I vas alloveu ro see rliougl rle
soluiei`s eyes. 1le soluiei coulu nor see rle Angel o Hoe,
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Lur le sav a liglr, anu virlin rlis liglr rle soluiei coulu
see rlose le loveulis vie anu young cliluien, lis elueily
aienrs. 1le Angel o Hoe vas giving lim rle sriengrl ro
sray alive, encouiaging lim nor ro give u, Ly giving lim
loe o a ieunion virl rle amily le loveu.
Do you unueisranu, Loina rle angel saiu. 1le Angel
o Hoe can`r sro rle vai, leal rlis soluiei, oi iescue lim,
Lur le can give lim rle sriengrl ro make ir ro vleie le
can Le iescueu. 1le angel smileu ar me anu conrinueu.
1lar soluiei uieu in lis Leu many yeais larei. I vas so
leaseu virl rlis nevs. 1le love rlar rle young soluiei
lau oi lis amily vas veiy Leauriul.
Wlenevei rlings lave Leen uinculr oi me anu my
amily I see rle Angel o Hoe rleie, riying ro give me
encouiagemenr. 1lis is in auuirion ro my guaiuian angel
anu rle orlei angels vlo vill Le aiounu me leling.
I iememLei one airiculai eiiouLeing veiy sriesseu
anu voiiieu aLour vlerlei my lusLanu, ]oe, voulu ger a
joL. He lau Leen sick oi a long rime anu o voik Lur vas
nov vell enougl ro voik. 1lis vas rle 19S0s in Iielanu,
rlougl: rlings veie rougl, anu joLs veie laiu ro nnu. We
lau rliee cliluien ro eeu, anu I useu ro voiiy ueseiarely.
I ker on seeing rle Angel o Hoe, in rle uisrance, ruining
rovaiu me anu smiling in encouiagemenr. He ker rle loe
Luining insiue o me rlar ]oe voulu evenrually Le success-
ul in gerring one o rle joLs rlar le lau alieu oi. Ir vas
quire a vlile Leoie le uiu, anu I vas almosr uesaiiing
Lur nor quire. Seeing rle Angel o Hoe ker me going
rliouglour rlis uinculr eiiou anu leleu me in giving
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encouiagemenr anu suoir ro ]oe. ]oe vas evenrually suc-
cessul in nnuing emloymenr.
1le imoirance o loe sloulu nevei Le unuei esrimareu.
Wirl loe in oui leair, ve can uo so mucl.
I knov a amily vlose seconu clilu vas Loin virl seveie
generic uinculries. 1le uocrois lau rolu rle aienrs rlar
rleie vas only a small clance rleii lirrle giil voulu valk.
1le nisr rime I sav rlis clilu, sle vas aLour nine monrls
olu. As lei aienrs clarreu ro me virl lei in lei arlei`s
aims, rley veie suiiounueu Ly angels vlo veie veiy rall,
a Liiglr rianslucenr, vlire anu gave a emale aeaiance.
I coulu vaguely see vings. As virl all angels, rley veie
exriemely Leauriul. One o rle angels rolu me, virlour
voius, rlar rlis amily voulu nor give u loe rlar rlis
clilu voulu valk, no marrei vlar rle uocrois saiu. As ve
ralkeu, rle arlei ur rle LaLy on rle looi, anu rle angels
aiounu lei encouiageu lei ro move lei legs anu kick.
1le Angel o Hoe aeaieu oi one momenr. His liglr
vas so Liiglr, anu ir vas as i eveiyrling uis aeaieu
excer oi rle aienrs anu rle clilu. Ir vas as i rle aienrs
coulu see rle liglr o rle Angel o Hoe anu coulu see lis
encouiaging smile anu veie Leing nlleu virl rle liglr o
loe. I knov rlar eveiy rime rley encounreieu a ioLlem
in ielarion ro rleii uauglrei, rle Angel o Hoe voulu
insrill in rlem rle couiage ro kee going.
1le Angel o Hoe is one angel, Lur le is rleie ro lel
eveiyone anu can Le in many laces ar once. In rlis le
is like an aiclangel. He is rleie, Liiely, vlenevei eole
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neeu loe ro leau rlem on anu give rlem couiage. O
couise, orlei angels lel ro give us loe roo.
I see a guaiuian angel virl eveiyone, iegaiuless o rleii
ieligion oi narionaliry. I lave nevei seen anyone, anyvleie
in rle voilu, virlour a guaiuian angel. Youi guaiuian
angel is virl you iom Leoie you aie conceiveu unril arei
youi uearl anu nevei leaves you even oi one momenr. Ir
loves you unconuirionally anu vill uo eveiyrling ossiLle
ro guiue you rliougl lie anu kee you nlleu virl loe.
Youi guaiuian angel can ler orlei angels in ro lel you
roo.
A yeai oi so larei, I sav rle clilu again. 1leie veie lors
o auulrs rleie, anu rle clilu vas Leing asseu iom one ro
anorlei, rle ocus o eveiyone`s love anu arrenrion. 1le clilu
lookeu so Liiglr ro me, anu rle angels rolu me ir vas Le-
cause o rle level o encouiagemenr rle vlole amily vas
giving ro rle clilu. 1ley veie cleaily all lisrening ro rleii
guaiuian angels anu laying rleii air. Ar one srage, rle
arlei ur rle lirrle one sranuing Lesiue lim. Ir vas Leauri-
ul ro see rle angels enciicling rle clilu ro riy anu kee lei
voLLly lirrle legs sriong, ro sro rlem iom giving unuei
lei. Sle is nov rliee anu sle is valking. or only is sle
valking, Lur rley lau Liouglr lei ro rle Leacl iecenrly,
anu sle lau sraireu ro iuni nor veiy sreauily.
1le aienrs anu all o rle amily ker rle liglr o loe
Luining oi rlis clilu. 1ley leleu lei ro valk anu aie
nov loing sle vill leain ro ralk ioeily roo. 1lis clilu
is a Leacon o loe, anu rle liglr o rlis loe las lir u
rle amily, nlling rlem anu giving rlem loe in orlei aieas
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o rleii lives. Anu ir`s nor jusr rle immeuiare amilyrle
viuei amily anu neiglLois lave Leen insiieu anu nlleu
virl loe as a iesulr o rlis examle.
I see a lot of angels holding lights
in front of people, helping
to encourage them.
I see angels all o rle rime voiking laiu ro give us loe.
I vas sirring in a lorel iecerion iecenrly, vairing oi a
jouinalisr ro aiiive. 1le angels virl me rolu me ro ger u
anu go anu sir in rle lounge. 1leie vas a man sirring ar a
lov raLle Ly rle vinuov. On rle raLle in ionr o lim veie
some aeis anu a laro. 1leie veie oui angels sirring
suiiounuing lim. One o rle angels vas loluing a Liiglr
liglr, aLour rle size o a maiLle, in ionr o rle man ar
clesr leiglr. Wlen I see an angel loluing a liglr in ionr
o someone, I knov rlar rle eison is laving a rougl rime
anu rlar rle angel is loluing rle liglr ro lel ro give rlem
loe anu rle couiage ro kee on going.
One o rle angels rolu me virlour voius rlar rle man
vas exriemely voiiieu anu sriesseu ovei lis Lusiness. I
lave no iuea vlar lis Lusiness vas. 1le angels veie en-
couiaging lim ro see a solurion, anu rley rolu me rleie
vas a solurion somevleie virlin rle aeis, Lur le vas
roo anxious ro see ir. One o rle angels vas riying ro calm
lim uovn vlile one o rle orleis ker ieacling our anu
oinring ro one airiculai sleer o aei. Wlen le uiu rlis,
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rle man voulu ieacl our ro rle sleer o aei Lur uiun`r
seem ro Le seeing rle solurion. All o rle rime le vas viir-
ing nores anu ciossing rlings our on lis viiring au. Ar
rimes, rle liglr voulu ger Liiglrei oi a momenr anu,
virlour rle angels relling me, I knev rlar vas lim seeing
a glimse o a solurion, a glimse o loe, a vay our o
lis Lusiness uinculries. I sar rleie oi aLour rvenry minures,
as rle jouinalisr vas lare. I iayeu oi rle Lusinessman ro
nnu rle solurion. Ny leair venr our ro lim. He lookeu
so sriesseu anu conceineu. As I ler, I askeu rle oui angels
aiounu rle raLle i le voulu see rle solurion Leoie rle
uay vas our, anu I vas rolu rlar le miglrn`r see rle vlole
solurion Lur rlar le voulu ar leasr lave rle iuea, anu ovei
rle nexr ev uays le voulu nnu a solurion ro rle ioLlem.
1lese uays I see a lor o angels loluing liglrs in ionr
o eole, leling ro encouiage rlem. I see angels leling
ro kinule loe in us all rle rimeloe ar an inuiviuual,
a communiry, a narional, oi a gloLal level.
Hoe oren srairs virl rle lirrle iniriarives. One evening
a ev veeks ago, I came acioss a giou o neiglLois
cleaning u a gieen neai vleie I live. Ir`s an aiea vlicl
las lookeu giuLLy anu neglecreu oi a long rime. As rley
voikeu, rley veie suiiounueu Ly angels, vlo veie vlis-
eiing in rleii eais, encouiaging rlem. As I valkeu asr
one, rle angel saiu ro me, Can you see rle loe rlar is
sriiieu u in rlese eole I smileu anu rle angel con-
rinueu: 1liougl small sres like rlis rley can make rleii
voilu a Lerrei lace.
1le olloving uay, I valkeu asr rle gieen again. I vas
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amazeu ar lov uieienr ir vas. 1ley lau ickeu u rle
lirrei, cur rle giass, anu riuieu u rle loveiLeu. 1le enriie
lace elr so mucl Liiglrei. One o rle angels vlo vas
rleie calleu my arrenrion ro a lirrle LlackLiiu rlar vas aLle
ro nnu a voim in rle soil rley lau looseneu. I lau seen
no Liius rleie rle uay Leoie.
Hoe Liings a communiry rogerlei ro make rlings Ler-
rei, anu vlen ir uoes, I see eole ger Liiglrei, sline moie,
anu rlen rley can go on ro aclieve giearei rlings. Peole
vlo Lelieve rlings can Le clangeu oi rle Lerrei aie Lea-
cons o liglr oi usanu neeu ro Le suoireu.
Hoe can Le given ro orleis. Ir gives sriengrl anu coui-
age, anu rlen loe giovs. We all lave a air ro lay in
gioving loe. In rle asr, eole lookeu ro leaueis o
cluicles, communiries, Lusinesses, counriies ro ioviue a
vision o loe oi rle uruie, Lur nov many o oui leaueis
aie sriuggling. 1ley aie ailing ro see rle loe rlar is in
ionr o rlem. 1ley aie ailing ro see all rle vays in vlicl
ve can make oui voilu a Lerrei lace ro live.
1le angels lave rolu me so mucl aLour loe anu lov
mucl ve lave ro Le loeul aLour, anu lave sloveu me
so many uieienr vays in vlicl rley lel ro give us loe.
Lveiyrling I slaie virl you in rlis Look is iom Gou
anu lis angels. 1lis Look is a message o loe rlar las
Leen given ro me ro slaie virl eacl anu eveiy one o
you, ro lel giov rle liglr o loe virlin you.
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