Welcome to episode 299 of Live Happy Now.

Having hope is crucial, not just to our happiness, but to our survival.

So what happens when you start to lose hope?

This is your host, Paula Phelps, and this week we're talking to Margaret Delaney,

founder of the popular spiritual spoken word site, Listen Well.

In her latest book, Parables of Sunlight, she tells her own story of finding hope during

difficult times.

She's here today to talk about her story and what we can all learn about hope, perseverance,

and resilience.

Margaret, welcome to Live Happy Now.

Thank you, Paula.

Happy to be here.

Yeah, well, you know, your latest book focuses on having hope during difficult times.

And it seems kind of relevant.

And the interesting thing, too, is it's based on your own story.

So can you briefly tell us a little bit about that story?

My husband and I bought a farm sort of around the corner from us to save it from development.

And then we ended up owning it for 21 years.

All sorts of challenging things happen on the farm.

It was pretty abused before we bought it.

And then a horse was dumped on the farm.

Dumped.

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