Thinking, as always

No matter what obstacles and displeasure and let-downs affect us, there is always hope. The disappointments and embarrassments and shame we may feel can never last longer than our hope. Hope is beautiful. Hope is brilliant. We often say one shouldn't dare to hope. But I say you should! You should hope! Hope makes everything better--with time, with patience. Life itself is the hope of progress, order, and fulfillment. With death comes the hope of remembrance, of Heaven, or someplace in between. Hope is our friend, our lover; we are supported by it at all turns of our lives. If we haven't already, we should meet hope, keep hope, and move forward as better people.

 

"Hope is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul -

And sings the tune without the words -

And never stops at all -"

  --Emily Dickinson