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Wednesday of Hope – for the Next Generation

The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope. – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Everything Is a Miracle

There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. – Albert Einstein

The Necessity of Imagination and Art

What if imagination and art are not frosting at all, but the fountainhead of human experience? – Rollo May, The Courage to Create

Wednesday of Hope – I Do the Dance – I Must

Part of the Symphony I serve. I do the dance I must. I plant trees, but I am not the doer of this work. I am the facilitator, the instrument—I am one part of the symphony. I know there is an overall scheme to… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – I Do the Dance – I Must”

Wednesday of Hope – Today’s Potential

We have no idea what tomorrow will bring, but today is overflowing with potential. – Allan Lokos, Through the Flames

Wednesday of Hope – A Bridge or Plank to Hope

When the bridge is gone, the narrowest plank becomes precious. -Hungarian Proverb

Strength of the New Day

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Wednesday of Hope – A Full or Empty Heart?

Why fill the heart with hopes? Leave it empty for God. – Robert Mertens

One Way to Bring a Happy New Year

Replace judgment with curiosity. – Lynn Nottage

Wednesday of Hope – Hope Begins in the Dark

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and. work: you don’t give up. – Anne Lamotte