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Wednesday of Hope – Possibilities for Change
If you assume that there is no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for freedom, that there are opportunities to change things, then there is a possibility that you can contribute to making… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Possibilities for Change”
Wednesday of Hope – Courage without a Roar
Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day saying “I’ll try again tomorrow.” – Mary Anne Radmacher
Wednesday of Hope – Holding the Memory of Light
This is the first and most important lesson every writer learns, that words are ever only a memory of the thing itself. Like catching sunlight in your cupped hands so you have it later when the dark comes on. Sometimes, the words, the memory… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Holding the Memory of Light”
Wednesday of Hope – No One/Nothing is Hopeless
When you say a situation or a person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in the face of God. – Charles L. Allen These doors are displayed on the lawn in front of Pilgrim Congregational Church in Oak Park, Illinois. Last year… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – No One/Nothing is Hopeless”
Wednesday of Hope – Only Hope Makes Sense
The most unrealistic person in the world is the cynic, not the dreamer. Hope only makes sense when it doesn’t make sense to be hopeful. -Paul Hawken
Wednesday of Hope – Success/Failure
Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill
Wednesday of Hope – The Need for Humor
The only thing I can recommend at this stage is a sense of humor, an ability to see things in their ridiculous and absurd dimensions, to laugh at others and at ourselves, a sense of irony regarding everything that calls out for parody in… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – The Need for Humor”
Wednesday of Hope – Larger than Imagination
Hope is not dead, it is just larger than our imaginations. – Kathy Hobaugh
Wednesday of Hope – A Virtue
Hope is not merely a feeling. Hope is a virtue, a firmly established attitude of the heart, a basic bearing of the whole person. – David Steindl-Rast
Wednesday of Hope – A Way of Living
Hope is not just a feeling. Hope is a way of acting and a way of living. – Joanna Macy
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