People
of Hope
“If we
can get to the place where we show up as our genuine selves and let
each other see who we really are, the awe-inspiring ripple effect
will change the world.”
Terrie M.
Williams
The word that hung in my
mind this morning was “Hope.” When I looked for quotes that spoke
to hope, I loved so many of them that I couldn't stop writing them
down. We, as people of the world, need to dig down deep inside and
find hope, then bring it up to share with one another. We cannot get
dragged down by the voices of hate and doom. Here are my favorites;
you've seen them before:
“Hope
begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and do
the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: You
don't give up.”
Anne
Lamott
“Hope is
the thing with feathers
that
perches in the soul
and sings
the tune without the words
and never
stops at all.”
Emily
Dickenson
“You are
full of unshaped dreams...You are laden with beginnings...There is
hope in you.”
Lola Ridge
We cannot succumb to fear
and hatred. We must work and pray and strive everyday to live from
our genuine selves, to let one another see who we really are. We are
people of hope.
In the Spirit,
Jane
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