I am the woman offering two flowers – whose roots are twin – Justice and Hope. ~ Alice Walker
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In searching for a deeper understanding of hope – Why do certain people manifest hope and others do not? What differentiates hope from wishful thinking? Is being hopeful essential to a happy life? How is hope lost and regained? – three realizations came to light.
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One of the things we need to learn is that very great change starts from very small conversations, held among people who care. ~ Margaret J. Wheatley
[Author of Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future.]
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I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning. ~ J.B. Priestly (1894-1984), English novelist and playwright
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God bless the grass that grows thru the crack.
They roll the concrete over it to try and keep it back.
The concrete gets tired of what it has to do,
It breaks and it buckles and the grass grows thru,
And God bless the grass.
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In celebration of the life of Howard Zinn
To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.
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It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief
that human history is shaped.
Each time a person stands up for an ideal,
or acts to improve the lot of others,
or strikes out against injustice,
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