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Do You
Still
Have Hope?
If you can look at
the
sunset and smile,
then you still have hope.
If you can find
beauty in
the colors of a small flower,
then you still have hope.
If
you can
find pleasure in the movement of a butterfly,
then you still have
hope.
If the smile of a child can still warm your heart,
then
you
still have hope.
If you can see the good in other
people,
then you
still have hope.
If the rain breaking on a roof top can still
lull you to
sleep,
then you still have hope.
If the sight of a rainbow
still makes
you
stop and stare in wonder,
then you still have hope.
If
the soft
fur of a favored pet still
feels pleasant under your
fingertips,
then you
still have hope.
If you meet new people with a trace of
excitement and
optimism,
then you still have hope.
If you still offer your
hand in
friendship to others
that have touched your life, then you still
have
hope.
If receiving an unexpected card or letter still
brings
a
pleasant surprise, then you still have hope.
If the suffering of
others
still fills you with pain and frustration,
then you still have
hope.
If you refuse to let a friendship die, or accept that it
must
end,
then you still have hope.
If you look forward to a time
or place
of quiet and reflection,
then you still have hope.
If you
still buy
the ornaments
or cook the turkey, then you still have
hope.
If you
still watch love stories or want the endings to be happy,
then you
still have
hope.
If you can look to the past and smile,
then you still
have
hope.
If, when faced with the bad, when told everything is
futile, you
can still
look up and end the conversation with the phrase: "yeah
... but
... ", then you still have hope.
Hope is such a marvelous
thing. It
bends, it twists, it sometimes hides, but rarely does it break. It
sustains us
when nothing else can.
It gives us reason to continue and courage to
move
ahead, when we tell
ourselves we'd rather give in.
Hope puts
a smile
on our face when the heart cannot manage. Hope puts our feet on the
path when
our eyes cannot see it. Hope moves us to act when our souls are
confused of the
direction.
Hope is a wonderful thing, something to be cherished
and
nurtured, and
something that will refresh us in return. And it can
be found
in each of us, and it can bring light into the darkest of
places.
Never lose
hope.
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