Hope

"Freedom begins in the mind of the individual. You'll never be able to do a particular thing if you don't navigate your thoughts positively. Complaining and neglecting to take action creates stagnation. Free your mind and the rest will follow."

"The world is always in a hurry, but I teach My children patience. Live, expecting a full and joyous life. And learn to trust My perfect timing so that you may discover that all the pain found in waiting has a magnificent and awesome purpose."

"The hopes that, in my own heart sown,And cherished by such sun and rain,As Joy and transient Sorrow shed,Have ripened to a harvest there:"

"If your hope dieth, your duties die, your endeavors die, your joys die, and your souls die. And if your hope be not acted, but lie asleep, it is next to dead, both in likenss and preparation( 585)."

"Amidst the dim & desolate backdrop that was my world, a seed of hope bloomed into a garden of joyous wonder."

"Hope is the seed of happiness."

"I tried to push my body through his and completely disappear."

"So much has been done to my body, and still, somehow, not enough."

"Marriage is like a series of opposing reflections, inverse images getting ever smaller like nesting dolls, each one of your trying to squeeze yourself smaller to fit inside the hopes of the other, until one of you cracks or stops existing."

"Life will hack off your head and shit down your neck every chance it gets. I've found that consuming drugs and booze, listening to music and always having an excuse in the best way to tip the scales."

"Hope abides; therefore I abide. Countless frustrations have not cowed me. I am still alive, vibrant with life. The black cloud will disappear,The morning sun will appear once again In all its supernal glory."

"With Ed, I always pushed away the good and only heard the bad. Today, I let in the good."

"Never stop trying. Never stop believing. Never give up. Your day will come."

"When God requires us to surrender one dream, it’s because He wants to hand us a bigger and better one."

"Keep your head up, your faith strong, and your eyes open for the little miracles all around you…because they are there, just waiting to be discovered."

"In the midst of our struggle to find out who we are, there are infinite possibilities for beauty, and hope, and wonder, and love."

"Whole worlds’ darkness is not enough to dark the blaze of a candle.."

"In fact, if you're wondering if I expect miracles---the answer is yes. Even when they don't seem to happen, I keep believing in them. Even when I stop believing in them, I'll always start again. Because if you don't have hope, what's left? I believe. And maybe they'll happen in a way I never saw coming--they usually do. Or maybe I'll find the way to make them happen myself. But ether way--I expect miracles."

"Life makes two promises, one, it promises to be good, and two, it promises to be bad. Cherish the good and be strong during the bad."

"Positive thinkers look for good in every situation. In times of difficulty, the can find many opportunities."