Our job, so said the doctor, is to not take away hope.
That was how a physician summarized the reasons for decisions made about a hospice patient.
Hope?
Hope . . .
Hope floats.
Hope springs eternal.
Always look on the sunny side.
Hope is passion for what is possible.
However long the night, the dawn will break.
Let your hopes not your hurts shape your future.
When you’re at the end of a rope, tie a knot and hold on.
I could continue the quotes, clichés, and truthful longings. Do you have a personal mantra for hope? One of the more familiar (and a favorite I’ve happily used) is Emily Dickinson’s, “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.”
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