#hope

"The devil, darkness, and death may swagger and boast, the pangs of life will sting for a while longer, but don't worry; the forces of evil are breathing their last. Not to worry...He's risen!"

"It is our wounds that create in us a desire to reach for miracles. The fulfillment of such miracles depends on whether we let our wounds pull us down or lift us up towards our dreams."

"When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."

"Finish Off Your Enemies If you finish off your enemiesdo they wind up more charming and with better manners?"

"What can I say about life? Do I praise it for letting you live, or damn it for allowing the rest?"

"Is it folly to believe in something that is intangible? After all, some of the greatest intangibles are Love, Hope, and Wonder.Another is Deity.The choice to be a fool is yours."

"...William Stegner...coined the term 'the geography of hope,' countering the argument that wilderness preservation served elites with the assertion that wilderness could be a place in which everyone could locate their hopefulness even if few actually entered it."

"I am planting a tree in this bomb crater to remind us that in the midst of death, there is life... and hope."

"Donde termina el arco iris,en tu alma o en el horizonte?Where does the rainbow end,in your soul or on the horizon?"

"But then, life is a constant withering of possibilities. Some are stolen with the lives of people you love. Others are let go, with regret and reluctance and deep, deep sorrow. But there is compensation for lives unlived in the intoxicating joy of knowing that the life you have - right here, right now - if the one you have chosen. There is power in that, and hope."

"A Loaf of Challah Haiku A loaf of challah,a bottle of Rashi wine...For everything else there's Simply Manischewitz."

"Broken Heart [10W] The broken heart becomes volcanic, forever rumbling anddispersing ash."

"I can hardly wait for tomorrow, it means a new life for me each and every day."

"Premature Evacuation [10w] I've stopped all my relationships short,not unlike this poem."

"Prickly Pears [10w] Men are often like cactus fruits ~thorny outside,mushy inside."

"Idiots vs. Fools [10w] Idiots listen to other's bullshit;fools listen to their own."

"What's Hot [10w] + {Couplet} We incorrectly assume what's hotis becoming what we're not."

"Long distance is hard. You have to trust that as you each change on your own, your relationship will also change along with you. It takes hope, good humor, and idealism. It takes a massive dose of courage to protect the relationship at all odds. It is hard, but worth it. You'll both be stronger as a result."

"But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies. Hope springs up, and cheerfulness along with it, and then he is in good shape to do something for himself, if anything can be done."

"Speak to the Head [10w] + {Couplet} Tis of no fucking availTo speak to the tail."