#hope

"The universe never complains.When you're wrong or right,She always loves and cares,She always gives and shares. When you get lost she becomes the light,Helps you to find what is right. But she never forgetsTo show you the light."

"Inventory:"Four be the things I am wiser to know:Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.Four be the things I'd been better without:Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.Three be the things I shall never attain:Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.Three be the things I shall have till I die:Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye."

"Gray [10w] Since gray's the 'new black' things aren't black and white."

"The AP Stylebook is Useless {Couplet} I can't abbreviate abbreviation nor know how to initialize an acronym,I can find the contraction for contraction nor the précis for a homonym."

"The Wonder of Wandering [10w] When you wander without destination,the world becomes your teacher."

"You see, we cannot draw lines and compartments and refuse to budge beyond them. Sometimes you have to use your failures as stepping-stones to success. You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair.' He paused, considering what he had just said. 'Yes', he repeated. 'In the end, it's all a question of balance."

"Love in the Afterlife [10w] Maybe I'll love you in the afterlife.This life, fuhgeddaboudit."

"That is why enemies can be great motivators. They serve as fuel for your fire."

"Fighting For Your Life [10w] 'Everything will be alright,'doesn't mean we stop the fight."

"Reconstruction of Japan After World War II [10w] 'I am what I plan'became the motto of modern-Japan."

"Compassion [10w] Compassion is the combination to enter the vault of heaven."

"Switch Hitter [10w] Aphorisms are penned in my left brain,poetry, my right."

"Committees [10w] A committee sits in a rectangle and talks in circles."

"Hope is the crystal meth of emotions. It hooks you fast and kills you hard."

"Rat Trap Haiku 'Hmm, 12 by 13,4 by 9. Oy! You call thisrat trap an apartment?"

"New Year's Revolving Door [10w] + [10w] + {Couplet} 2015's revolution commences with the overthrow of New Year's resolution.Seek not absolutionfor our weak character's immune to evolution."

"I came to the conclusion that unrealized hopes, even small ones, were always wrenching."

"Earth Smile The lip of the mountain smiles ochrewhen the drumming raindrops take root.Pigments from yellow to deep orange to brown,form crowns of light, mirrors reflecting fire ~the ire in the earth, the smirk of the dirt."

"hope for the best, prepare for the worst"

"I hope I make people feel better. I hope I take people out of their situations a little bit and make them happier. That's really why I do what I do."