#hope

"The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning."

"Iowa Haiku "We're not really dull,we are just misunderstood.Weed helps dull the pain."

"It is often in the darkest skies that we see the brightest stars."

"A truly Christian love, either to God or men, is a humble broken-hearted love. The desires of the saints, however earnest, are humble desires. Their hope is a humble hope; and their joy, even when it is unspeakable and full of glory, is a humble broken-hearted joy, and leaves the Christian more poor in spirit, and more like a little child, and more disposed to a universal lowliness of behaviour."

"Creation "I shake my fist and there's bang.Stars sift like sand through my fingers;each swirl of my wrist a galaxy,every kiss imbued with a bit of me."

"Arches National Park, Utah BloodshotZiggurats of rock against unbending sky,sandstone fins and eyes of ancient earth behemoth.Your windows wedged by cosmic hands of rain and melting snow, of frost and ice, of gravity and geologic time, patient and untiring,self-possessed like a child's perception of endless summer."

"Hello Poetry Needs Y'allz How empty the oceans would be were it only filled with orcas."

"A wise teacher learns in the midst of teaching; a wise student teaches in the midst of learning."

"Love is a Gamble [10w] Love's a gamble ~ better lose than never spin the wheel."

"Heartbreak [10w] Heartbreak’s like a heart attack but without the hospital bills."

"Money Can't Buy Everything [10w] Money can't buy everything ~ but love is certainly no exception."

"The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination."

"Diana Sporting a Remington Sendero SF II {Couplet} Over one shoulder hung a rifle, over the other swung a brace of pheasants;She was a no-nonsense breed of sniper, a viper with no time for fangs of conscience."

"hope had become despair, protestors had become terrorists, love had become sex, music had become noise, and us had become me."

"Why We Need Smart People [10w] We need smart people to call other smart people morons."

"I cared about them. I wanted them to feel better, to live better lives. And then it occurred to me - I cared about myself. I wanted me to live a better life, too Caring about myself was allowing me to care about others."

"Carry the fire."

"The Universe Begins and Ends in Us If a telescope could see beyond the edges of the universe,we would see ourselves looking into a telescope trying to see beyond the edges of universe."

"We must restore hope to young people, help the old, be open to the future, spread love. Be poor among the poor. We need to include the excluded and preach peace."

"First Day at Harvard [10w] Smartest kid in the roomwalks into room of competitors."