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Be kind whenever possible, and it is always possible.
-- The Dalai Lama
 

 

Thursday, April 1, 2021

Hope that makes no sense

Even in the darkest hour of the darkest night, you can envision light. Even when the stars are hidden by the thickest storm clouds, you know all those stars are still shining.

In the coldest depth of winter, the warmth of the summer sun lives in your heart. In times of great difficulty you can act on hope, and with that action exert positive influence.

Your circumstances may tempt you to be less than you are and punish you for being your best. Nevertheless, your unique beauty and the hope you carry both have the power to endure.

You are in this moment, living this situation. And yet you are also greater than whatever troubles and other realities surround you.

Hope is its most powerful when it has no basis to exist. In precisely the same way, you will find your greatest strengths in the midst of your most difficult challenges.

Make full use of your amazing ability to reason, but take care not to live by reason alone. There’s hope in you that makes no sense, and that hope can carry you through.

— Ralph Marston

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