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The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.
-- Mortimer Adler
 

 

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Hope abides

When you put all your energy into doing your best, you can achieve great things. Join with others who are just as deeply committed and competent, and there’s no limit to what it will accomplish.

It’s easy to become cynical and jaded about much of what goes on in the world. Yet every decline opens up the possibility of resurgence, every setback brings potential for a comeback.

Hope abides, ever ready to spring into action. Truth, competence, honor, strength, and courage stand ready to win the day.

The experience of life has come a long and impressive way since the time when people first began to live it. Going forward, you have the opportunity to build on all that amazing aggregate achievement.

When you’re tempted to make excuses, choose instead to make progress. When the efforts feels too difficult, remind yourself of all the value that effort will continue to deliver.

There’s strength that already exists within you, and by making good use of it you will make much more. Keep that cycle going, pushing ever forward, and fulfill the potential of your unique and beautiful existence.

— Ralph Marston

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