hopeful

Our greatest hope does not rest in the death of suffering. Neither does our help lie in us having a full and perfect life, with no pain, no brokenness, and no Lyme disease. Instead our hope lies in God and we hope in the fact that this is our temporary home and our forever home with Him in Heaven is perfect. This hope- this beautiful and living hope (I Peter 1:3-4) is for the future but also gives us hope for our present days.

Life is figure out what you hope for, live inside that hope, but live right in it,under its roof

They all had defining color running through their gray existence.

I know this is your hand now,' she tells him. "Roland would have never touched me like that." Connor smiles, and Risa takes a moment to look down at the shark on his wrist. It holds no fear for her now, because the shark has been tamed by the soul of a boy. No- the soul of a man.

When will the others come?"And there is one who will never come. At least we will not see him if he does. But, oh, when I think he will be there--when our Canadian soldiers return there will be a shadow army with them--the army of the fallen. We will not *see* them--but they will be there!

Lately, I've been leaning towards kindness.- Camille Preaker

Life is more Easy with a Little Hope and Big Dreams.

The small wad of burning paper drew down to a wisp of flame and then died out leaving a faint pattern for just a moment in the incandescence like the shape of a flower, a molten rose. Then all was dark again.

I will do all things to please the Lord,for he is my inner strength. He gives and I recieve,though I should give my all like he did for me

I go to de One who says silver n gold is Mine

She wasn't happy, exactly; she was still too raw for that. But she was satisfied. Satisfied and relieved, too, with maybe just a bit of joy thrown in for good measure. Yes, that was it. She'd made it through so much already. She knew now that she was strong. She'd survive. And she had friends and family to support her.

One can (not) learn from a fatal error.

There is always a way out, as there is a way in

Don't retire, rewire and refire

And I will never again underestimate the power of anticipation. There is no better boost in the present than an invitation into the future.

No, I won't be hopeless. I am full of hope. I'm a HopeFUL. ~ Evie Snow

All of my days are held in your hand, crafted into your perfect Plan.

Let the passions and cupidities and dreams and kinks and ideals and greed and hopes and foul corruptions of all men and women have their day and the world will still be better off, for there is more good than bad in the sum of us and our workings.