tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post5215263571441366362..comments2023-10-14T09:11:30.472-04:00Comments on (Parenthetically Speaking...): Hope...Serenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798532682456165053noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post-90346005503654128062011-01-04T07:57:20.407-05:002011-01-04T07:57:20.407-05:00Quid, that's the way to take charge of hope an...Quid, that's the way to take charge of hope and show it who's boss.:)Serenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798532682456165053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post-35326559085310072522011-01-04T06:49:55.656-05:002011-01-04T06:49:55.656-05:00I actively take my hope by the scruff of its neck ...I actively take my hope by the scruff of its neck and give a kick or two directly in the butt each week....keeping it alive, constantly.<br /><br />Felt good to think about it that way!<br /><br />quidquidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06954222271507913856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post-55028659982390738552011-01-03T16:54:06.849-05:002011-01-03T16:54:06.849-05:00I remember seeing that E. D. poem just recently. ...I remember seeing that E. D. poem just recently. Who knows what hope is? I'd prefer that it be the pretty little bird and not a hungry vulture.:)Serenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798532682456165053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post-39773380756563807822011-01-03T12:55:34.765-05:002011-01-03T12:55:34.765-05:00Hope by Emily Dickinson
Hope is the thing wit...Hope by Emily Dickinson<br /> <br />Hope is the thing with feathers <br />That perches in the soul, <br />And sings the tune--without the words, <br />And never stops at all,<br /><br />And sweetest in the gale is heard; <br />And sore must be the storm <br />That could abash the little bird <br />That kept so many warm.<br /><br />I've heard it in the chillest land, <br />And on the strangest sea; <br />Yet, never, in extremity, <br />It asked a crumb of me.<br /><br />======================<br />Do not ask me what that means, but it always comes to my mind when someone speaks of hope. I guess hope is a pretty little bird to Emily.<br /><br />Hope: the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best. Amen!Marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.com