Hope.

[Pale Blue Dot]

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune--without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.

(Emily Dickinson)

Hey Lounge! I'm taking a chance today, and it feels great! When are you going to take yours?

:bounce::loveya::bounce:

[Arianrhod]

1. You can't beat hope

from a poet who wrote so much about Death.

:)

[SarahB]

2. "I still believe in Hope...

- mostly because there's no such place as Fingers Crossed, Arkansas." - Molly Ivins

:D

Hey, I don't have a English degrees. I was always more a bio and social science geek.:P

:bounce: :loveya: :bounce:

Hopefully, our cadoodling hasn't made us too big a public spectacle. We're just two people (who have both been through a lot) on a journey together. It's nice. 3 hours, 37 minutes. :)

[Pale Blue Dot]

4. I'll see you there.

Look for the preppy geek with red hair. :D

It's been a great trip, fellow canoodler :)

:bounce::loveya::bounce:

[VelmaD]

3. I took one last weekend...

and it worked out very well. Had 4 days of fun and made a new friend. :)

It wasn't the big chance I need to take...but it was a start.

[Pale Blue Dot]

5. Cool

:thumbsup:

Now take the big one!

[bertha katzenengel]

6. I've never given up hope.

Not after last year's election, not after 9/11, not after the 2002 election when Ehrlich was made governor of my state, and not after the 2000 election.

I never even gave up hope in the days before I checked myself in to a psychiatric hospital, nearly 20 years ago. I'm not about to give up hope now. It was the biggest chance I've ever taken.

Thank you for posting the poem, Finnfan. I need to read it more often. Hell, I should memorize it.

:hug: thank you.

edit: Have a wonderful day. You too, Sarah Belle.