THE JOURNEY: Hope is like the ripples caused by a pebble being dropped into a pond. It starts at the center and spreads out until it can't go any further. It wants to move out and gather speed creating an energy that is self sustaining. It doesn't always work out the way you want, but without it the light can go out. A lot has happened in the last year. Death, new jobs, new friends and experiences. I have hope for the future and all that it can bring. That compared to when I first started writing is a miracle in itself. Hope spreads like wildfire and can be contagious. Henry Fords words come to mind. "If you think you can or you think you can't, you're right" My suggestion is to think you can and spread hope to everyone you know. No matter what transpires in your life, never give up hope, because without it you will never know what could have been.

HOPE

HOPE CONTINUES TO EXERT ITS INFLUENCE
BRINGING COMFORT TO THE LOST
AND PEACE TO THE MIND

IT ALLOWS YOU TO TRAVEL FURTHER
THAN YOU THOUGHT
YOU COULD GO

HOLDING ONTO IT
DOESN'T ALWAYS GIVE YOU THE ANSWER
BUT IT SEES YOU THROUGH THE TOUGH TIMES
AND REQUIRES NOTHING IN RETURN