If you lost hope, read this...

[Jeffersons Ghost]

Hope never abandons you; you abandon it.

In all things it is better to hope than to despair.

Never let go of hope. One day you will see that it all will finally come together. What you have always wished for will finally become reality. You will look back and laugh at what has passed and you will ask yourself... 'How did I get through all of that?

When you say a situation or a person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in the face of any chance for success.

When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. We can find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.

Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark.

Hope is not a dream but a way of making dreams become reality.

[democrank]

1. One of my favorites...

But in the mud and scum of things
there always, always something sings.

Ralph Waldo Emerson


~PEACE~

[Jeffersons Ghost]

7. that's beautiful

[csziggy]

2. Thank you! These days I am not so much without hope as just tired

Some days I feel as though it is not worth fighting for the issues I care about, especially when the media is trying to convince us that our leaders are not fighting for anything.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

8. Have you gotten lost in media lies?

You're smarter than that, I hope.

[csziggy]

9. No, but they are all repeating the same talking points and it gets old

When I switch among all the various news channels (except for Faux, which is blocked on my TV) and hear the same crap with the same phrases from them all.

It just emphasizes how all the news sources go by the same basic play book with only minor variations in their approach.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

15. There's always hope that TV can improve or even better everyone will learn the truth about the liers

[csziggy]

19. I keep hoping, but the older I get, the less I believe it will happen

People did not believe Nixon was a crook and re-elected him. Reagan. George H. W. Bush. George W. Bush.

If the media turn Obama into a Carter which is what they seem to be doing ("failed, ineffective"), I don't think I will have the energy to give a shit about politics for the rest of my life.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

40. Don't waste your hope on politics, believe in Justice, like death, it comes to everyone in some way

[mmonk]

26. That actually is where hope lies.

If we can get that turned around, then the rest will be a piece of cake.

[Shandris]

3. I much prefer...

"Hope is the denial of reality. It is the carrot dangled before the draft horse to keep him plodding along in a vain attempt to reach it."

I'm not saying that it's bad to have hope, but that we should remove the carrot and move forward with sight unhindered.

[Drale]

4. As long as their are men and women fighting for whats right

there is always hope.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. YES, my dear Jeffersons Ghost!

I so agree...

Greatest Page for you!

:hug:

[Whisp]

27. but you are hoping Obama fails.

unless I'm mistaken, this thread is not about that

[CaliforniaPeggy]

29. I am not hoping he fails...

I have never said or thought that.

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

32. Being upset with him about how he has let us down

does not mean I want him to fail.

I am upset with how he's conducting the People's business.

If he fails, then there is no hope.

I respect much that he has done.

That's all.

[Whisp]

34. but how can he win when people so easily give up hope?

He always said during the campaign he needed us, that he can't do it alone. He said it would take a long time and a lot of patience and especially set backs.
He talked about setbacks and disappointments a lot.
He did say these things, I remember clearly. He said them often.

but people are so quick to just give up and start belly aching.
we don't actually deserve him. we are bratty children with snot running down the noses

[CaliforniaPeggy]

35. Sorry, but you and I are entrenched in our positions...

We could argue until the cows come home, and neither of us would budge.

I hope for the best outcome...

I'm sure you do too...

[Whisp]

36. just thought it odd you were into this 'hope' thing.

which I interpret as positive and something nice for a change around here.

see you around.

[mmonk]

6. I've held on to the real one

not the marketing slogan.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

10. I HOPE you good people don't let those who want us hopeless steal ALL the recs.

[Forkboy]

11. This begs for a million cynical and sarcastic remarks....

All of which are in my repertoire, but I'll be nice. ;)

[mmonk]

16. Hockey fans aren't supposed to be nice.

We're supposed to deliver the checks and hits.

[Forkboy]

17. Yeah, but DU has refereees.

And they're keeping a close eye on head shots these days. :)

[mmonk]

20. Are they sending video reviews to Toronto?

[Forkboy]

21. LOL...some of these calls could go either way!

:)

[AndrewP]

22. I got 5 minutes in the box earlier tonight, watch out....

Sometimes I'm a :dunce:



By the way, go Minnesota Wild! :)

[Forkboy]

24. The Wild?

Good God, what kind of hockey fan have I stumbled across? ;)

[AndrewP]

25. One that is used to getting his ass kicked! LOL n/t

[Forkboy]

33. Hey, always a tough defensive fight.

LeMaire was a great coach for that, but never had the goalie or D talent he had in New Jersey to make it into the whole package. All I can say is that this Bruins fan never takes the Wild for granted. Always a tough game.

[mmonk]

37. Yep. Even the obvious ones.

That drives me crazy.

[demmiblue]

12. Emily Dickinson:

Hope

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 chilliest land
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.


:hi:

[Major Hogwash]

13. Hope realized is the fulfillment of a goal. That started as a dream.

Keep the faith, man.

[pgodbold]

14. As the world heats. As Fox dumbs down the nation. As the world laughs.

As the president moves further away from us; waving goodbye from the distant horizon.

Hope never abandons you; you abandon it.

Normally I accept encouragement, but now it just seems silly. Thanks for trying.

Hugs

[w8liftinglady]

18. Can I just thank you all for giving me hope?...I returned back to work today.

My patients and co-workers were ecstatic...even the Right-wing nut jobs.
I will never be able to repay the loving kindness you all showed me over the last 18 months.


Hope is alive.I'm proof of it.

I love you all.
Peace.
Beth

[demmiblue]

23. Congrats on your return!

Although I am not a well known here, I think that I can express this on behalf of many a DUer: there is no need for you to repay anything... YOU are an inspirational woman in more ways than one. This community is better off with having you as a member.

:hug:

[Maine-i-acs]

28. Martin Luther King, Jr.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

[RaleighNCDUer]

31. Doing the same thing over and over, while hoping for different results

is the definition of insanity.

[WhiteTara]

38. JG

Sounds like you are reading your affirmation book.

Right now, I'm trying to soften the stone I call my heart because it has been broken so many times. When that happens, I hope I understand compassion.

[DesertDiamond]

39. So sorry I didn't see this in time to rec it! Kudos to you for your efforts to inspire hope!!

Hope has power! As long as we don't give up hope, we are not defeated!