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Since 1998 I've been sending out these reflections first thing each
week--one or more quotes plus my thoughts about the intersections and
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Quote #1241 - #MakingHope
08 Jun, 2026
MAKING HOPE
"Hope is a discipline."
Angela Davis
"Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all."
Emily Dickinson
Hope is a study, a practice,
a discipline--
applied optimism--
renewed enthusiasm--
finding it, working it, playing it
moment to moment
every day.
Hope is a study,
a practice, yes,
but, too, it can be a surprise.
A flutter in your belly, a swelling
of your chest, a wrinkle in your nose,
the corners of your mouth
slightly, gently uplifted.
Where did it come from?
Are you sure you know?
But there it is.
Because you found it, worked it, played it?
studied it, practiced it
every day?
Maybe.
Maybe.
And maybe sometimes it's just like
the bird flying past you,
the butterfly landing inches away,
the tune carried in the wind--
a luscious, poetic
surprise.
Shellen Lubin
June 8, 2026
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