Author: clfuu

Emily Dickinson famously wrote that “Hope is a thing with feathers.” But sometimes hope arrives as something lighter still, even a single feather.

What tiny thing gives you hope?

Hope is a belief that things will get better. And sometimes things do just get better on their own—but mostly change comes because someone cares enough to make things different.

How do you build hope for others?

If you live in a part of the world that turns monochrome at this time of the year, it becomes a spiritual discipline to look for spots of color and brightness, to find the places where life shines in the grey.

Where do you find spots of brightness?

“Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.”
—Jonas Salk

What dream brings you hope?

The Transcendentalist writer Margaret Fuller is said to have exclaimed “I accept the universe!” To which Thomas Carlyle responded, “Gad, she’d better!” It turns out that the universe pretty much does what it will, whether we accept it or not. But it helps when we can gladly welcome the universe in.

When have you improved your life simply by accepting what the universe brought you?