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Lessons From Childhood
Lesson 5: 
Hope Anyway

Pandora was an optimist.  Her curiosity got the better of her.  She opened a box and out tumbled all the horrors of the world. But she shut it tight, preserving hope inside.  Her lesson:  hope anyway.

When all the horrors of the world tumble at you, remember to be defiant in hope:

"People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self - centered.  Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.  Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies.   Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and sincere, people may deceive you.  Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight.  Create anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous.  Be happy anyway.

The good you do today will often be forgotten.  Do good anyway.

Give the best you have, and it will never be enough.  Give your best anyway."

                                             * Mother Teresa 
 

Quotable:

"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
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