Inspirational words #1
Feeling: hopeful
Melody: Kimi no Shiranai monogatari – supercell
“Hope is the fuel that the human heart runs on. A car crash or a driving accident can paralyze a body, but the death of hope paralyzes the spirit.
Hope is what prompts a young man and woman to stand before a preacher and promise “I do” even though they have no guarantees.
Hope is what fuels the same couple, many years later, after broken promises and broken hearts, to give their promise another try.
Hope is why human beings keep bringing children into a fallen world.
Hope is why there are hospitals and universities.
Hope is why there are therapists and consultants and why the Cubs keep going to spring training.
No composer would agonize over a score without the hope that some glimmer of beauty will emerge from the struggle.
No parents would agonize over a child without hope that the child might live a better, nobler, happier life than they did.
When he was an old man, the master painter Henri Matisse was crippled by arthritis. Wrapping his fingers around a brush was painful; painting was agony. Someone asked him why he kept painting. He answered, “The pain goes away; the beauty endures”
That is hope.”
Some inspirational words I read this week from John Ortberg’s “If you want to walk on water, you’ve got to get out of the boat” book.
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