Hope is the Thing With Feathers

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

Only in the darkness can you see the stars. Martin Luther King Jr.

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up

and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. Anne Lamott

 Hope is the physician of each misery. Irish Proverb

An Ode to Christmas Trees

I salute  Christmas trees

With an ode to all trees be they stubby or tall,

Real or fake,

Green or sparkly silver for

All trees are creative signs of hope.

Lit with tiny lights,

Each light a flaming symbol to new life.

It does not matter if we are secret cynics the rest of the year;

Christmas trees are metaphors for family warmth and celebrations,

Evoking Christmas past,

Radiant as Christmas present and

Promising Christmases yet to come.