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bridging the gap expectations to disappointments to hope

Bridging the gap expectations to disappointments to hope

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bridging the gap

expectationsto

disappointmentsto

hope

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Australia

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To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime.

Emily Dickinson

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New Zealand

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Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him.Psalm 62:5

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“When we become aware that we do not have to escape our pains, but that we can mobilize them into a common search for life, those very pains are transformed from expressions of despair into signs of hope”Henri Nouwen

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Laos

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Vietnam

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India

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In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond;And like seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring.Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.Kahlil Gibrain

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You are never alone. Let yourself be plumbed to the depths and you will see that, in your heart of hearts, in the place where no two people are alike, Christ is waiting for you. And what you never dared hope for springs to life.

Brother Roger, Taize

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Not only is another world possible, she is on her way.On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.Arundhati Roy

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But this I call to mind; therefore I have hope: The Lord’s loyal kindness never ceases; his compassions never end.They are fresh every morning;your faithfulness is abundant!So I will put my hope in him.Lamentations 3:21-24

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If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps life moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream.

Martin Luther King Jr

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Let your unfailing love surround us, Lord,for our hope is in you alone.

Psalm 33:22

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