"Hope"

Hope is the best thing to have...

Next to care.

Care is the best thing to have...

Next to love.

Love is the best thing to have...

Next to God.

And God is the best thing of all to have!

HOPE...

Hope looks for the good in people

instead of harping on the worst in them.

Hope opens doors

where despair closes them.

Hope discovers what can be done

instead of grumbling about what cannot be done.

Hope draws its power from a deep trust in God

and the basic goodness of mankind.

Hope "lights a candle"

instead of "cursing the darkness".

Hope regards problems, small or large,

as opportunities.

Hope cherishes no illusions,

nor does it yield to cynicism.