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Footprints in the Wind^sm # 1936

There is a cheap hope, a hope for results. It is cheap because it denies anything will get in the way. It is cheap because it brings fear on the other side of the coin, therein devaluing the hope. There is a dear hope, the deep “ability,” as Vaclav Havel wrote, “to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.” This deep hope is anchored not in outcomes but in work for specific people.

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Dear hope trusts
though it does not
understand

:- Doug.

When, with generations of grandchildren
in mind, I read
anything
they color what I hear
and gently guide
a few dance steps
for grandchildren of grandchildren

:- Doug.

Imagine a better humanity. Imagine they are your grandchildren. Imagine a specific woman or man. Imagine this one a child of your imagination, of your stories, of your poetry.

:- Doug.