Hope is the Thing with Feathers
By: Emily Dickinson

“Hope” is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I’ve heard it in the chillest land
And on the strangest sea,
Yet never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.

They do me wrong who say I come no more
When once I knock and fail to find you in;
For every day I stand outside your door,
And bid you wake, and rise to fight and win.
Wail not for precious chances passed away,
Weep not for golden ages on the wane!
Each night I burn the records of the day-
At sunrise every soul is born again!

Laugh like a boy at splendors that have sped,
To vanished joys be blind and deaf and dumb;
My judgements seal the dead past with its dead,
But never bind a moment yet to come.

Though deep in mire, wring not your hands and weep;
I lend my arm to all who say “I Can!”
No shame-faced outcast ever sank so deep,
But yet might rise and be again a man.

Dost thou behold thy lost youth all aghast?
Dost reel from righteous Retribution’s blow?
Then turn from blotted archives of the past,
And find the future’s pages white as snow.

Art thou a mourner? Rouse thee from thy spell;
Art thou a sinner? Sins may be forgiven;
Each morning gives thee wings to flee from hell,
Each night a star to guide thy feet to heaven.

Walter Malone

Make it a habit to be happy.

.. and be useful to others.

Rise up every morning, telling yourself that “Today will be a happy day”. Say “I believe I will handle any problems successfully today. In fact! I believe something good will happen to me!”.

Be grateful to be alive. Give thanks to whatever you have had, for all that you now have and all that shall be given to you. Thank God for every good things..

Help others and guard your mouth. If there’s nothing good to say, be silent. There’s significant power in it.

Enjoy the wild daffodils by the roadside. Hug trees. Get drenched in rain.

I hope you’ll enjoy your life to the fullest.

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