Hope

A desire for a particular thing to happen, I think hope is active, it is not a whimsical desire but a manifesting desire.  Hope is what makes me try again, even when I am tired, even when it seems like this thing that I would like to happen in impossible, still then hope takes a slow calming breath and tries again.  Tries the same thing again, usually.  With the same disheartening results.  Occasionally things go better.  Occasionally the particular thing happens.  I wonder.

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