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Donna Chamberlain's avatar

The hope spectrum - to quote John Denver: Some days are diamonds; some days are stone.

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Maia Toll's avatar

I love me a little JD. The original one. RIP.

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Cari Taylor's avatar

I am not a 'hope' person .. I am total faith .. in the trenches sure but more planting seeds and trees knowing all the good to come

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Maia Toll's avatar

Beautiful.😘

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Katy Rugg's avatar

I am firmly in the trench-building (hopeful) camp…but do find that I sometimes need to retreat for a moment to rest and take care of my nervous system. A friend shared a great analogy; like when you are singing in a choir, and you have a long, sustained note - you take turns/stagger taking a breath, so the sound does not falter, even though everyone is able to catch their breath… Thank you for sharing this! Really rings true for me.

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Maia Toll's avatar

Love the choir analogy!

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Deborah Schaumberg's avatar

Thank you Maia! This is exactly what I needed to hear right now!♥️

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susan thornton's avatar

aha - I'm inspired. Happy to be in the trench building, water bearing camp! Thanks for sharing this updated version Maia. Let's go!

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April McMurtry's avatar

“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.”

― Antonio Gramsci This is the story of collapse... mixed with so many stories of hope bending the curve!! 😭😭😭

Thank you for sharing!

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Maia Toll's avatar

Always both, right?

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April McMurtry's avatar

💯 totally, and perhaps to remind her that all the polarities exists simultaneously

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