Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up. —Anne Lamott
“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.”

Anne Lamott author, political activist

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Kaye Jachimski from New Jersey USA  MAY 6, 2020
Yes indeed
Lois APRIL 28, 2020
Love this
Texas Hill Country APRIL 24, 2020
Yes !!!
Anonymous APRIL 24, 2020
I love this!
Nancy from California JUNE 2, 2018
I love this!!!

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