Going to Porcupine to Buy Hope

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*I went to the Porcupine today and bought hope. Unlike most stores Porcupine doesn't accept cash or check or credit cards. It only accepts industry, earnestness, honesty, caring, kindness, justice, and prayer. It is, as its name implies, a prickly place to be. You must be wary about what it is you want to purchase and how you are paying for it. But it is a wondrous store, and the aisles are full of bottles of hope and chests of miracles. 

According to Rabbi Sacks, hope is an active virtue. He compares optimism to hope and says "Optimism is the belief that the world is changing for the better; hope is the belief that, together, we can make the world better." (To Heal a Fractured World, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Ch 12 pg 166).

What do you hope for? What are some of your long term hopes? What is your hope for today? What are some of the actions you can take that can change your hope into reality?

In your journal write down the word hope and what your hope is for today. Beneath it write the steps you would need to achieve it; the purchase price - the people you need to help you, the actions you need to do.

Small hopes or large, I hope that you have the strength and resources to go forward to make your world, and the world at large, a better place. 

*this sentence was from an online mad libs game between friends. We gave two nouns and she responded with a sentence.