Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'.
Interpretation
The quote conveys that hope brings optimism for a brighter future, especially as a new year approaches.
Alfred Lord Tennyson's quote reflects the idea that hope is a gentle yet powerful force that encourages us as we transition into a new year. It suggests that hope exists at the door of tomorrow, gently reminding us that the future holds the promise of happiness and better days ahead, thus inspiring us to embrace the new year with positivity and expectation.
In practice
During a New Year’s Eve celebration, to inspire a positive mindset for the coming year.
Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For though from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar.
How many a father have I seen, A sober man, among his boys, Whose youth was full of foolish noise.
O Love! what hours were thine and mine, In lands of palm and southern pine; In lands of palm, of orange-blossom, Of olive, aloe, and maize and vine!
Earth is dry to the centre,_x000D_ But spring, a new comer,_x000D_ A spring rich and strange,_x000D_ Shall make the winds blow_x000D_ Round and round,_x000D_ Thro' and thro',_x000D_ Here and there,_x000D_ Till the air_x000D_ And the ground_x000D_ Shall be fill'd with life anew.
O love, O fire! once he drew With one long kiss my whole soul through My lips, as sunlight drinketh dew.
But thy strong Hours indignant work’d their wills, And beat me down and marr’d and wasted me, And tho’ they could not end me, left me maim’d To dwell in presence of immortal youth, Immortal age beside immortal youth, And all I was, in ashes. - Tithonus
Because mountains are high and broad, the way of riding the clouds is always reached in the mountains; the inconceivable power of soaring in the wind comes freely from the mountains
Anything you do from the soulful self will help lighten the burdens of the world. Anything. You have no idea what the smallest word, the tiniest generosity, can cause to be set in motion...Mend the part of the world that is within your reach.
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
The power of intention manifests as an expression of expanding creativity, kindness, love, and beauty.
There is always magic to be summoned at any point. I love to live in a world of magic, but not a fake world of magic. We all really basically have a lot of magic... It’s only those of us who choose to accept it, that really understand it. It’s there for everyone. That’s the only thing that I feel I am able to give to people and that’s why I know that they respond to me because I try to give them only their own magic... not mine, but theirs
Understand and be confident that each of us can make a difference by caring and acting in small as well as big ways.
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