Hope, wrote Emily d*ckinson, is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words, and never stops-at all.... History is filled with people who held on to hope... Beethoven composed most of his music during years of steadily worsening hearing loss. Abraham Lincoln failed in business twice and was defeated in elections NINE TIMES! One of the few times he did succeed, he became America's 16th president, helping to end slavery while preserving the Union... So the next time things look pretty grim, just remember history is filled with hope-filled tales of those who kept their dreams soaring, and never stopped believing. *Hope that is seen is not hope... But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. Romans8:24-25* . . . Amen