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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

Hope

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Hope starts when things feel uncertain or difficult, and it means believing that consistent effort and patience will eventually lead to improvement. It involves staying present, paying attention, and continuing to act rightly without quitting, even when the outcome is not yet clear.

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