~ Erik Erikson

~ Kalidasa

There is nothing more valuable to the human soul than hope. As Kalidasa, the classical Sanskrit poet pointed out, dreams and visions are nothing more than visions of hope – and without hope, there can be no dreams, visions, or thoughts of tomorrow.

Hope springs eternal in poetry; hope poems appear in poetry of all languages, a universal concept.

John Keats (1785-1821) saw hope has a constant companion, capable of brightening any mood, as he outlined in “To Hope:”

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) literally found hope in a companion, rather than in the figural form Keats found, and gives thanks in “Since Thou Hast Given Me This Good Hope, O God:”

Hope can come in both human and ethereal forms, but regardless, as long as there is life, there will be hope…