We must accept finite

disappointment, but never

lose infinite hope.

Desire is the starting

point of all achievement,

not a hope, not a wish,

but a keen pulsating desire

which transcends everything.

There are only two

lasting bequests we can

hope to give our children

One of these is roots,

the other, wings.

The present is the ever

moving shadow that divides

yesterday from tomorrow.

In that lies hope.

Forgiving does not

erase the bitter past.

A healed memory is

not a deleted memory.

Instead, forgiving what

we cannot forget creates

a new way to remember.

We change the memory

of our past into a

hope for our future.