There are only two
lasting bequests we can
hope to give our children
One of these is roots,
the other, wings.
Hope is the thing with
feathers that perches
in the soul
and sings
the tunes without the words
and never stops at all.
I choose to live without
hope to protect myself
from disappointment.
It's very effective!
Desire is the starting
point of all achievement,
not a hope, not a wish,
but a keen pulsating desire
which transcends everything.
The charm of fishing is that
it is the pursuit of what is
elusive but attainable
a perpetual series of
occasions for hope.
The present is the ever
moving shadow that divides
yesterday from tomorrow.
In that lies hope.