Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'.
Interpretation
The quote conveys that hope brings optimism for a brighter future, especially as a new year approaches.
Alfred Lord Tennyson's quote reflects the idea that hope is a gentle yet powerful force that encourages us as we transition into a new year. It suggests that hope exists at the door of tomorrow, gently reminding us that the future holds the promise of happiness and better days ahead, thus inspiring us to embrace the new year with positivity and expectation.
In practice
During a New Year’s Eve celebration, to inspire a positive mindset for the coming year.
Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For though from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar.
How many a father have I seen, A sober man, among his boys, Whose youth was full of foolish noise.
O Love! what hours were thine and mine, In lands of palm and southern pine; In lands of palm, of orange-blossom, Of olive, aloe, and maize and vine!
Earth is dry to the centre,_x000D_ But spring, a new comer,_x000D_ A spring rich and strange,_x000D_ Shall make the winds blow_x000D_ Round and round,_x000D_ Thro' and thro',_x000D_ Here and there,_x000D_ Till the air_x000D_ And the ground_x000D_ Shall be fill'd with life anew.
O love, O fire! once he drew With one long kiss my whole soul through My lips, as sunlight drinketh dew.
But thy strong Hours indignant work’d their wills, And beat me down and marr’d and wasted me, And tho’ they could not end me, left me maim’d To dwell in presence of immortal youth, Immortal age beside immortal youth, And all I was, in ashes. - Tithonus
I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't been able to hear.
I can only dream of the day where seeing other disabled people on screen isn't a rare sight or where I don't get excited at the sight of other disabled people working behind the screen.
And you have to remember that I came to America as an immigrant. You know, on a ship, through the Statue of Liberty. And I saw that skyline, not just as a representation of steel and concrete and glass, but as really the substance of the American Dream.
It's not my victory, it's yours and yours and yours. If a gay can win, it means there is hope that the system can work for all minorities if we fight. We've given them hope.
Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.
I feel we need to remind the world about the Apollo missions and that we can still do impossible things.
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