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Hope.
There is Hope in a rosebud; Hope for the future flower that will soon burst forth, petal by petal. There is a great amount of energy inside this rosebud, gathering force to push forward. For this rosebud, Hopefully, there will be a future, if the weather cooperates, and other obstacles such as animals, clumsy feet and clippers don’t get in the way.
There cannot be any Hope without action. Along with Hope there must be motion, movement, endurance and strength.
The rosebud has all of these. Struggling to make it to the bloom stage, it is full of action and Hope.
Without a minimum of hope, we cannot so much as start the struggle. ~Paulo Freire (1921-1997)*
*from Paulo Friere’s Pedagogy of Hope
Have a good evening, readers…
Judy
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What a beautiful shot, Judy!!! 🙂 Me like!! Life without hope loses its meaning! I so agree with you! If it didn’t exist, we would also find it hard to exist. :]
Nice comment, Elyas…”If it didn’t exist, we would also find it hard to exist”. awesome.
It’s perfect. Such a great photo I can almost feel the velvety softness of the petals.
Laura, you are so sweet. Thank you. Actually I was shocked the image was so huge! It’s like a rosebud on steroids!
I nominate you for http://ahopefortoday.com/2012/01/14/hope-unites-globally-hug-award-guidelines/
You have one of the best blogs ever…. BIG HUG
Wow. Thank you so much, Jackie. I’m very honored to receive this award that means so much to me. Thank you so much for your kind comments.
Great title for that photo!
Thank you, montucky!
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A beautiful photo. I love the hope of a rosebud and you have told the story of hope in your post. A great quote too.
Thank you very much, Maggie. That’s so kind of you! Thanks for the pingback too.
ummm waoo beautiful 🙂
yes there is a hope in this beautiful creature ,
and aye hope ,reminds me of my fav quotation
“hope for the best and prepare for the worst “
Wow. Nice quote, Nalik! It’s perfect for my post! I totally forgot about that quote! But don’t you think it looks like a rosebud on steroids?
I had no idea it was going to look so huge! Thanks for you compliment!
Lovely photo and such a good description, too. Thank you Judy!
Thank you, Meg!
Beautiful Post & Love the Photo:)
Thank you Renee!
Hope is what keeps us going.
Hope is what puts a smile on our face 🙂
A rosebud surely is an epitome of hope.
What a wonderful photo epitomising the red blood;
blood that runs in all of us without any distinction 🙂
Amira….this is lovely. I like the whole poem, but I especially love the last two lines. Thank you so much. 😉
What a beautiful photo for Hope.
Greetings from Judy in Minnesota 🙂
Another Judy? woo hoo! Thank you very much, Judy! I appreciate your compliment, and love Your blog! 😉
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Great photo – nice representation of hope!
Thank you, Fergiemoto! I appreciate your compliment!
This is beautiful! Great words and quote. 🙂
Cheers to Hope!
Thank you, Nandini!
What a terrific bud and yes we all hope it will bloom. 🙂
yes…full of Hope. Thank you!
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Great Entry for this week topic Judy what a symbol of Hope 🙂
Thank you Jake! It’s been fun to bop around and see everyone’s post. I surely liked yours!
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