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Hope works in these ways: it looks for the good in people instead of harping on the worst it discovers what can be done instead of grumbling about what cannot it regards problems large or small as opportunities it pushes ahead when it would be easy to quit it "lights the candle" instead of "cursing the darkness."
Hope works in these ways: it looks for the good in people instead of harping on the worst it discovers what can be done instead of grumbling about what cannot it regards problems large or small as opportunities it pushes ahead when it would be easy to quit it "lights the candle" instead of "cursing the darkness."
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