tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735033980607896594.post2372034904111189281..comments2023-12-07T18:48:30.816+10:00Comments on d a n i e l l e . c a r e y: The warrior virtue.Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10258809974808765821noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735033980607896594.post-39570110237605063082014-07-31T12:38:27.694+10:002014-07-31T12:38:27.694+10:00Aww, thanks!Aww, thanks!Aseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08826709753219815266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735033980607896594.post-46043297036224363092014-07-30T23:16:03.341+10:002014-07-30T23:16:03.341+10:00Aw my sweet nugget of wisdom I'm giving you a ...Aw my sweet nugget of wisdom I'm giving you a big hug when I see you next xxxxHayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334466738993471579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735033980607896594.post-72331198462558476012014-07-30T02:41:33.048+10:002014-07-30T02:41:33.048+10:00Well, now I'm crying. Thanks for the reminder ...Well, now I'm crying. Thanks for the reminder to fight, that hope is something God WANTS us to have, not some foolishness or torture instrument while we wait and wait and wait. *hugs*Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12542500140821303783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735033980607896594.post-42197341425348310242014-07-29T22:18:13.724+10:002014-07-29T22:18:13.724+10:00Love this, Danielle. Life without hope is so grey ...Love this, Danielle. Life without hope is so grey and lacklustre. I've been in that place, and you're right: that really is the time to <em>cling</em> to hope. You choose it, as Asea said, and you don't let go, no matter what circumstances tell you. <br /><br />I wrote a blog post some months back on deserts, and I mentioned that rain always comes. There has been, nor will be, a drought where rain <em>never</em> comes. The drought will always be broken. That is something that has gotten me through many a dry spell where the hope tank was running on empty. Rain will come. Hope will return in full swing if we only choose never to let go of it. <br /><br />Keep looking up and keep shining, beautiful. xoJasmine Ruigrokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976708690026168727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735033980607896594.post-31721237612689165202014-07-29T22:05:24.181+10:002014-07-29T22:05:24.181+10:00Your writing inspires me!! Thank you!! xxYour writing inspires me!! Thank you!! xxCaitlin - craftycrackpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08980408975029183564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735033980607896594.post-21646326513260732812014-07-29T18:33:21.721+10:002014-07-29T18:33:21.721+10:00Words cannot tell how much I love this piece!! I ...Words cannot tell how much I love this piece!! I want to print it out and keep it with me forever. You put your finger on things that I have a trouble articulating. Love love love it!!! I also have found that my attitude has greatly shifted in the last year or so to something more cynical also so I understand that also.<br />You just keep swimming too girl xxxxx<br /><br />And all the previous commenters, you are all super amazing too. Asea, I hope you get to see this because your comment was just gorgeous: "I find that there is a difference between choosing hope and feeling optimistic. It's like choosing bravery while feeling fear: hope is hope because you choose - in times when you do not feel that everything is going ok - to focus on the journey and the positive things (no matter how small) and trust that this will all work out if you keep on." Amazing words. I love the internet, that it brings such wise words along the world wide web!Laura Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14973095705752196261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735033980607896594.post-4538573070009001462014-07-29T14:30:55.413+10:002014-07-29T14:30:55.413+10:00I so hear you on this! It's so easy to let hop...I so hear you on this! It's so easy to let hope fade out of life and doubt creep in. And yet, hope is such an anchor. It's so good to be reminded to stay strong in that. Thanks for sharing! <br />Much love x abbiehttp://abbiemelle.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735033980607896594.post-7150777321813376442014-07-29T12:06:48.879+10:002014-07-29T12:06:48.879+10:00THANK you for this, Danielle! I think you hit on s...THANK you for this, Danielle! I think you hit on something important. <br /><br />Also, can you miss someone you've never actually met? Because I miss the tea-time chat we've yet to have!Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924646775541536761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735033980607896594.post-12190560684046982902014-07-29T09:16:39.752+10:002014-07-29T09:16:39.752+10:00Just thought I'd share one of my very favourit...Just thought I'd share one of my very favourite passages with you. :)<br /><br />"Yet this I call to mind<br />and therefore I have hope:<br />Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,<br />for his compassions never fail.<br />They are new every morning;<br />great is your faithfulness.<br />I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;<br />therefore I will wait for him.” "<br /><br />(Lamentations 3:21-24)Emily Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14793110242720464009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735033980607896594.post-71313276911579800602014-07-29T07:58:43.453+10:002014-07-29T07:58:43.453+10:00I find that there is a difference between choosing...I find that there is a difference between choosing hope and feeling optimistic. It's like choosing bravery while feeling fear: hope is hope because you <i>choose</i> - in times when you do not feel that everything is going ok - to focus on the journey and the positive things (no matter how small) and trust that this will all work out if you keep on.<br /><br />In my life, there are times of deep depression (I struggle with a couple of chemical imbalances in my brain and I have a chronic, debilitating joint disease), and hope is choosing to make art, to sing, to smile at flowers tucked in sidewalk (pavement?) cracks, to read books in which terrible things happen but the characters end up generally ok (The Hobbit, Anne of Green Gables series, In Grandmother's Attic series, most things by Robin McKinley), to make myself little treats (roasted chipotle chickpeas, anyone?), to carefully go outside in the sunshine, to keep coffee dates with people in whom my soul delight, to find a freezing cold pebbly stream and walk barefoot in it. <br /><br />And, as a wise professor once told me, to <i>see what's there</i>. Grad students have a tendency to want to pick everything apart and find faults; this prof encouraged us to look for strengths and things we could learn from, instead. In most aspects of my life I want to find the cracks and problems so I can make them better, fix them. But sometimes the most hopeful thing I can do is practice seeing what's there. Being gracious with myself and the world around me.<br /><br />All this to say that I hear you, and this resonates deeply with me. Thanks.Aseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08826709753219815266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735033980607896594.post-49469734127156268912014-07-29T07:24:46.749+10:002014-07-29T07:24:46.749+10:00I love you and your writing, Danielle! <3I love you and your writing, Danielle! <3Melody (the one who ice skates in the U.S.) :)noreply@blogger.com