Spring = Hope

I absolutely LOVE Spring!

As I was snapping these pictures

and thinking about Spring

I thought about the book that I just

finished reading.

It's called:

Too Soon Old,

Too Late Smart

Thirty True Things

You Need to Know Now

by Gordon Livingston, M.D.

It is an amazing book

that I found just by chance

and I have been going over it

again and again,

just to remember things.

So, I was thinking about 

this part in the book:

"It is a primary task of parents throughout their lives to convey to the young a sense of optimism. Whatever other obligations we have to our children, a conviction that we can achieve happiness amid the losses and uncertainties that life contains is the greatest gift that can pass from one generation to the next. Like all the values we wish to teach our children---honesty, commitment, empathy, respect, hard work---the supreme importance of hope is taught by example."

And another small part that is so deeply profound and beautiful:

"To be able to experience fully the sadness and absurdity that life so often presents and still find reasons to go on is an act of courage abetted by our ability to both love and laugh."

Beautiful and true.