Hope in Small Doses
November 8, 2023 by terrypetersen
“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”
Maya Angelou
Hope in Small Doses
The day’s news.
The details of a bloody shooting
rise with the same tone of voice
a stranger would use to give directions
to a local parking lot. Then a commercial appears
advising a product to prevent hair loss.
Compassion and energy
struggle to appear in human form.
Then a toddler grandchild
reaches out with a smile made of fresh energy.
A closer place of love emerges.
And while I can’t make the world kinder,
I can begin by planting hope into this moment.
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