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I've shared before that as my world has become smaller, so have my Hopes. Advent is a season of the Church I pay attention to because it is all about Hope. The candles we light, one after the other, guide my thoughts to hope and joy. I don't read much devotional material, and my continuing conversations with God are usually thoughts of thankfulness or petitions for a better attitude toward life. I gave up on giving the Founder of the Universe a list of my wants/needs & ideas of how things should be run, long ago. But I have been reading a 2005 Advent companion from the Roman Catholic church that I found, again, in my Christmas box. On the first Thursday of Advent I read this: "While everyone else might be complaining or be stressed out, or indifferent or self-absorbed, we are called to be mighty signs of hope, people who believe the answer is not in giving up, but rather standing WITH each other." Father G. E.S. Malovetz. The word WITH stood out to me. It is difficult to feel the support of others while we are isolated in our own little spaces. My hope for the coming times, weeks, months, year, is that we will be able to again stand with each other holding actual hands, not just virtually, and pray together in circles of faith. I hope to find a community of faith that I can join. I hope to continue to be inspired to share my worldly goods and empty our house of things we no longer need/use. I hope I will be cured at last of my greedy desire to collect and have too much stuff. I hope my desire and inspiration to make art will grow. I hope Chris and I can continue to live together. Small hopes for continued joy. --donna
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