Look towards him and be radiant.

We have to be content with less.

We are after all not finished, we are extant.

I am looking at the the fourth prayer of the Pope.

Fast from pessimism and be filled with hope.

And indeed the prayer itself gives me new hope.

It seems to lead me up from a descending slope.

I suppose it’s a glass half full, half empty thing.

Most events can be looked at either way.

Or it’s the length of a piece of string.

Nobody else can help , only we can say.

A door that  abruptly closes.

Always opens, sometimes with roses.

…….

To be filled with hope

We must fast from pessimism

That’s not so easy

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See Psalm 33