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Positive Pens\u00e9es<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kathy King<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gift of a Whisper<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHope is a whisper in a world that shouts.\u00a0 But listen for it.\u00a0 Listen for it.\u00a0 Listen for it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liz Newman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes whispers are so very hard to hear.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a world full of clanging noises.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The whisper almost disappears.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quiet your mind, slow your steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a moment of sweet rest.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen for the whisper, let it speak to your mind and heart.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Give thanks for a new morning, the dawn, the dew, the new day, and a new start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That whisper is waiting, will you take the time and let the whisper convey.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is hope, there is goodness, and there is wonder in the smallest things.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to the whisper.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will open doors; just you wait and see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growing up in the South, we learned to sing by the hymnal. Harmony and melody blend together like a beautiful vocal symphony.\u00a0 One particular hymn that comes to mind is a song called \u201cWhispering Hope.\u201d I have a particularly fond memory of the church singing this song acappella. No instruments were played, only voices were raised. It was almost as if it were the speech of angels.\u00a0 Some of the lyrics include: Whispering Hope, how I welcome thy voice, making my heart in sorrow rejoice.\u201d\u00a0 Another line talks about how, through the dust and twilight, the whispering hope comes through like a shining star. When the night is so dark and things look so very bleak, the break of the new day is a whispering hope.\u00a0 Hope is a word that is not used a often these days. We hear a lot of other words that really do not plant the seeds of hope.\u00a0 Alexander Pope wrote in a work titled: An Essay on Man that \u201cHope springs eternal in the human breast; man never is but always to be blest. The soul, uneasy, and confin\u2019d rests and expatiates in a life to come.\u201d Expatiate means to move about freely or at will.\u00a0 It also means to speak or write at length or in detail.\u00a0 If hope expatiates through the human heart and soul that means we are built to hope within us.\u00a0 What are we without the whisper of hope? Hopeless, in despair, without a reason to go on. What has been proven over many, many years is the power of the human spirit. The power of hope. One of the most interesting traits of our Army boys and Army folks in general is that they call each other \u201cbrother.\u201d They are not related, yet their experience in the Army heightens their awareness of how they are family both on and off the battlefield. One of my sons is keenly interested in history. Roman history, Greek history\u2014you name it. One day he asked me to watch Band of Brothers with him. It is a series about Easy Company, which operated during World War II. This company landed in Germany on D Day.\u00a0 To think that these folks went into harm\u2019s way with so much bravery and hope baffles me. Many of the planes carrying soldiers were shot down before even making it to Germany. Young souls died to defend freedom.\u00a0 Richard Winters commanded Easy Company not because he wanted to but because his commander was killed on the way to D-Day.\u00a0 Soldiers parachuted from the sky in the dead of night. On D-Day, over two million men dropped down to fight. Many were lost, and the casualties were significant. More than fifty four thousand vehicles were used in this operation. Seven thousand ships were used on that day alone. All in the name of hope and endurance. After Richard Winters landed, he jumped right into the role of leadership. The small group of soldiers made their way to reconnect with their companies.\u00a0 He did not give up hope. That very day, he led thirteen soldiers to take out a battery of soldiers (about one hundred to two hundred soldiers) to help the allied forces. In one battle, he was shot in the leg but kept going. In another battle, he had thirty five men on his side. The Germans had three hundred. Richard Winters led the men to battle. He was eventually promoted to major and continued to serve in the war. He wrote in his memoir that he was not the leader who kept everyone together. It was the band of brothers that kept the cohesion together. Many words can be attributed to these brave souls. One of them must certainly hope. That eternal hope that arose to keep them fighting, surviving, and moving towards a goal. The term \u201cbrother\u201d or \u201csister\u201d is hope. That is why you hear other folks use that phrase. Thank goodness we are not in a war zone. We are just navigating through life. Let the lessons of those who went before us teach us to hope to find that whisper that can keep you going when you are fighting your personal wars in your life. In the words of the unknown quote, \u201cSo far you have survived one hundred percent of your bad days. You\u2019re doing great.\u201d Find the whisper of hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Positive Pens\u00e9es Kathy King The Gift of a Whisper \u201cHope is a whisper in a world that shouts.\u00a0 But listen for it.\u00a0 Listen for it.\u00a0 Listen for it.\u201d Liz Newman Sometimes whispers are so very hard to hear.\u00a0 In a world full of clanging noises.\u00a0 The whisper almost disappears.\u00a0 Quiet your mind, slow your steps. 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