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It snowed last night in our little corner of Pacific Northwest: the year is starting in a white surrounding that allows us to literally step out on untouched territory in this brand new year. A year that many of us apprehend more than any other.

“Optimism is the belief that things will get better. Hope is the belief that, together, we can make things better. Optimism is a passive virtue, hope an active one. It takes no courage to be an optimist, but it takes a great deal of courage to have hope.” - Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.[1]

Courage and hope: let’s grab those virtues as we face whatever may come next this year. To be followed…  

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[1] Quoted by Rabbi Bruce Kadden, in the News Tribune article “Faith Leaders Usher in 2017 with words of unity and hope” http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/article124007204.html