A few words. A little light.

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me

Charlotte Brontë · Jane Eyre

Hope can include the freedom to choose a different path and to speak in your own voice.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart

Jane Austen · Emma

Gentleness can be a strength: a way of meeting others with attention rather than judgment.

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?

George Eliot · Middlemarch

Sometimes a meaningful contribution begins with one person asking what would help.

tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet

L. M. Montgomery · Anne of Green Gables

A difficult day does not have to write the next one. Leave a little room for a fresh start.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.

Louisa May Alcott · Little Women

Courage can grow through practice. We do not have to feel ready before we begin.

No one is useless in this world … who lightens the burden of it for any one else.

Charles Dickens · Our Mutual Friend

A small act of care can make another person’s day a little lighter.

Hope is the thing with feathers

Emily Dickinson · Poems: Second Series

Hope does not always arrive loudly. Sometimes it is the quiet thing that stays.