Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into an idea, then into more tangible action. 
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Yes, We Can Have Hope
By Joan Halifax — 2020
Roshi Joan Halifax reflects on the idea of “wise hope” and why we should open ourselves to it.
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