The sun will come out tomorrow

I fell.

I got up and fell again.

I got up and tried again, this time falling a third time.

When I wanted to stay down, I was reminded that there’s always hope. I gave it another shot and this time it worked.

Here’s to second, third, and fourth attempts and to keeping faith that things will workout, if only we keep trying.

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Here’s a few other hopeful thoughts:

“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”
―William Faulkner

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“Hope
Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, 
Whispering ‘it will be happier’…”
―Alfred Tennyson

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“It’s amazing how a little tomorrow can make up for a whole lot of yesterday.”
―John Guare, Landscape of the Body

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“Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me. Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
―Shel Silverstein

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“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” —Audrey Hepburn

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“Hope is the only thing stronger than fear.” —Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

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“There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” —J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

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“Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die, Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly.” —Langston Hughes 

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“I have been bent and broken, but — I hope — into a better shape.” —Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

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When Maggie a resident in a New York City building finds herself alone and pregnant, her protective doorman Guzmin promises his support and reminds her that better days are coming. “Tomorrow is a brand new day that’s never been touched” —Modern Love, Episode I

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“The Sun will come out tomorrow” (Annie): This is the most famous iteration, sung in the musical and film adaptations of Annie. The lyrics promise that “tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow, you’re only a day away.”

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“You don’t lose hope, love. If you lose hope, you lose everything.” —Mrs. Potts, Beauty and the Beast (1991)

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“Beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it’s the middle that counts the most. Try to remember that when you find yourself at a new beginning. Just give hope a chance to float up.” —Birdee Pruitt, Hope Floats (1998)

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“Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”—Andy Dufresne, The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

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“No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.” —John Keating, Dead Poet’s Society

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“I figure life’s a gift, and I don’t intend on wasting it.” —Jack, Titanic

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You can cut all the flowers, but you cannot keep Spring from coming.” —Pablo Neruda

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“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” —Albert Einstein

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“Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success, and love; it will all come back to you in abundance. This is the law of nature.” —Steve Maraboli,

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“You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.” —Maya Angelou

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What gives you hope?