HOPE

11/12/2020

“...That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”

I have never read more an exquisitely composed article of prose and power such as the Declaration of Independence. So much that the word exquisite should be founded upon this document. Cast aside political party and heed the wisdom found and prognosticated within OUR founding edict.
— Safety and Happiness to you and your family

06/02/2020

03/31/2020

Definitely worth a read, be safe, stay home, wash those hands :-)

Working in a bio lab and writing for a health magazine for a decade taught me a few things about disease transmission and viral vectors—which might have something to do with why I’m a germaphobe. I’ve long avoided problematic surfaces from subway handles to hotel remote controls, thanks to doz...

03/25/2020

I apologize to all the Hope readers for not posting in a while. I sincerely hope you are healthy at home right now.

I could craft some exclusively inspiring message for everyone to read but it would be, in a way, artificial. So, here are my thoughts without filter. We are in the midst of scary times, my fellow healthcare professionals the world over are falling ill physically and mentally consequent to the wrath of COVID-19. In 5 days I am traveling to Stanford Hospital and will likely be called to care for many patients afflicted by this invisible enemy, I am apprehensive. Yet, I’m trying my best to maintain an overriding sense of Hope and duty. I am certain mine is not blind hope regardless of all the scaremongering propagated by the media. Amazingly, bonds and practices not possible in a pre-COVID world are being forged. Palestinians and Israelites are finding peace in this calamity despite a 70 year conflict. In my city, neighbors are discovering new friends right next door with acts of charity and barter. And so many of us are simply doing the responsible thing by staying inside despite our essential social nature. I am truly saddened by the catastrophic loss of life worldwide and that seemingly relentless dark shadow grows darker daily. But shade and shadow have no place to hide, so easily defeated by the light of hope. So I ask all who read this, to bond together in the light of hope. The affect upon the world by a virus 1000th the diameter of a human hair has changed this world, irreversibly, in what manner depends on — us.

CNN's Anderson Cooper reads the poem "Lockdown" by Brother Richard Hendrick, a strong message of hope during the coronavirus pandemic.

01/13/2020

A vaccine against cancer?

In mice, the compounds were able to eradicate cancer and make sure it did not return.

12/21/2019

Do you know someone or have something in your life that without would change your world? Do you treat that person or care for that thing respective to such significance? The love you express is the shelter you keep in hard times and good. Hope shared is Hope enduring.

10/29/2019

What does hope mean to you?

05/07/2019

Sky reflects Ocean, Ocean reflects Sky

Mimicry demands word
as elevated sky intimates solemn lonely great sea

Brush stroke of sun’s golden cast
highlight frozen whitecaps

glistening by shards of cold violet-blue
mirrored from great depths

Motionless appearance belied by streaking cotton-softness

beguiled tumult awaits unsuspecting wayfarer

run upon these peaks strikes with unsounded violence

flailing endless fall to those of weak constitution

Gaze upon the distance sends the mind aflutter with fear and wonder

though silence be greater than the sum

In nature and nurture we find reflections. In my piece here the ocean and sky. In life, my values reflect those taught to me by my mother. Interestingly enough, this sentiment finds me during Nurses’ Week. A week of great pride for me, but a week and profession founded upon the values instilled within me by my mother. Of those values held most dear, is perpetuating HOPE with honesty in others. This is no superficial spilling of words, please cast upon others as you would have others to you. Be brave, be kind, be HOPEful.