If you woke up this morning not feeling fine,
If you ever woke up thinking
you may not have the strength
to do all the things you need to do,
If you ever woke up with aches and pains all over you,
and you just can’t spend the day just like you wanted to,
know that it’s alright.
It’s alright to spend a few more minutes in bed,
and it’s alright to miss the routines
you’ve rehearsed all over in your head.
You can cancel your plans if you want to,
you know you need to,
for there are times to work
but there are times to rest,
and there are days so gray
you can’t be at your best.
Still if you can hang on,
and if you can breathe,
if you can endure each moment
that you live,
you’d have survived the day,
you’d have paved the way,
to wait for tomorrow
when you can leave all your sorrows,
and you can begin again,
for a brand new day.
The thing about hope is that it’s a positive force that shines the most when it’s dark. When everything’s going well, we hardly notice it’s there. But when things go against us, when our dreams fade and when we see no immediate reprieve from our troubles, that’s when hope does its best work for us.
"Where Hope Can Be Found"