hope

I am not one who holds theological validity to every movie ever made, though I do believe there are small truths in every piece of art, secular or not. I recently made a tough decision, one that was not easy to make and hard to stand by, but a friend told me that's what men do. I suppose so. I miss talking to you. I want to. But I watched "shawshank redemption" - and I know it's a quoted movie- but there are some great lines about good things in there. And so this is just going to be a note to you, with lines from that movie letting me talk to you, even though I can't. I hope that you are the one. I hope that you find your way back to me. I hope that you respond. I hope.

So here are my quotes for you:

Andy: That there are places in the world that aren't made out of stone. That there's... there's somethin' inside that they can't get to; that they can't touch. It's yours.

Red: What are you talkin' about?

Andy: Hope.

"I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright and when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice, but still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend."

"I find I'm so excited, I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it is the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend, and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope."

"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. I will be hoping that this letter finds you, and finds you well."