{"id":2740,"date":"2014-04-04T10:03:32","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T15:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=2740"},"modified":"2014-04-04T10:03:32","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T15:03:32","slug":"hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2014\/04\/04\/hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tBy Allison Snyder<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2741\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2741\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2741\" alt=\"Allison Snyder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/04\/Allison-Snyder-web.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Allison Snyder, BVS unit #304<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hope should reach down into a person<br \/>\nand sing the desires of their heart.<br \/>\nIt should inspire poets and painters<br \/>\nto strive for artwork where their pens tread.<br \/>\nHope should inspire nations<br \/>\nto abandon nationalism and self-interest<br \/>\nfor a better world for all.<br \/>\nHope is not crazy or idealist<br \/>\nit is the yearning in our hearts<br \/>\nthat tells us that magic and wonder are possible<br \/>\nthat we are possible.<br \/>\nWhen we hope<br \/>\nwe let others know that we exist<br \/>\nand believe so much even when it seems futile.<br \/>\nWe hope, the daydreamers and wishers<br \/>\nthat we might find a slice of Eden<br \/>\nhidden within our days.<\/p>\n<p><em>Since April is National Poetry Month, we are featuring poems by volunteers. If you are a past or present BVS volunteer, share a poem by e-mailing it to <a title=\"E-mail BVS\" href=\"mailto:bvs@brethren.org\">bvs@brethren.org<\/a> or adding it in the comments section!<br \/>\n<\/em>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Allison Snyder Hope should reach down into a person and sing the desires of their heart. It should inspire poets and painters to strive for artwork where their pens tread. Hope should inspire nations to abandon nationalism and self-interest for a better world for all. Hope is not crazy or idealist it is the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[167,578,790,905],"class_list":["post-2740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bvs","tag-bvs-2","tag-hope","tag-national-poetry-month","tag-poem"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2740\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}