Jack’s Winning Words 7/8/19" As long as one heart still holds on, then hope is never really gone.”  (Garth Brooks)  Some coal miners were trapped under ground.  A faint message came from them…”Is there any hope?”  There are people today who feel trapped...in a bad relationship, in debt, by an illness.  “Is there any hope?”  The miners were told to hold on; help is on the way. God knows about us and our situation.  Hold on!  Keep the faith!  God works his wonders in mysterious ways.   ;-)  Jack.  FROM OUTHOUSE JUDY:  Some of his songs have brilliant lyrics!  That’s one quote which resonates with everyone.  Is hope ever gone?!?  God is our Hope!===JACK:  Garth Brooks' life has not been without its clouds.  "Into each life some rain must fall." FROM HAWKEYE GEORGE:  Jack, many thanx for all the Winning Words you have sent over the years.===JACK:  Bob Hope used to close his broadcasts by singing, "Thanks for the memories."  Yes, it is good to remember....most of the time. FROM BLAZING OAKS:  As I've mentioned before, Eleanor Roosevelt said that HOPE was the most important word in the English language.  I don't know if it trumps LOVE, but is IS right up there at the top!  My BFF Donna fell 2 weeks ago and broke her hip, (90), but she is rigorous in her rehab despite the pain, because she has the hope of returning to her home, (being renovated to  accommodate her new needs) driving again, and resuming her social activities, and I believe she will do it! Hope is a wonderful motivator!===JACK:  It sounds as though Donna has Spunk!  I like that word.  I see it as an example of  "onomatopoeia."  In reference to Eleanor...She probably wouldn't make it in today's world where the emphasis is so much on physical beauty...but she was really smart.   FROM FACEBOOK LIZ:  god also created suffering... ===JACK:  " No pain, no gain."  It is pain that keeps us from keeps us from touching fire.  It is pain that sometimes draws two people closer to each other.  I try not to 2nd guess God...but rather to ask (and try to find out), Why?   ===LIZ:  pain and discomfort can put us on the right path... or wipe us out.===JACK:  Pain, to be sure, is a paradox.  How can something so bad also be something so good?  These days I'm on a "mind-kick" seeking to find some good in evils that I see and feel.  I find it to be both stimulating and revealing.