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Hope breathes in life (FHL: Faith > Hope > Life)
There is hope, so there is life; not the other way around, like Tolstoy (TJKCB notes)
"Hope breathes in life" captures the essence of how hope animates and sustains our existence. It suggests that hope is not just a passive element but an active and life-giving force. It implies that hope is an integral part of our being, like the very breath that keeps us alive.
While Tolstoy eloquently explores the profound depths of life, it's essential to recognize that hope, like a guiding light, contributes to our resilience and the belief that circumstances can improve. In the tapestry of life, hope weaves a thread that connects us to the possibility of a brighter tomorrow. So, in the face of suffering and challenges, holding onto hope becomes a beacon that not only sustains us but also propels us forward on the journey of life.
The positive outlook that hope can bring to life is a perspective that focuses on the potential for improvement and the resilience that hope can provide in challenging circumstances.
In response to Tolstoy's perspective, which acknowledges the depth of life, the divine, and the acceptance of suffering, my line could be seen as a complement. While Tolstoy delves into the profound aspects of existence, my statement adds another layer by highlighting the driving force of hope, suggesting that hope itself is a vital component of our experience of life.
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• APAD: While there's life there's hope. - 7grizzly - 
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• 占位点赞。看标题，瞬间想到余华的小说《活着》。 - 盈盈一笑间 - ♀ (0 bytes) (1 reads) 11/15/2023 11:05:02
• Love the movie. - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) (0 reads) 11/15/2023 20:34:07
• True! 留得青山在 不怕没柴烧. - 暖冬cool夏 - ♀ (0 bytes) (2 reads) 11/15/2023 11:41:00
• That's a great translation. - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) (0 reads) 11/15/2023 20:34:42
• 如果病榻上的老者已经来日不多，这碗鸡汤还能给他喝吗？如果不能， - 唐宋韵 - ♂ (0 bytes) (2 reads) 11/15/2023 17:02:28
• I wonder what would be the best words of comfort. - 唐宋韵 - ♂ (0 bytes) (2 reads) 11/15/2023 17:03:18
• No idea. But I sure hope I won't need any word of comfort - 7grizzly - (209 bytes) (1 reads) 11/15/2023 20:40:56
• That'll sound like sarcasm :-) - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) (1 reads) 11/15/2023 20:35:30
• 好死不如赖活 - 方外居士 - ♂ (0 bytes) (2 reads) 11/15/2023 17:37:24
• Up to a point. Yes. - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) (0 reads) 11/15/2023 20:41:23
• 查了一下，托尔斯泰自称是基督徒，但其实是宗教异见者。 - 盈盈一笑间 - ♀ (0 bytes) (2 reads) 11/15/2023 18:31:05
• You've got him, chief! - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) (0 reads) 11/15/2023 20:41:46
• 就按字面翻：活着就是希望 - 妖妖灵 - ♀ (0 bytes) (2 reads) 11/15/2023 20:45:58
• Yes. Take real good care of that living temple :-) - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) (0 reads) 11/15/2023 20:58:08
• There is hope, so there is life: Not other around Tolstoy - TJKCB - ♀ (1976 bytes) (0 reads) 11/15/2023 22:56:31
Meaning: As long as you are alive, there is hope as your situation may improve
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This saying was found in antiquity.
Millennia later, Tolstoy expounded: "Life is everything. Life is God.
Everything changes and moves and that movement is God. And while there is life
there is joy in consciousness of the divine. To love life is to love God. Harder
and more blessed than all else is to love this life in one's sufferings, in
innocent sufferings."
He mentioned dukkah and missed hope. He could be a Buddhist :-)
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? Hope also breathes in death bed. 薪尽火传也, provided one has - dhyang_wxc - 给 dhyang_wxc 发送悄悄话 dhyang_wxc 的博客首页 (37 bytes) (1 reads) 11/17/2023 07:28:03 (1)
? Hope provided one with faith so Fire on! - TJKCB - 给 TJKCB 发送悄悄话 TJKCB 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (1 reads) 11/17/2023 13:10:10
? Soul continues ! - TJKCB - 给 TJKCB 发送悄悄话 TJKCB 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (0 reads) 11/17/2023 13:11:10
? 好英文！in the tapestry of life, 生命有如一块织锦，希望是其中闪亮的金线！没有了希望，人生如行尸 - 暖冬cool夏 - 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (4 reads) 11/15/2023 23:10:30 (1)
? 走肉一般：） - 暖冬cool夏 - 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (1 reads) 11/15/2023 23:10:51 (1)
? 同赞好英文。TJ的英文应该是比中文更好。是我学习的榜样啊。：）） - 盈盈一笑间 - 给 盈盈一笑间 发送悄悄话 盈盈一笑间 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (0 reads) 11/16/2023 03:34:27
? The tapestry metaphor provides the knotty tangles of life - TJKCB - 给 TJKCB 发送悄悄话 TJKCB 的博客首页 (2257 bytes) (5 reads) 11/16/2023 09:28:55 (1)
? Hope breathes in life (FHL: Faith > Hope > Life)。信。望。爱。生命。 - 盈盈一笑间 - 给 盈盈一笑间 发送悄悄话 盈盈一笑间 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (1 reads) 11/16/2023 03:48:18 (1)
? good point! for Matthew 6:9-15 - TJKCB - 给 TJKCB 发送悄悄话 TJKCB 的博客首页 (18090 bytes) (1 reads) 11/16/2023 09:13:08
? hope ==> life? sufficient but not necessary :-) - 7grizzly - 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (1 reads) 11/16/2023 09:25:02 (1)
? Could you elaborate on your statement more how so? - TJKCB - 给 TJKCB 发送悄悄话 TJKCB 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (2 reads) 11/16/2023 09:29:43
? 物质决定意识, I was taught, and not the other way around :-) - 7grizzly - 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (1 reads) 11/16/2023 09:36:58 (1)
? 物质决定意识? Define 物质? Define 意识? - TJKCB - 给 TJKCB 发送悄悄话 TJKCB 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (2 reads) 11/16/2023 09:44:30
? Cogito ergo sum.Je pense, donc je suis - TJKCB - 给 TJKCB 发送悄悄话 TJKCB 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (0 reads) 11/16/2023 09:45:32
? I'm out of depth here. Karl Marx might be able to help :-) - 7grizzly - 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (1 reads) 11/16/2023 09:48:53
? Karl Marx? How so? - TJKCB - 给 TJKCB 发送悄悄话 TJKCB 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (2 reads) 11/16/2023 10:51:58
? I thought he said 物质决定意识. - 7grizzly - 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (1 reads) 11/16/2023 10:56:40 (1)
? 物质决定意识material conditions determine consciousness, not hope - TJKCB - 给 TJKCB 发送悄悄话 TJKCB 的博客首页 (646 bytes) (7 reads) 11/16/2023 13:06:44
? materialism rounded in death for rich, no hope - TJKCB - 给 TJKCB 发送悄悄话 TJKCB 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (1 reads) 11/16/2023 13:13:53
? I thought hope belonged to 意识... - 7grizzly - 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (1 reads) 11/16/2023 14:38:53
? Dualism not confined to the body and can exist beyond it - TJKCB - 给 TJKCB 发送悄悄话 TJKCB 的博客首页 (596 bytes) (2 reads) 11/16/2023 15:57:18
? Karl Marx's Materialism is intricately tied to the body - TJKCB - 给 TJKCB 发送悄悄话 TJKCB 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (2 reads) 11/16/2023 15:58:43
? Thank you, ma'am. I'm done :-) - 7grizzly - 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (1 reads) 11/16/2023 17:21:04
? Hope of Nobel laureate José Saramago of Portuguese to life - TJKCB - 给 TJKCB 发送悄悄话 TJKCB 的博客首页 (1158 bytes) (5 reads) 11/16/2023 09:43:04
? Great to learn about José, reminding me of 蜀鄙二僧（穷的那个:-) - 7grizzly - 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (1 reads) 11/16/2023 09:53:14 (1)
? Unheard of 蜀鄙二僧 until now. Learning from you. thank you. - TJKCB - 给 TJKCB 发送悄悄话 TJKCB 的博客首页 (1995 bytes) (1 reads) 11/16/2023 10:51:01
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回答: 好英文！in the tapestry of life, 生命有如一块织锦，希望是其中闪亮的金线！没有了希望，人生如行尸 由 暖冬cool夏 于 2023-11-15 23:10:30
The tapestry metaphor provides the knotty tangles of life and rich complexity for the sake of a coherent story.
We look at life from the back side of the tapestry.
We don't accomplish anything in this world alone, and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life, and all the weavings of individual threads form one another that create something.
Culture is the beautiful tapestry that weaves together the fabric of our society. It encompasses the beliefs, customs, traditions, and art forms that define a particular group of people. In an increasingly interconnected world, the significance of cultural diversity cannot be overstated.
Wholly linen tapestries were made in ancient Egypt, while Copts, or Egyptian Christians, and medieval Europeans sometimes used linen for the warp. Cotton and wool were employed for pre-Columbian Peruvian tapestries as well as for some of the tapestries made in the Islamic world during the Middle Ages.
Tapestries continued to be popular throughout European history, with notable examples such as Raphael's cartoons (c. 1515–1516), Rubens' Triumph of the Eucharist, and Charles Le Brun's series of the History of France (1663–1683).
Since the times of Ancient Rome, images of the Christian faith, including cherubs and angels, have been painted on fresco walls in Europe in the 13th century as decor. This evolved into wall tapestries that were used to depict important biblical events and stories.
God is weaving His tapestry according to a specific plan for a specific purpose: to tell the story of His love and glory across time. His promises are the unbreakable threads stretching across time from creation to eternity; into and around these are woven the colorful fibers spun from every tribe, tongue, and nation.
The Psalmist weaves a beautiful tapestry of God and Creation, of land and earth and sky and sea. He weaves in a vision of all the works of creation for all of God's children to see, and finally the strand of human creativity and partnership with God in the creation and building of God's kingdom.
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回答: Could you elaborate on your statement more how so? 由 TJKCB 于 2023-11-16 09:29:43
Hope of 1998 Nobel laureate José Saramago of Portuguese to life. "With no help or guidance except curiosity and the will to learn, my taste for reading developed and was refined." His quote highlights the power of hope, self-motivation, and a thirst for knowledge as the driving forces behind Saramago's intellectual development. It emphasizes the hope that, in the absence of formal guidance, an individual's inherent curiosity and the will to learn can lead to the cultivation and refinement of a sophisticated taste for literature.
Despite a poor background, Saramago's early exposure to reading and writing to Hope was not facilitated by external support but rather fueled by his own intrinsic curiosity and determination to learn.
Saramago's journey as a lifelong learner is characterized by the diverse roles he assumed, ranging from a mechanic at a car repair shop to a journalist. Each phase of his life contributed to the mosaic of his understanding, shaping his worldview and influencing the unique blend of imagination, compassion, and irony that permeates his writings.
Hope breathes in life,not留得青山在不怕没柴烧
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? 好英文！in the tapestry of life, 生命有如一块织锦，希望是其中闪亮的金线！没有了希望，人生如行尸 -暖冬cool夏- 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (4 reads) 11/15/2023 postreply 23:10:30
? 走肉一般：） -暖冬cool夏- 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (1 reads) 11/15/2023 postreply 23:10:51
? 同赞好英文。TJ的英文应该是比中文更好。是我学习的榜样啊。：）） -盈盈一笑间- 给 盈盈一笑间 发送悄悄话 盈盈一笑间 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (0 reads) 11/16/2023 postreply 03:34:27
? The tapestry metaphor provides the knotty tangles of life -TJKCB- 给 TJKCB 发送悄悄话 TJKCB 的博客首页 (2257 bytes) (3 reads) 11/16/2023 postreply 09:28:55
? Hope breathes in life (FHL: Faith > Hope > Life)。信。望。爱。生命。 -盈盈一笑间- 给 盈盈一笑间 发送悄悄话 盈盈一笑间 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (1 reads) 11/16/2023 postreply 03:48:18
? good point! for Matthew 6:9-15 -TJKCB- 给 TJKCB 发送悄悄话 TJKCB 的博客首页 (18090 bytes) (1 reads) 11/16/2023 postreply 09:13:08
? hope ==> life? sufficient but not necessary :-) -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (1 reads) 11/16/2023 postreply 09:25:02
? Could you elaborate on your statement more how so? -TJKCB- 给 TJKCB 发送悄悄话 TJKCB 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (2 reads) 11/16/2023 postreply 09:29:43
? 物质决定意识, I was taught, and not the other way around :-) -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (1 reads) 11/16/2023 postreply 09:36:58
? 物质决定意识? Define 物质? Define 意识? -TJKCB- 给 TJKCB 发送悄悄话 TJKCB 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (2 reads) 11/16/2023 postreply 09:44:30
? Cogito ergo sum.Je pense, donc je suis -TJKCB- 给 TJKCB 发送悄悄话 TJKCB 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (0 reads) 11/16/2023 postreply 09:45:32
? I'm out of depth here. Karl Marx might be able to help :-) -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (1 reads) 11/16/2023 postreply 09:48:53
? Karl Marx? How so? -TJKCB- 给 TJKCB 发送悄悄话 TJKCB 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (2 reads) 11/16/2023 postreply 10:51:58
? I thought he said 物质决定意识. -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (0 reads) 11/16/2023 postreply 10:56:40
? Hope of Nobel laureate José Saramago of Portuguese to life -TJKCB- 给 TJKCB 发送悄悄话 TJKCB 的博客首页 (1158 bytes) (3 reads) 11/16/2023 postreply 09:43:04
? Great to learn about José, reminding me of 蜀鄙二僧（穷的那个:-) -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) (1 reads) 11/16/2023 postreply 09:53:14
? Unheard of 蜀鄙二僧 until now. Learning from you. thank you. -TJKCB- 给 TJKCB 发送悄悄话 TJKCB 的博客首页 (1995 bytes) (1 reads) 11/16/2023 postreply 10:51:01