{"id":33,"date":"2008-04-12T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-12T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flowermandalas\/2008\/04\/flower-mandalas-hope-is-the-th.html"},"modified":"2008-04-12T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-12T16:00:00","slug":"flower-mandalas-hope-is-the-th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flowermandalas\/2008\/04\/flower-mandalas-hope-is-the-th.html","title":{"rendered":"Flower Mandalas: Hope is the thing with feathers&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morning%20Glory.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/82\/import\/imgs\/Morning%20Glory.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Morning Glory<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Hope&#8221; is the thing with feathers \u2013<br \/>\nThat perches in the soul \u2013<br \/>\nAnd sings the tune without the words \u2013<br \/>\nAnd never stops \u2013 at all \u2013<br \/>\nAnd sweetest \u2013 in the Gale \u2013 is heard \u2013<br \/>\nAnd sore must be the storm \u2013<br \/>\nThat could abash the little Bird<br \/>\nThat kept so many warm \u2013<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve heard it in the chillest land \u2013<br \/>\nAnd on the strangest Sea \u2013<br \/>\nYet, never, in Extremity,<br \/>\nIt asked a crumb \u2013 of Me.<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211; Emily Dickinson<br \/>\n<strong>Discussion:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/index.php?page_id=4&amp;cat_id=324&amp;thread_id=16&amp;post_type=5&amp;plmt=\">Morning Glory: Hope is the thing with feathers&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<A href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/ArtandTransformation\">Art, Healing, and Transformation group<\/A><br \/>\n<A href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/flowermandalas\">Flower Mandalas Project group<\/A><\/P><br \/>\n<strong>Request a flower mandala screensaver<\/strong>: <a href=\"mailto:phototransformations@verizon.net?subject=flower mandalas screensaver\">Fifteen Flower Mandalas<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Image \u00a9 2008, David J. 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