Hope is the thing with feathers –
That perches in the soul –
And sings the tune without the words –
And never stops – at all …

-Emily Dickinson

Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
and look at the earth beneath;
for the heavens vanish like smoke,
the earth will wear out like a garment,
and they who dwell in it will die in like manner;
but my salvation will be forever,
and my righteousness will never be dismayed.
-Isaiah 51:6