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Finding hope amid despair and the power of resilience

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December 10, 2025

I AM thoroughly convinced that there are always reasons to hope.

- ROD SMITH

No matter how dire or conflicted the circumstance, no matter how bleak the prognosis, while there is life, and even beyond it, there remain reasons to be hopeful.

Like many, I’ve seen hope in action.

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