we checked out the park's unique merry-go-round pavilion.
A cheery, colorful mural depicted the park's philanthropist
New York City on a trek to the summit for a summer picnic. The title of
artist Jacques Bartels' painting? Hope. When that pavilion was dedicated
in April 2001, who could have guessed that September's dreadful events
would cause New Yorkers to be in dire need of the very thing the mural
sought to portray--refreshment and hope?
offer more hope and better odds for winning, if only vicariously. Unlike
cricket, rugby or soccer with their World Cup tournaments every four years,
each spring baseball season opens with the World Series just six months
away. For baseball fans, hope doesn't have long to wait. Whether we antici-
pate our team's victory in months or years, ever-hopeful fans dream of
slim. Non-fans call such hope plain
wishful thinking.
for seeds for the fi rst time may seem
like mere wishful thinking to the
tyke until the seedlings start to
sprout and grow. It may be weeks
before fl owers are mature, but
watching the transformation of a
seed into a plant stimulates hope.
When the child picks the fl ower and
her deferred hope is fulfi lled,
she's learned a lesson for life.
gain a rational hope for the future.
In the days of the former Soviet
occupation, Lithuanian Christians
displayed symbols of hope. Outside
a northern city (Siauliai), crosses