Hope when there seems no reason to hope!

(Orphaned children during the London Blitz; photo credited to Wikipedia)

"Remember that when all the material causes for hope disappear, one has a chance to hope for hope's sake, which is really worth doing. Any fool can hope for a likelihood."

                                  ~ from a letter written during the London Blitz, 1940

                     excerpted from "This Burning Heat" by Maisie Ward, published 1941.