The writer Zora Neale Hurston wrote: \u201cOh hope, you fall on soft ground\u201d because she had heard seeds saying that to each other as they passed. How many of us wait for “soft” ground or just the right conditions before we plant our faithful seeds? As we close in on the one-year anniversary of COVID descending on us, we\u2019ll explore the crucial role of Springtime optimism as we plant seeds of hope in the hard ground of our weary, wintery (but still\u00a0wonderful!) world.<\/p>\n
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