EP4: Light in the Shadows

Hospitality, vulnerability, and friendship all lead to hope. Join Julie and Shannon as they ask some tough questions. Why do we need hope? Where does our brokenness come from? How will hope help us? “The way I see it, hope is our lifeboat out of any situation. No matter how low we feel, how wrapped up we are in our emotions, no matter the depth of our sorrows or anxieties, hope is the lifesaver that keeps us afloat and leads us all back to happiness and love. Hope that we have the strength within to weather the storm. It's not always about conquering the storm ― it's moving through it with as much grace as we can muster, if any at all. Hope that we all have the capacity to grow and blossom in the morning, next week, or next year. Hope that we all have wonderful things to contribute to the world around us.” ― Gabrielle Piccininni "No one was going to let me fall into the shadows, because no matter how specific I thought my situation was, there was already a Girl Talk girl who had been there before.” ― Girl Talk College Sister “I know. It’s all wrong. By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going, because they were holding on to something.” ― adapted from Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien Girl Talk Website: www.ourgirltalk.org Follow us: Instagram: @ourgirltalk Send Questions or Comments: [email protected]