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Today's episode is Why the Past Gives Me Hope for the Future.

Before we begin, my name is Colleen Patrick

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Food for Thought Podcast. I'm often asked who inspires me, what gives me hope, and I say that it's the animals. My main inspirations are the animals who as Walt Whitman said are so placid and self-contained

who are so resilient and adaptable and who can show grace and forgiveness

even after enduring the worst trauma and abuse.

And that's true.

The animals are my inspiration.

They are what gives me hope.

Or I say my inspiration is you and everyone else who meets the world

with an open mind and heart.

And that's true too. with an answer

open mind and heart and that's true too. But if you're looking for an answer even more specific about what gives me hope,

what my inspiration is, I would say that answer is the past.

Nothing gives me more hope for the future than the past.

When facing the darkest times individually or collectively, one thing we can

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