Hope is fragile and needs to be tended and renewed.    Patric Shade               We  should expect hope's reciprocity as a natural flowering of the life of  hope. Helping others and nurturing hope is expressive of hopefulness  itself. It is an extension of the hopeful self to reach out to others,  promoting the connection of agency and the enrichment of horizons of  meaning. Hope's reciprocity grows out of the very social nature of hope;  we thus frequently see it live in family relations, in intimacy, in  love. And so hope spreads. This spreading should not surprise us; like  love, it is freely given, fostered, and nurtured.    Patric Shade                    Explore This Website