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What does it mean?
Hope can exist without faith, and charity works without either.
In plain terms
You can hope without faith, and be kind without hope.
What can you take from it?
Keep going by being kind when hope and faith are gone.

Where it applies

  • crisis
  • loss
  • ethical living

Putting it to work

  • act with kindness
  • maintain hope

Questions to consider

  • What keeps you going now?
  • Can you be kind without hope?

Another view

Charity requires energy that may fade without hope or faith.

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