I BELIEVE
that
the steamship will support me on the water,
&
that the aeroplane will conduct me over the mountains,
that
perhaps I shall not die of cancer,
or
in the poorhouse,
that
eventually I shall see things in a “better light”,
that
I shall continue to read and continue to write,
that
I shall continue to laugh until I cry with a certain few friends,
that
love will unexpectedly appear over & over again,
that
people will continue to do kind deeds that astound me.
Elizabeth
Bishop – Travel Journal
