My husband and I are huge fans of an older tv show from earlier this century called 'Boston Legal.'
One evening recently, while watching reruns of this show, the characters Denny Crane, played by William Shatner and Allen Shore, played by James Spader, were sitting on the balcony in the late hours of the evening sipping drinks and smoking cigars. While they were discussing hope, Denny Crane casually remarked 'Hope springs a kernel.' Shore looked at Crane like he had lost his mind and after a long silence asked 'What?' Shatner, portraying a man with 'Mad Cow', looks over and says casually "It's an older farmer saying - Hope springs a kernel." In only the way James Spader can, he again is staring in disbelief at his dear friend and chuckles back with 'I don't think so.' Crane lovingly says "Oh sure, hope springs a kernel." Again Shore balks and shakes his head, looking away. Then relents to his friends statement, rather than trying to convince otherwise. It was then I knew that our new forever home would be called 'Hope Springs.' Crazy I know, but you see the pond in the dead grass? That pond is at the back of our property and we have been told is fed by a spring and will never dry up. A testament to that fact is that obvious you pull the satellite image up. There is water in that pond, during the midst of one of the worst droughts in history. The actual saying is 'Hope Springs Eternal' and that is what our new home is all about. Hope of a new future with eternal supply. The reason I love Denny Crane's quote is that even the smallest of kernels has endless possibilities. One kernel of corn, when planted can produce hundreds, as can any kernel when handled properly. There is hope of a future in every kernel. So whether it is eternal hope or eternal supply, Earl and I are claiming it for our future. And we will never forget 'Hope springs a kernel.'
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