Hope: Agency Thinking

Join us this Sunday as Joe continues our exploration of The Science of Hope. Discover how developing agency thinking—the belief that you can influence your future—can help you cultivate greater hope in your life and strengthen hope within our community.

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Reading

From “The Little Engine That Could”, by Watty Piper

“What is the matter, my friends?” she asked kindly.

“Oh, Little Blue Engine,” cried the dolls and toys. “Will you pull us over the mountain? Our engine has broken down and the good boys and girls on the other side won’t have any toys to play with or good food to eat, unless you help us. Please, please, help us, Little Blue Engine.”

“I’m not very big,” said the Little Blue Engine. “They use me only for switching trains in the yard. I have never been over the mountain.”

“But we must get over the mountain before the children awake,” said all the dolls and the toys.

The very little engine looked up and saw the tears in the dolls’ eyes. And she thought of the good little boys and girls on the other side of the mountain who would not have any toys or good food unless she helped.

Then she said, “I think I can. I think I can. I think I can.”

And she hitched herself to the little train.

She tugged and pulled and pulled and tugged and slowly, slowly, slowly they started off.

The toy clown jumped aboard and all the dolls and the toy animals began to smile and cheer.

Puff, puff, chug, chug, went the Little Blue Engine.

“I think I can—I think I can—I think I can—I think I can—I think I can—I think I can—I think I can—I think I can—I think I can.”

Up, up, up. Faster and faster and faster and faster the little engine climbed, until at last they reached the top of the mountain.