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Day: December 29, 2025

Hold fast to dreams ~ Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams ~ Langston Hughes

Posted on December 29, 2025January 14, 2026 by Dr. Joel Ying, MD

“Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly.” ~ excerpt from the poem “Dreams” by Langston Hughes On December 25, 1925, a century ago, Langston Hughes was working as a busboy at the Wardman Park Hotel dining room in Washington D.C. At twenty-three years old, the young …Read More

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