This week’s song may be a few years old, but with the current evolving health situation in the world right now and the accompanying sense of angoisse (anxiety) gripping many nations, it seemed like a perfect time for a healthy dose of l’espoir.

Hope

While the song – signé (from, lit. signed) Gaëtan Roussel, the lead singer for the French pop rock group Louise attaque – evokes la maladie d’Alzheimer (Alzheimer’s disease) it also speaks, in the words of the artist, to “les histoires d’amour ou d’amitié, le temps passant, le souvenir n’est plus là” (love stories or of friendship, with the passage of time, memory isn’t there anymore).

And while the word never shows up in the song’s lyrics, just take a look at the video and you’ll see … and I think feel … l’espoir (hope) everywhere. Follow along as “un homme abattu […] retrouve peu à peu gout à la vie et aide d’autres âmes en peine à guérir de leurs blessures » (a man beaten by life rediscovers a taste for life little by little and helps other hurting souls to heal from their wounds).

Whatever your personal circumstances (at this time or anytime), I hope that you can find a little peace and plenty of espoir pour l’avenir.

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