Hope is such a powerful word but unfortunately underrated in our society sometimes. Skeptics think thathope is one of those Area-51 phenomenon where one does not know what truly goes on behind it anddoubt its very existence. Ironically there are people among us who built their whole life on hope. Be ittheir career , be it their love life, be it their marriage, be it their social work ….. its all based on one andonly thing – HOPE.The twist in the tale here is hope is not found in the rich and powerful instead it is found among thosewho are simple and lean. They are the ones who carry the precious gift of hope through the rough path of their lives. Its the hope that gives them strength and will to go on. Eyes fixed on the horizon they movetowards their goal fast and smart. The best living example that I can quote is Barack Obama,let theskeptics take a moment to let this information sink in.
I always have wondered does hope and belief carry a divine blessing that we eventually somehow findsuccess. Well, in all honesty ,in the beginning I was a little bit skeptical about it. I do not want to jumpinto the chasm of divinity and god-like powers when all the work that is done is by us. Then I understoodsomething that puts me in perspective, hope is like a fuel to our activity engine which keeps our enginegoing. Its like carrying a flashlight in a dark and dense forest, we always hope to find a path to surviveand eventually we find that path because we never gave up in the first place. Call it divine or not, theeventuality of being hopeful is that it will propel you to attain what you are looking for ,ergo , to mehope is divine. It is divine to every crying heart which tries to see green among peril, which tries to crossthe sea among high tides, which tries to play tune with a guitar which has only 2 strings,which carries thelegs of a marathon runner to the finish line even though he/she is worn out.We live in a world that is surrounded with too much expectations, demands and unhealthy competitions.We live in a very mundane and scary world where people are very preoccupied with themselves. Iam nottrying to blame that attitude, as it is very common nowadays , because the world has changed and the people have changed with it. Its a very dynamic world that we live in ,with everyday bringing surprises inall sectors. Whats so interesting is how we people get acclimated to the race of change that is going on inthe world. In a way,hope has not just become the society's lifeblood but also a last chance to hold ontosomething and keep going.I started by saying there are skeptics who underrate hope and its powers , well it seems that style iscompletely gone nowadays. “Hopefully” Iam correct. In the present era, its all about being hopeful thatyou can do it and you will get what you deserve. Husbands wear the tie, pack up the food, kiss their wifeand the kids and leave the house to go to the office with the hope that they still have a job back at theoffice, new politicians emerge and take charge because they hope that they can do some justice to their society and their country,marines fight for their country with the hope that someday they will returnalive to their country to see their wife and kids ,a high school kid studies hard for the SAT's hoping thatsomeday he/she will enter an IVY league school. We as human beings get so frustrated with the fact that being hopeful is such a long painstaking process. Waiting for the result is the most nauseating part of it.Well, when you think about it , thats the best part of being hopeful. Hope with no effort leads one toobvious failure , but hope with personal effort gives us the chance to succeed. “No Pain, no Gain” is not just a saying , but an integral part of hope. When somebody comes and asks me why I became anengineer then I need to tell them I was hopeful that at some point I can create something that is veryimportant and innovative for the factory community. Whether I already had an impact on the factorycommunity is of course debatable and less measurable, but the hope to bring in the change has never lostthe intensity in me. That is the true power of Hope, never give up!!!.I recently heard that there is this young Canadian entrepreneur who wants to change the way in which
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