The
literary meaning of hope is to meet any expectation, accrued out of various desires. Once this desire is fulfilled, you feel
satisfied and search for another desire for the accomplishment of the
same. So hope is quenching our thirst of
fulfillment and at the same time, it acts as an illusion and with this
enjoyment and simultaneous distress when
your hope is not met, you progress in your life. You hope that better days should be imminent whenever
you are in gloomy situation. And, when
that situation brings in pleasant outcome, you feel that it should be continued
for a long time. So the hypothesis of our life revolve around hope only.
If
you are a firm believer of positive results for all your efforts, you will
become successful most of the time. In that case, failure can rarely touch you
or loom upon you. It is the hope, which
increases our confidence level and allows us to cherish our dreams. Life is full of thrones; it cannot be on the
straight path. If you think that your
life will be very smooth, there will be no obstacles, barriers, problems and
anxieties, you are wrong. And it is a
complete fallacy. No one can predict what is going to happen in the next hour
with certainty. So you should not be discouraged or disheartened to visualize
and observe the things in upheaval condition and if the same is not according
to your plan and choice.. Nothing is
going to stay for a long whether it is joy, happiness, distress or sad.
Everything will appear because of very many reasons and when the reason is fulfilled;
either the happiness or distress will evaporate. In any “ism”, namely Buddhism,
Christianity or Judaism, hope is the backbone or the pillar of faith. Here,
there is no place of despondent.
Hope
is an intrinsic value of desire and wishes and even daydreams are an intrinsic attribute
of any human being. For example, If you
are desperate to achieve your goal to obtain a very lucrative job in a multinational
company and if you are not getting the same, you feel disappointed. You blame everybody for your failure. Some
people even mumble saying, “Oh God! Why are you not giving me the desired job?”
Though hope always keeps us moving, but in this particular situation, hope is
shattered. Remember, ‘doubt’ and ‘hope’
both are steps of mind. Doubt creates
the darkest moments in our finest hour, while hope brings finest moment in our
darkest hour.
We
often mistake a desire of the body for a yearning of the soul. We must
understand one aspect very clearly that our wishes are not going to materialize
despite our strong hope and actions thereof. For example, your neighbor has
purchased a swanky car with a high end brand because he has earned a sizable
profit in his business and you also start hoping to fulfill your inherent desire
to buy a car. Based on your limited
monthly income, you are not in a position to afford the same type of a luxury
car, but you are still hoping for the same. In that situation, your hope is
unrealistic though we all know that hope is the yardstick of a prosperous life.
Hope
is like a two way traffic. If you expect, you will get, maybe not fully. Contrarily, if you don’t expect, you won’t be
getting anything; of course, the choice is yours That is why, many people
profess that you must have hope all the time.
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The
expectation is something reciprocal and interactive, but hope is sufficient
unto itself. It is proven that hope is
the best and most powerful medicine, which shows a direction to our lives. We keep our hopes alive through faith and vision. Since we live based on faith, we are able to
foresee our future. All of us live in
this great world because we believe in optimism. When we believe in optimism,
no obstacles and no barriers can stop us to reach our destination. No crisis is able to dismay us. It may happen that we may have to swallow
some bitterness, which arises out of bad happenings, but our hope, faith and
sweetness in our lives keep us alive.
The
almighty has given us strength, courage, patience and hope, renewing our spiritual
resources. We always pray for a blissful and joyous, life, which must be full of
entertainment and tension free. Our hope provides us a serene, tranquil of mind
and peaceful lives. We must develop
enough confidence to sustain our hope and face the future without any
botheration of failure. If we are able
to garner more and more confidence, then most of our hopes get fulfilled.
Hope
and imagination are interlinked because imagination is a somewhat source of fear. Worry and fear are destructive and eat away
your energy. So fear is to be
avoided. Fear is the enemy of fear. We have to counter the fear with the help of
fear.
Faith
allows us to ignore everything. Faith is
an inner conviction whereas prayers are based on the divine qualities imbibed within. The meditation and continual practice of your
religious rituals make you to eliminate all types of your sufferings. These practices teach us to endure all our painstaking,
if not cure. Again, all these ritual and
religious practices depend on your hope.
Faith is a bridge between where you are, and the place God is taking
you. However, you must ensure that faith alone cannot illuminate your life, you
must have to own the responsibility and carry out actions and take decisions in
all your endeavors.
Life
is not always easy, smooth and trouble free.
There will be complexities, quarrels, animosity and jealousy, which
create twists and turns. These will
further elevate and escalate tensions, stresses and irritations in life. Why this happens? Because all of us have different types of
desires, hopes, expectations, beliefs and attitude.
Therefore,
it is always prudent to depend on the quality of hope and with this hope; you
can fulfill your desires, of course, with God’s blessings. Jesus says, “Don’t worry about these things
saying, what will be eaten? What will we drink? What will we wear?’’ These things dominate the thoughts of
unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God
above all else, and live righteously, and He will give you everything you need.
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