HOPE keeps us going…
“You know the old saying that where there is life there is hope. But I know a better one. Just turn it around: Where there is hope there is life. You’re never defeated, you’re never beaten down as long as you have hope.” Norman Vincent Peale
Yes, this is so true. The reason why we are all alive is hope. Those who ever thought of putting an end to their life, have thought so when they lost hope. It is the same thing, which makes us excited and energetic. Even if we attend scores of motivational sessions or read hundreds of self-help books, we won’t build any dreams unless and until we have hope. In fact all your mental faculties like imagination, intuition, determination etc work only when there is hope in your mind.
How do we keep hope in our mind? How do we increase our hope? More so, when things are going bad and circumstances are not in favour of you, how we maintain hope? I have always found that hope is one of the reasons for whatever little success I have achieved. Even when things go against me, I never lose hope. In fact whenever I faced challenges in my life, my hope has only become bigger. You may be asking, “how?”
The answer to all the above questions is ‘Faith.’ Faith in God. I am a strong believer of the God; or rather the Universal Power called God. The one, which is omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient. This force ‘knows it all.’ Whatever happens in the universe, this force is fully aware and nothing happens without a plan. And the plan is always for good as long as your intentions are pure and good. Hence when some challenges come in front of me, I have faith that it is as per some plan and that the plan is always for good. I believe that by giving this challenge God is testing me or preparing me to take up more exciting assignments, which gives me hope. Hence my focus is not on the challenge; rather it is on the possibilities. I ask myself, “what is that exciting thing in store for me?” When I start focusing on that, it will start unfolding in front of me though people, situations, resources etc. And that is the beginning of a new Dream…
Hope! What a word it is! Say it to yourself the last thing before you go to bed; say it the first thing in the morning. Let it permeate your subconscious. Hope will solve all your problems.