THE MAGIC OF HOPE
(Afreen Fatima Jaffery, Karachi)
Hope is a noun that
reflects a person’s personal desires for a certain possibility to occur. It is
the foundation of our future which we plan ourselves. Hope plays a very
important role in everyone’s life. If it was not there the only option after
life’s unfairness left with people was suicide. It is the virtue that helps us
to overcome obstacles. Thus virtually everything we do is based on hope.
Hope possesses many qualities and ranges from something minor to long lasting
crave for something big and important. In literal sense hope is a belief in
vague rules according to which things take place in the world. In other words
hope is the faith in miraculous and surprising events which although may not
happen but are expected to happen by people who keep their hopes attached with
them.
One should remember that in ancient Greece according to various myths hope was
the only spirit that was left after Pandora opened Pandora’s box. According to
the myth all the misfortunes and grievances could escape the box and guaranteed
that in all the cases humans have the hope regardless of the difficulties of the
situation. So with mythological sense, hope is what keeps people going on,during
harsh conditions and crucibles.
Everyone in life experiences failure at a certain point. Some take it on their
nerves and get demoralized while some instead of crying over spilt milk accept
their defeat, get up once again with increased zeal and courage and struggle
more with a hope in their hearts to be the best in their lives. This is
something which we should never lose at any incident. We should always believe
in ourselves as nothing in this world is impossible. The secret of success is to
never give up, get your aim and always be ready to face the challenges through
the path of life. One should always remain confident that he can do anything in
this world. Prayers are also important in one’s life. Whenever a believer
prostrating in front of his creator shows humility in prayers after sometime HE
showers his mercy upon him and the person’s loaded heart feels the miracle of
the prayer. Our prayers always bring a change in our lives which is full of
problems. If you are good then definitely good will happen with you. Nothing can
change our fortune except prayers.
In Christian theology, hope is considered as one of the most important elements
that should be used by the believers in church. Islam also urges its believers
to have patience and never lose hope in life. Religion operate according to a
certain set of vague rules with somewhat uncertain outcomes and promises. The
religious hope is what constitutes a believer that the religious rules are
correct and need to be followed in order to keep up the expectations.
On more practical level hope is a theory that states things can happen if they
are expected and believed in. People study all over the world with hopes of
getting a decent job. Despite the fact that education is not hundred percent
guaranteed to get the belief job available , the belief of many people( students
and employers) in education means that they hope that each class they take
brings them closer to the desired goal. Many people hope to meet someone in
their lives, implying that although they meet many people on a regular basis,
they expect to meet someone special who would cater their expectations.
In conclusion I would like to say that hope is an abstract thing that means
expectations and belief in something over which one has little or no control at
all. Hope is the reserve engine that keeps people moving during the time when
something is craved yet its availability and outcome is uncertain.