Have you ever asked yourself, why do people suffer in a situation they can run away from? From a situation they can evade and be happy. Why be with a guy/lady who cheats on you again and again, who makes you sad, why? Why endure hardship? Why would a widowed woman spend all her earnings to take her children to school, why not enjoy herself? Why fall in love with a drunkard when there are many single more-responsible men out there? Why marry a homeless guy? ....
These questions are to an extent rhetorical, but not to all humans. I convinced myself that I had to do thorough research and come up with something. To start my research, I went ahead to enquire a few words of wisdom from a beautiful middle aged woman who's been married to a drunkard who eventually stopped drinking after fifteen years of marriage. Her answer moved me abit.
Hope
As simple as the word is, but so strong, so meaningful. She never explained anything.
Hope is what makes us go through a lot. Makes us endure all these pain, makes us survive through too much. During difficult times, hope inspire us to hold on,hope makes us believe that the situation is not permanent.
You are a good worker doing everything as instructed but you still get harassed by your boss or those in authority, but because you have hope that time will come and you'll get a promotion or somebody else will see your work and need your service, you continue being loyal and hardworking. " There is some good things in this world and are worth fighting for."
Other people are really suffering in their relationships, their hearts being broken, their souls being butchered, they cry to sleep everyday, scars all over their bodies, wrinkles on their faces at an early age. But hope makes them hold on. Their minds are flooded with hope , that one day their spouse will change, that their spouse will see the love they have for them.“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."
Students in schools, may go through rough times more often. Financial issues, relationships, poor performance just to mention a few. But because they have hope that one day, they'll graduate with better grades and get a good job, they remain hard working no matter how hard the situation is. "There is greener pastures at the end of the long dark coated tunnel." Hope and wait.
Robert Fulghum once said,“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death."
There is neither happiness nor misery in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more, nothing much. Anyone who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, sister, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life. A person only needs three things to be happy; someone to love, something to do and most importantly something to be hopeful for. They may say you are a dreamer, but you are not the only one. Hope that one day they'll join the group and the world shall live as one peaceful society.
If you are reading this, then congratulations my brothers and sisters that you are alive, and if that's not something to smile about, then I don't know what is.
Live then and be happy, fellow children of God, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope.
Author| Obura Benjamin
These questions are to an extent rhetorical, but not to all humans. I convinced myself that I had to do thorough research and come up with something. To start my research, I went ahead to enquire a few words of wisdom from a beautiful middle aged woman who's been married to a drunkard who eventually stopped drinking after fifteen years of marriage. Her answer moved me abit.
Hope
As simple as the word is, but so strong, so meaningful. She never explained anything.
Hope is what makes us go through a lot. Makes us endure all these pain, makes us survive through too much. During difficult times, hope inspire us to hold on,hope makes us believe that the situation is not permanent.
You are a good worker doing everything as instructed but you still get harassed by your boss or those in authority, but because you have hope that time will come and you'll get a promotion or somebody else will see your work and need your service, you continue being loyal and hardworking. " There is some good things in this world and are worth fighting for."
Other people are really suffering in their relationships, their hearts being broken, their souls being butchered, they cry to sleep everyday, scars all over their bodies, wrinkles on their faces at an early age. But hope makes them hold on. Their minds are flooded with hope , that one day their spouse will change, that their spouse will see the love they have for them.“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."
Students in schools, may go through rough times more often. Financial issues, relationships, poor performance just to mention a few. But because they have hope that one day, they'll graduate with better grades and get a good job, they remain hard working no matter how hard the situation is. "There is greener pastures at the end of the long dark coated tunnel." Hope and wait.
Robert Fulghum once said,“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death."
There is neither happiness nor misery in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more, nothing much. Anyone who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, sister, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life. A person only needs three things to be happy; someone to love, something to do and most importantly something to be hopeful for. They may say you are a dreamer, but you are not the only one. Hope that one day they'll join the group and the world shall live as one peaceful society.
If you are reading this, then congratulations my brothers and sisters that you are alive, and if that's not something to smile about, then I don't know what is.
Live then and be happy, fellow children of God, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope.
Author| Obura Benjamin
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