ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 9

In praise of hope

  • Author:
  • Maya Mainkar
  • Total Page Count: 9
  • Page Number: 82 to 90

Baburaoji Gholap College, University of Pune, India

Online published on 8 October, 2014.

Abstract

In everything we do, it is better to hope than to despair, even if we are prisoners to its bondage. It is by all means a blessing and an inspiration. It is better to be intoxicated by hope than to be rationally choked by despair. 1 Emotions are good, even those which are negative, if we know what to do with them. We all experience fear, anger or worry. Most of us succumb to them and go numb. Despite everything that has been said, the pace or position of emotions in relation to logic is of only minor consequence. Human beings create excellence when they superimpose their creative thoughts on their emotions. This is how despair turns into hope and hope turns into achievements. This creates a faultless body and a blameless mind. The two together create abundance. Hope is a feeling and a sensation based on what will happen in the future. Since hope is a positive emotion, the feeling of what will happen in the future, is also positive. Despair and hope are complimentary. There can be no despair without hope. Faith is complete trust or confidence. Ambition becomes sublime when it becomes an aspiration. Hope should not just have a place in our lives. It should be life itself. Hope is the feeling we have when we are in love. It is not necessarily for anything in particular. Hope is grace despite darkness, because of our ability to convert darkness into light. Hope is enjoying the journey while we achieve our objectives.

Keywords

Hope, Desire, Ambition, Love, Despair, Faith, Darkness into light, Grace, Journey of life