After receiving complements from my brother for my previous post, it is with a feeling of apprehension that I am writing this post. For I am not really sure if I'll stand up to keep those complements each time I write. Besides, there's the 4.0 I received on the GRE writing assessment that makes me even more apprehensive. But then there's hope that some bright day will be mine, and that precisely is the subject of this post, Hope.
Hope is a beautiful thing. It keeps you going despite any setbacks you might have had. You might have failed to reach your expectations, but there's the hope that you'll do well next time. If not for the hope, we would have given up. You might have had a quarrel with a friend and find it extremely difficult to make the first move, but there's hope that time will set it right.
Of course, hope only works when combined with action. I can't keep hoping that things will happen without my intervention. It is hope that drives us and effort that pulls us through.
There are these beautiful stories about men and women who have endured all setbacks to achieve what they wanted to. They fill you with hope. That explains why I find reading Jack Canfield and Mark Hansen's Chicken soup for the soul such a comfort. While on these stories and my writing, there is this story about R.K.Narayan failing in his English examination at college, and that's provided me succour from my 4.0!
Hope is the rope,
that swings around life,
providing support during failure and strife.
So whatever the circumstance,
never change your stance,
on Hope.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
3 comments:
Nice follow up, Aravind. :) Complements for your speed and thanks for always being a support.
Surely, there will be bigger setbacks than a 4.0 in the GRE. That's not really a setback by any standard - a hiccup is what it is at most.
And maybe, your little article would be worth recollecting in those tougher times in the future.
"Keep Driving", will you? Looks like you got jammed somewhere. Or are the remaining blogs private? I am happy that you made at least some of them public. Knew about your film-making desires, but never about the book-before-twenty. And remember, I am trying hard to make that dream come true. I hope that you are working on it as well. I am already acquiring a team.
Post a Comment