MONDAY MUSE (7 April 2008)
HOPE DAY
Diye humare ashaaon ke kabhi bujh naa paye
(May the lamps of hope never wane)
– Mitwa song from the Hindi film, Lagaan
All over the world, 7 April is celebrated as Hope Day. UNESCO dedicates this
day help prevent and treat child abuse. The day is meant to give hope to
children who have suffered from child abuse and neglect. Hope Day is an
occasion to share your hopes and dream with your friends, family and community.
Hope is a potent sentiment that empowers us and facilitates us through
demanding and tough times. Hope makes us believe that things will get better.
It instils in us the courage to keep persisting. However the emotion of hope is
not the same as joy that things are heading for success, but rather an ability
to work for something because it is good and we want it to be better.
In a world seized by furious pace and the immediate gratification of every
desire, we now regard “waiting” as an unbearable ordeal. We tolerate no time,
not even a second, between desire & fulfilment. However patience is integral to
the quality of hope. Look around and you will see impatient people frequently
getting alienated from the emotion of hope.
The real power of hope is when it invests in others. Hope converts our belief
into trust for ourselves and into enabling confidence for the other person.
Hope is like the candle that lights up the darkness not just for the person who
holds it, but also for the others in the vicinity. Hope therefore is an act of
sharing. It transforms not just the owner of the sentiment but every person
with whom it is shared.
Hope empower us and others to BE BETTER with persistence
Remember that it goes hand-in hand with the virtue of patience
regards
Pravin-da
7 April 2008, Goa, India.
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