HOPE; Pls don’t Hope !

Hope seems to be just an illusion, an escape mechanism,the way to deceive oneself till the moment of destruction comes finally. I suppose, we wud be more sane without hope. So, do I mean to imply that we should not hope for anything, anytime? Well, yes. This would make life so much simpler.
‘Expectations’, the closest brother of ‘hope’ is the root cause of so much misery. Almost 90% of relationships end up badly because of expectations. If the two in a relationship don’t expect anything from each other, and instead just keep on giving whatever they can or want to (e.g. love, care, time, affection, respect, gifts), they will be leading what can be interpreted as unconditional relationship.
Anyways, coming back to the topic of hope. Nothing happens on its own (not considering the happenings d/t to natural forces like pleasant weather, flood, etc). Everything has a root of human action. Then how can something happen without doing anything for it by just hoping that it will happen. It is a common saying – “Don’t lose hope and things will be fine”. And time is a great medicine in many instances. But here also it is not that you are doing nothing. You analyze the situation and see that nothing can be done, and then you WAIT. Wait so that the time comes when you act .

~ by Shekhar on July 23, 2007.