Be Hopeful Forever

Hope is a blessing of God. Even if some doors of life have been closed, there are other doors still open, by entering which one can continue on one’s life’s journey.

The Prophet of Islam once observed: “Hope is a blessing from God for my people. If there were no hope, no one would plant a tree and no mother would suckle her child.” (Kanzul Ummal 7560)

In the life of this world, a person often has bitter experiences. He has to undergo such experiences as leave him heart-broken. A person nevertheless continues on his onward journey. His journey never comes to a halt.

The secret of this is hope. Nature has instilled this feeling of hope in every person. It is this eternal feeling of hope which keeps a person continuously active.

In this world, all things are accomplished gradually. The farmer sows the seed in the soil and after a long time he receives its fruit. The mother undertakes the great hardship of bringing up her children although that time is very far off when they will grow up and be able to serve their mother. But all over the world, men and women are constantly active. The reason is that in everyone’s heart there is enshrined feeling of hope which sustains him. In the absence of such hope, all activities would come to a halt.

However, it sometimes happens that a person suffers some great loss. He has such experiences as destroy all his plans. This is a great moment of trial for a person. But if he continues to remain hopeful, if his eyes are set on the future and not on the present, he will soon find that even in the face of discouragement, a ray of hope still exists for him. Even in extremes of frustration, he can see that opportunities have not come to an end for him. Although some doors of life have been closed to him, there were other doors still open to him, by entering which he could continue on his life’s journey.