No good thing ever dies

HOPE IS A GOOD THING

In a world filled with lots of uncertainties, hardships, and mystery, hope is the quiet flame that burns within us, and refuses to be extinguished. It is the belief that tomorrow can be better than today, that light exists even when our eyes cannot yet see it, and that though the tunnel be dark, there is light at the end of it. As Andy Dufresne said in the movie "The Shawshank Redemption", "Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." Hope lives on, it never dies.

Hope is not mere wishful thinking, it is the force that keeps us moving forward when logic says we should give up. It fuels that drives our resilience, and the meal that nurtures our patience, and gives us the courage to take one more step, even when the path ahead seems dark, bleak, and impossible. Without hope, dreams wither, efforts falter, and the human spirit dims.

Hope will always outlast oppression, it will certainly survive despair, and will strengthen us to rebuild what was broken. Hope is what gives the prisoner the privilege to dreams of freedom, the sick patient an opportunity to fight for recovery, and the underdog the courage to dare, and to believe in victory. Hope does not guarantee success, but it makes the struggle meaningful.

Always hold on to hope, it may not be seen, its effect may not yet be felt, but even in the darkest hours, it breathes, and as long as it lives within us, we are never defeated; as long as we are not uprooted, we will sprout again. Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and it is always worth keeping alive, because it is through it we can picture the tomorrow that we desire.

To a better you, Kamikun John.