Hope: The Beginning of a Miracle

History has witnessed this many times. If there was no hope the stories would have been different.

The beginning of a miracle is hope; that makes people think and act differently; that’s when darkness begins to perish. Everything else follows but what it all starts from is hope.

Let’s go through some of the extraordinary achievements of mankind and analyze the power of hope. 

Thomas Edison, responsible for lightening the world, failed more than 3000 times, worked for one and a half year, before he was successfully able to invent a practical incandescent filament bulb that could serve the purpose. 

 Wilma Rudolph, prematurely born, stricken with Polio on her left leg, had to wear a brace all the time, overcame weakness with tremendous determination and some physical therapy. She went out to become the first American woman to win three gold medals at a single in Olympics 1960. 

                                         

Nelson Mandela was jailed for 27 years of his life for leading the fight to independence to eliminate the apartheid regime in South Africa ( apartheid was a  system where Black people was provided with inferior services than White people in terms of education, medical care, beaches, public services). He led the peaceful struggle before he was elected South Africa’s first Black President in 1994. He exterminated country’s apartheid system and was awarded
Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts.

    Click here to watch informative video on Nelson Mandela's life and his struggle to independence

Abraham Lincoln, born and raised in poverty, is one of the greatest example of poor beginning ended in being world’s most influential man. He had faced series of setbacks 
throughout his life though each one of the stumbling block turned out into a stepping stone. He lost his job and was defeated for state legislature. He failed in business. His wife died. He had nervous breakdown. He was defeated for the position of speaker. He was defeated for U.S. senate, defeated for the nomination for Vice President, and finally in 1860 he was elected as the President of United States.

All these four stories are powerful display of hope.

Hope is the beginning of all and without it the fall is not too far.

 Do we have enough hope to turn things around?

Train Your Brain

I am sure this has happened to you many times. When you are told to do something you think you can’t do it you say,” No, I can’t do this because of such reasons.” Your mission is just to get away with the task. You give all the possible reasons you can think of. You wouldn’t bother to take a second look. You wouldn’t dare to rethink. You step back and take your hands off.

After a period of time, you confront the same situation but this time you run out of choices. You are at a stage where you have no excuses; no alternatives; no one to pass the buck on. It is simply unavoidable. Now look at yourself and observe how you approach.

You don’t think about the reasons why you can’t do it. You don’t think about the weaknesses, excuses or limitations. This time, you think in a totally different way as if it’s a totally different person.

You rack your brain, scratch your head and look for solutions: meet all the people you need to; call all the people you should; you study, learn, or practice all sorts of things. When it comes to your shoulder, you get that fortitude and vigour to begin until you finish. You pluck the intellectual assistance from your subconscious that will guide you all the way. Your body, mind works superbly, in co-ordination, to complete the task beforehand. At the end, you end up finishing the job you thought you couldn’t do it earlier.

You might not achieve excellent result, at first, but at least you proved that you are capable of doing it ― and you will also realize that it was painless than your anticipation. It is the wild imagination of the mind that magnifies the problem and enlarges every time.

We know the secret but still we keep on cheating ourselves whole life. We limit, restrict and hold back. We don’t accept the fact that we are stronger than we think we are. We are more capable than our estimation. We have that physical, mental, intellectual, and spiritual ability to create the results we want to. 

Why don’t we install this fact permanently in the warehouse of our mind and proceed without pause, fear and doubt. Just release the negative thoughts and let it go.

Self-limiting thoughts are the biggest obstacle for success.

What if we don’t put a limit in what we can achieve?