Hope is the engrossing story of Life: Unless Hope is defeated it can not be deemed as defeated

While confidence emanates from the availability of resources at our disposal, hope presents that possibility.

The whole world runs on the footing of hope. It would not be an exaggeration if we call hope an economy. For instance, there are so many students enrolled in coaching institutes in India every year to crack the highly coveted examinations and secure their careers for the rest of life.

Both the students as well as the coaching institutes are well apprised of the data that less than 1% of the enrolled students cleared such examinations, yet every year students join a coaching institute en masse to hone their skills and clear the exam. Is not that the best example of HOPE?

Knowing the probabilistic outcome, but having deterministic hope is the name of the game, hence a billion-dollar economy thrives on such Hope of millions of students.

It is not just about coaching institutes only. It is also about other dimensions of life. e.g. Terminal illness(Cancer in its last stage), fighting a war, taking a daredevil stunt, Sports, etc. It is the Hope that keeps the stakeholder afloat in such hopeless situations.

Hope in itself is probabilistic, after all, it is hope. But people wear deterministic HOPE, that is because that will keep them alive in the run, and will motivate him/her in the process.

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I hope to do well in the exam, but I may not necessarily do well in the exam. That hope keeps on pushing me to try once again if I fail this time.

But hope, if a superficial one, and not trained by knowledge, resilience, purpose, goal, strength, weakness, etc., then never translates to a deterministic event, and may subject itself to the chance benevolence of Luck.

Hope and Optimism are two close allies. The periphery around an individual and interpersonal engagement plays an important role in enhancing the level of hope.

So it is not just about an Individual's hope, it is also subject to the broader environment around us where we live.

The synthetic and highly busy world has already made a challenging turf for mental well-being. In that context, hope and its complementarities must be given a conducive environment so that healing underpinned by hope and its engagement with one another are easily mobilized.

Hope has much more to do with our social engagement with one another, how we interact, and how we bond with one another. The more mobilized it is more it becomes dynamic and creates collective positive emotions around it. That further strengthens Hope.

Perspective-talking and self-talking are two important aspects of social life. And that also reinstates us to a state of hopeful thinking. Hopeful thinking gives rise to a strong awareness of our perceived capacity that helps us channel our interests, energy, and resources toward the desired outcome.

As stated earlier hope and optimism are two close allies. So it is imperative to be mindful of your social circle. First, the individual should be optimistic, and his social engagement should also be with positive people. Just like a smile is contagious, so is optimism, positivity, etc.

Patience, free compliments, and self-contentment catalyze Hope. Hope originates from the thought process, it keeps on pushing the individual to achieve the desired goal. But patience, and free compliments with people around us give credence to Hope.

It's not like that negative things do not happen in life. Hope does not necessarily mean turning a blind eye to all adversaries/challenges, rather Hope is more about recognizing the negative conditions/challenges and tackling them with a positive attitude in a rational, reasonable, and objective way. So acknowledge it as it is but cope with it with a positive mindset.

Last but not least, if you genuinely want Hope to be more comprehensive and with a deeper perspective, embrace a healthy lifestyle. Do meditation, do deep breathing, do exercises, etc, all these act as the best assistant of hope, when your thought process goes deeper, your hope will be much broader, and realistic; it will have a strong potential to become a deterministic event.

Collective happiness is always the best thing to foster hope, it always strengthens and enhances hope. While you should be mindful of your social circle, you should always work for the resilience and collective happiness of your society, which always gives better meaning to life and overall well-being. By doing so Social transactions and emotive behaviors of people will turn positive, and that by default enhances hope.

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