Keep Hope Alive

Keep Hope Alive

I was told a story of Four Burning Candles -

In a room there were four candles burning. The ambiance was so soft you could hear them talking.

The first one said, “I am PEACE, however nobody can keep me lit. I believe I will go out.”

It’s flame rapidly diminishes and goes out completely.

The second one says, “I am FAITH. Most of all I am no longer indispensable, so it does not make any sense that I stay lit any longer.”

When it finished talking a breeze softly blew on it putting it out.

Sadly, the third candle spoke in its turn. “I am LOVE. I have not gotten the strength to stay lit. People put me aside and don’t understand my importance. They even forget to love those who are nearest to them.” And waiting no longer it goes out.

Suddenly a child entered the room and saw three candles not burning. “Why are you not burning you are supposed to stay lit till the end.”

Saying this the child began to cry. Then the fourth candle said, “Don’t be afraid, while I am still burning we can re-light the other candles, I am HOPE.”

With shining eyes, the child took the candle of Hope and lit the other candles.

The flame of Hope should never go out from our life and that each of us can maintain HOPE, FAITH, PEACE and LOVE.
Hope never abandons you. You abandon hope.
Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams.
Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential.
Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.

When everything seems hopeless, be hopeful.
There is that HOPE to rely on…
Where there is hope, there is faith.
When there’s faith, there is love.
When there is love, there is peace.
A chronological order of virtue arranged so as to put hope in the first place. This reveals: without hope all the rest do not exist.
And even if all the rest do not exist, hope still exist.
For reasons that at the end or beyond hope, there lies always the existence of faith, love and peace, or any good bringings it will manifest.
That is hope.

Someone has rightly said: "On Hope, the whole world is able to survive. If Hope vanishes, no one can survive. So, always keep your hopes alive."

I believe this write-up I have been able to explain the true worth of Hope, the biggest and the most important factor to keep all of us alive and active.

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