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The Paradoxical Nature of Hope

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It is hope that makes people stick to life, stick to optimism. The stories of dreams and aspiration sound compelling due to hope. Hope gives people a affirmation to continue to live, for better is yet to come. Life is more than what we can foresee or even hope for. Life can be anything and everything. And if only we continue to hope and believe and move, it keeps moving forward for better if not great. That’s what hope suggests. To keep hoping; That you will get that dream job, reach to those magical places, have better people, better opportunities, You will be richer, healthier, wiser, warmer, happier only if you keep moving, keep trying, keep believing. The other part of story of how hope compels people to act wisely is also equally evident. But nobody tells you about paradoxical nature of hope. Hope restricts people from seeing the complete picture. Hope make people delusional at times, making values out of shitty and unrealistic things, believing into something that seems far fro...
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She

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She was very happy today. A genuine happiness that did not include any noise and exaggeration, Just a subtle smile, that were lingering on her lips, promising not to leave, at least for while, until I’d left. For someone who’s been shattered by something inexplicable, for someone who just got out of the darkness, searching for the peek of light whereby she hoped to never look back to the bad experiences she had, she convinces herself, 'Oh it’s nothing. Just a mere time period which in long life of years, won’t even be remembered or be worth to look back, for life itself is monumental intrinsically, and has much more love, compassion and surprises to offer.' She murmurs. After all, hope is all we have. ‘I was not always like this’, she would say. A cynical girl, who tries to move forward, calculating every little risks adopting cautiousness in every steps she takes, says, ’I knew nobody happier than me’. ‘I used to be a free bird, who could not care less more of this worldly...
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Self-love

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How does it begin ? Does it begin with looking at your greatness and feeling great about it? Does it mean feeding your narcissism and feeling abundant all the time? Does it refer to treating yourself well, and loving yourself, sometimes to the height of being self-centered and oblivious ? I think, it’s about self-acceptance to begin with. This term as general and easy it sounds, is most complicated state to attain. Accepting yourself the way you are, not willing to change a single thing about you and your circumstances, not wishing for a single what ifs for the present to be different and not torturing yourself with thoughts to control certain aspects of yourself knowing you won’t be able to. These things take time, sometimes all your life. Though it might come to someone imminently, if you are someone like me, it is like working on your muscles or may be self-esteem. You are aware of where you stand, accept the present and work on improvising it. It’s always work on progress. It i...
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