Stop Losing Hope

By Anees Ur Rahman
Going through failures, difficulties, adversities, frustration, and dissatisfaction is
important in life because they enable you to know the value of success,
happiness, and satisfaction but giving up should not be an option while going
through hard times. The world is beautifully designed to know that both things
exist. Be it day or night, friends or enemies, success or failure, sadness or
happiness, hard times or easy times. Nature provides us a night to taste the joy of
the day, gives us enemies to know the value of friends, carries us to failures in
order to enjoy success, takes us to sadness so that we know the importance of
happiness. Remember, it is said, “Never lose hope. The darkest clouds precede
the loveliest rain.” What if we move from success to success without failing?
Sounds well. But that’s not how we learn. We learn from failure to success not
success to success. The people who have gone through hard times and have not
given up are much more powerful than those who even have not gone through.

The following are some important points that can really help you.

1. Work hard
Work hard, prepare yourself, put your efforts and give it your best. When you do
these so results won’t matter for you as you have tried to do your best. Keep
trying and never be disheartened or disappointed from failures seeing that they
are the pillars of success. There is no man who denies the power of hardworking.

2. Ignore criticisms
I have seen people losing hope usually because of destructive criticisms. As it is
greatly said, “Appreciation and depreciation are common as well as important
words by using the first one you may embellish someone’s life and by using the
second one you may ruin someone’s life.” So, stay far away from those who
depreciate and criticize you. The more you listen to such people, the more you
start losing hope. Neither listen to such people nor be linked with them.

3. Be touched with pals

Whenever you feel like losing hope so don’t give up instead sit and share your
problems with your close friends who listen to you the most. It can be a great
source of relaxation for you. when you keep your problems with yourself so it
becomes a burden for you, as a result, you become depressed and give up. Make
a gathering of your closest friends and keep sharing your difficulties and
problems.

4. don’t be in a hurry
Don’t be in a hurry whatever you do in your life because every good result takes
time. Patience and perseverance can be your best friends once you start making
friends with them. It takes time for being successful in any field. No one can
become successful overnight. Before you lose hope, just put a glance on the life of
great successful men that how they became successful.

5. Read autobiographies
Whenever we go through hard times we feel that it is only happening with me. As
you start reading autobiographies, you will become to know that the world’s
great personalities had also suffered, faced challenges and gone through dark
times of life. This is one of the best ways with which you can be hopeful and stay
motivated.

I hope you stay hopeful after reading this article. Moreover, one day you will rise
after facing adversities just like the sun rises after a dark night. Just do your best
of best and don’t be sad about the results. Overall, whenever you fall down, don’t
forget to stand up. You never know what’s coming for you. Life is all about the
sudden gifts given by Allah Almighty, just wait for yours.
I dedicate this article to Anousha Iqbal and her family whose hopeless letter in
December’s issue made me able to take the pen and write about Hope.