Hope is a good thing

Hope is a good thing, may be the best of all things and good things never dies. I remember these words from one of my favorite movie shawshank redemption.

I was always frustrated to see enough bad people around me all the time. Where ever I went, they were enough bad guys doing enough bad things around me which made to give up a hope of finding good people and finding good things happening around me. If at all there are some people who are doing some good things then probably they might be far away from me.

That’s why they call this as a beautiful place but a dangerous place to live in. I was sad thinking that why can’t I find good people all over the places at least one in 3 persons whom I meet. There are different kinds of people I came across who pissed of me enough, among them there are few who are good but don’t take responsibility to do good things but simply expect good things happens just like that and some are bad but behave as if they are good which is a majority. There is other kind who just doesn’t care that’s it, no matter what is. If at all the people who are good and who are doing something good, they are very rare.

Looking at these various kinds of people and the mentality and the practicality and materialistic nature, I almost decided to myself that there are no good people and gave up hope of finding them.

In the mean while of this journey, I started to follow the mother Theresa quote i.e. “Do not wait for leaders, just do it alone; person to person”. One day I saw add posted on face book by some of my friends which said that “they need some people to write exams for the blind people who can’t write their exam papers.

I called the blind school very next morning thinking that there would be enough kids waiting for help and said that I want to write exam papers for the blind kids who are looking for some help. They said that “All the slots are filled up, thank you for your call. At that moment, I was shocked and laughing for myself. I never expected that there would be enough people to participate in this good thing and felt that there will be enough slots vacant for me to go and write an exam for those blind kids.

The moment I ended the conversation on phone, I was so happy thinking that there are enough people ahead of me who are doing some good things. So the question of their existence is gone and fueled my dying hope of finding them but where are they ? and when I am going to meet is an enthusiastic thing which i have to discover in my way of life just like this incident. From then, I always smile thinking this incidence because it makes me think that someone saying like “We have enough good people here and will let you know when needed your help”.

So don’t lose the hope of finding good people and don't feel that you are lone, keep searching on your way to the end of this life so that you will find someone somewhere. All the best

-Ravi(R)