Hope

In The Name of Allah The Most Gracious The Most merciful

 

Our hopes, desires and ambitions are powerful forces existing within us for the shaping of the future. They are the generating forces that create the future. 
To lose hope or give up one's goals because of the setbacks of the moment is to diminish one's own life potential. 
Hopes, dreams, faith and a sense of mission enable us to open up our lives.

When we limit ourselves with low expectations, the growth of the tree of happiness ceases. 
The power of growth, of improvement, the power to overcome all stagnation and break through every obstacle and transform a barren wasteland into a verdant field--that unstoppable power of hope resides right within your own heart.
 It wells up from the rich earth of your innermost being when you face the future without doubt or fear: 
"I can do more. I can grow. I can become a bigger and better human being." 
Life is a never-ending struggle to grow.

No matter what kind of difficult situation one may find oneself in, some opening, some opportunity to fight one's way out, can always be found. 
What's most important is to hold fast to hope, to face the future with courage.

Material wealth does not necessarily make for happiness. 
Nor does fame. 
Hope is life's greatest treasure. 
A life without hope is bleak and gray. If you have no hope, create some.

Hope transforms pessimism into optimism. 
Hope is invincible. 
Hope changes everything. 
It changes winter into summer, darkness into dawn, descent into ascent, barrenness into creativity, agony into joy.
 Hope is the sun. 
It is light.
 It is passion. 
It is the fundamental force for life's blossoming. 

-Daisaku Ikeda-