The Little Hopers

A Hoper, as expected , is defined in the dictionary as hoper - a person who hopes. Hope is defined as "A wish or desire accompanied by confident expectation of its fulfillment." As I see it however, there are three types of hopers. The No-hopers, the Big hopers and the Little hopers.

The No hopers are there all around you. Forced by Society and economics, they have lost the power to hope. Disenchanted, deprived and dejected, they can see no future for themselves or their near and dear ones. They are prevalent in the lower echelons mainly, but are surprisingly present amongst the favoured ones also. Eking out their existence, day by day,they see no difference between yesterday or tomorrow.No hopers expect nothing, so when they get anything they are delighted.

The Big Hopers are ambitious with huge goals. They dream of a winning lottery ticket, a sudden opportunity, an accidental windfall. They work hard, but they are always dissatisfied about their achievements. They are euphoric most of the time, but seem to be perennially picking themselves up from the floor.They are always looking beyond the horizon, with little attention to their present work. As such their work standards fall. Basic counselling procedures include setting goals and finding ways to achieve it. If the goals are unrealistic, they have to be downsized, a procedure abhorred by this group.

And there are the Little Hopers. Like me. Small achievements, once in a while. Small steps carrying you on.Easier to achieve the fulfillment of reaching targets. The cricket batsman, who thinks only of his next 10 runs, and not the hundreds, the rickshaw puller who wants 5 passengers in 3 hours, the salesman who sells 2 sarees by 12 noon. We are a contented lot, knowing that with a little effort, we can reach goals. The LONG March is only an aggregation of small steps.

So do hope, and reach your targets more often than not. It takes only little steps to maintain a low hoper!!!!

I am proud to be a low--hoper....

Listen to this beautiful music by Jan from the Netherlands on his Yamaha....

hope has a place.m...