I see the light of hope

07 Dec 2015

I see the light of hope

The last 3 days that went by poured news after news of killings, mass murder and hate crimes. There was a couple who shot innocent people in a mall in Los Angeles. Police termed this as terrorism. Then I read about the Montreal massacre which took place on 6th Dec 1989 in which the killer separated the women from among the students in a college and shot them killing 14 and injuring another 14. His reason was he despised feminists. Today morning I sat down with my tea and the newspaper, a news article which could not escape my eyes was about a man who stabbed 3 commuters at an Underground Tube station in London declaring “This is for Syria”.

Don’t these 3 incidents and a lot others compel us to meditate upon where is this world moving to and what legacy are we going to leave behind for our children?

What are we fighting for?

Do we realise it takes just 24 hours of incessant rains to wipe out everything rendering everyone the same – meek, helpless and knelt down before the fury of nature, leaving no distinction between the perpetrators and their victims.

And so we carry on holding that thread of kindness and compassion as hope. While we are insignificant in the macro scheme of things, we continue our acts of hope in the micro settings.

Thus, when I see the common citizens volunteering and helping with the relief work in Chennai floods, I see hope.

When I find myself compelled to go beyond my limitation to do things physically in order to collect and put together, whatever I can in a span of 15 minutes, to contribute to the relief material being sent to Chennai from our complex, I see hope.

When I see Dhruv and his friend lending their hands to a little boy, who is having a hard time climbing the steps of the slide in the park, pulling him up, I see hope.

When I witness Dhruv religiously picking up all the vegetables scattered on the floor, having spilled from their respective crates in the vegetable shop and placing them back in their crates, I see hope.

Hoping that ‘HOPE’ forms a virtuous circle, I contribute my bit by sending positive thoughts to the volunteers doing the good work, by being more compassionate towards myself and by appreciating Dhruv for all his kind deeds.

Linking up with Microblog Mondays at Stirrup Queens and #MondayMusings

Posted in Microblog Mondays and tagged Chennai Floods, Compassion, Killings, Kindness, Monday Musings, Ray of hope

35 thoughts on “I see the light of hope”

Maliny Mohan on Dec 7, 2015 at 5:46 pm said:

Hope survives and on hope humanity survives. Very insightful post. I found myself recollecting the times of misery when I kept myself breathing simply owing to the surge of hope I received from my parents and friends.

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- the bespectacled mother on Dec 8, 2015 at 9:55 am said:
  
  All through my growing up years, the one Hindi phrase/idiom that I heard often was “Ummeed par duniya kayam hai.” Your thought ‘On hope survives humanity’ reminds me of that. It is hope that keeps us going.
  
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Angel Stew & Devil's Brew on Dec 7, 2015 at 6:46 pm said:

You’re absolutely right. We can all do our part, however big or small our acts of kindness. It is gives us all hope. Great post..

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- the bespectacled mother on Dec 8, 2015 at 9:52 am said:
  
  Thanks Karen 🙂
  
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Damyanti Biswas on Dec 7, 2015 at 8:49 pm said:

Thanks for this inspirational message of hope. To drive away darkness, we need to light a lamp.

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- the bespectacled mother on Dec 8, 2015 at 9:50 am said:
  
  Thank you Damyanti. I wish to tell you when I started blogging in the early part of 2014 and the only readers who commented on my posts were my 2 school friends, at that time you gave me hope by reading one of my post and leaving an encouraging comment 🙂
  
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Traci York on Dec 7, 2015 at 8:49 pm said:

If anything will get us through this, it is hope. Well stated, Anamika.

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- the bespectacled mother on Dec 8, 2015 at 9:46 am said:
  
  Thanks Traci and I hope you are getting better already 🙂
  
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Geochick on Dec 7, 2015 at 11:28 pm said:

Fantastic post. Sometimes it’s hard to recognize that there is still hope and kindness in the world.

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- the bespectacled mother on Dec 8, 2015 at 9:45 am said:
  
  Thanks Geochick 🙂 It is hard to recognize hope and kindness when all the news thrown into our faces is negative but still not impossible. Let us make it a habit to keep looking around for hope.
  
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Alok Singhal on Dec 8, 2015 at 12:56 am said:

A nice message to pass along…Hope very much keeps us alive!

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- the bespectacled mother on Dec 8, 2015 at 9:42 am said:
  
  Thanks Alok.
  
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Mel on Dec 8, 2015 at 1:26 am said:

Thank you for noticing and reminding us of these moments of hope. Sometimes things seem bleak when you only look at the news.

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- the bespectacled mother on Dec 8, 2015 at 9:38 am said:
  
  The news channels do not have the time slots to give us positive news because there is too much ill and destruction happening around the world to be covered. Only we, ourselves, can make a difference. Hope and positivity are always around the corner near us 🙂
  
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Vinitha on Dec 8, 2015 at 2:54 am said:

This is such a hopeful post, Anamika. I am very happy to read this inspiring post. There is still hope in this world and we are that hope. 🙂

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- the bespectacled mother on Dec 8, 2015 at 9:33 am said:
  
  We are that hope and we have to be that hope. I want to tell you, Vinitha, that night when I had just 15 minutes time to collect whatever things I could for the relief material as the truck from my apartment complex was to leave in that time duration, I weighed my ability to explore through the house and pack things up. One part of me said you cannot get this done so soon, therefore leave it and the other part of me told me that if I don’t do this I won’t be able to sleep tonight. And I listened to my latter part. Our conscience always has the power to show us the right thing to do.
  
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Rajlakshmi on Dec 8, 2015 at 4:35 am said:

I see hope too. The way Chennai stood strong inspite of a natural calamity, my faith in humanity has grown. Beautiful post.

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- the bespectacled mother on Dec 8, 2015 at 9:25 am said:
  
  Exactly. Natural calamities always tend to strengthen our faith in humanity. Thanks Rajlakshmi for visiting 🙂
  
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thecrimsonwarrioress on Dec 8, 2015 at 7:35 am said:

The greatest of deeds/seeds of hope are sometimes buried within the rubble we see everyday. Finding the beauty in those things is priceless and gives me hope as well! Beautifully written post! Thank you for adding your *hope* out into the world as well! Very inspiring.

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- the bespectacled mother on Dec 8, 2015 at 9:20 am said:
  
  Thank you Crimson Warrioress 🙂 Yes, it is the beauty of the smaller aspects of life that keeps us going with Hope. Glad to have found you through Mommitment.
  
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shanayatales on Dec 8, 2015 at 10:36 am said:

True, Anamika. It is hope that gives us the courage and the will to keep moving forward in difficult times. Without it, all is lost. Like that saying in Hindi – Umeed pe duniya kayam hai.. 🙂

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- the bespectacled mother on Dec 11, 2015 at 7:37 pm said:
  
  True Shantala.
  
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deathstar44 on Dec 8, 2015 at 11:27 am said:

Be the light that staves off the darkness.

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- the bespectacled mother on Dec 11, 2015 at 7:38 pm said:
  
  Amen!!
  
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lifestyleproblog on Dec 8, 2015 at 1:00 pm said:

You seem to be doing a great job with Dhruv! God bless 🙂

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- the bespectacled mother on Dec 11, 2015 at 7:39 pm said:
  
  Thank you Ankita.
  
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vishalbheeroo on Dec 8, 2015 at 11:18 pm said:

Hey nominated you for Liebster:
https://vishalbheeroo.wordpress.com/2015/12/08/i-am-a-liebster-munch-popcorn-and-enjoy/

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- the bespectacled mother on Dec 9, 2015 at 8:23 pm said:
  
  Congratulations for your Liebster award. Thank you so much for remembering me in your nominations. I have to humbly mention that I have stopped doing award posts for sometime now but nonetheless thank you again for the nomination.
  
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vishalbheeroo on Dec 10, 2015 at 12:34 am said:

Powerful message. Hope and light are what we need to make the world a better place. It’s the weapon to conquer hatred.

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Jes Jessie (@masterselfthera) on Dec 10, 2015 at 6:55 pm said:

We share empathy for our fellow humans and also for other species too. Thank you for sharing.

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- the bespectacled mother on Dec 11, 2015 at 7:40 pm said:
  
  Thank you Jes for visiting 🙂
  
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pins & ashes on Dec 11, 2015 at 7:28 pm said:

The Chennai rains and floods was a reality check on what really matter! It think it is natural calamities like what happened last week and the effort put by the various people that balances out the hope factor! There is still hope left and a lot of good in humanity.. which I guess even people themselves realized during the floods. To hope 🙂

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- the bespectacled mother on Dec 11, 2015 at 7:46 pm said:
  
  Yes natural calamities also create hope by making people realise of it. To hope.
  Thanks for visiting and the follow.
  
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  - pins & ashes on Dec 11, 2015 at 7:56 pm said:
    
    Pleasure is all mine. Delighted to find you. Browsing thru your posts.
    
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