TIME OF DARKNESS

I believe there no people on this earth, who
have never experienced their times of
darkness and distress. It comes to all of us
and I guess there is no used to hope such
times would avoid troubling our lives and
giving us heartache. But, when the darkness
comes, hope still has to be there to help us
out and to keep our faith in light. And the
darker it is around us, the brighter any light
within us becomes. So, here we will talk
about the light in the dark and about how
you can come out of any life troubles with
hope.
“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn
hope that if you just show up and try to do
the right thing, the dawn will come.” I also
believe that some of us have tried and
proved the trueness of these words in our
own lives. The Bible says that hope
produces patience and perseverance,
because if you have a sure hope, you
simply know, the morning is coming and
the dark will pass. Sometimes our saving
hopes come brilliant and shining in glory,
they inspire us and move us to great deeds.
But at other times, when life seems really
dull and empty, hope may simply quietly
step in and help us, with no great shine and
in no great attire. It comes by as a gray
cloaked stranger, but still it revives the heart
and gives it the strength to go on.
Once in my life I had a situation, when life
really seemed not worth living. I was young
and unexperienced. All my hopes and
dreams were brilliant and big. But, in one
moment they seemed all to be quenched
and cast out of my life. And than one
woman told me such words: believe me or
not, you are going to make it through. Then
she shared with me some of her life stories.
She had much darker situation, than I did
back at that time. Though, I did not feel
much comforted or inspired by her words.
But somehow, they gave me the little, tiny
hope to move on. They gave me at least
something to hold on to. And, I did make it
through.
Sometimes, problems and slow times we
experience in our lives, may seem like an
end to it all. But in really most such
situations become a new start for
something bigger and brighter. Here is
another amazing quote on hope: “When the
world says, “Give up,” Hope whispers, “Try
it one more time.” There is a true story
about Alabama farmers. It happened back in
the beginning of the 20th century. They
used to plant much grain and cotton there
and make their living on it. It all went
smooth for a while, but once the grain
eating bug showed up there from the South
America, their wellbeing failed them. Most of
their harvest was no longer theirs. It was
clean eaten by the bug and they had no
money to live on.
Most of them despaired and wanted to sell
their farms, but one guy stood up and said:
what if we start planting something else.
What if try peanut? It sounded clean mad.
They never believed, they could make
money selling peanut, but they had this
small hope kindling in their hearts and they
gave it a chance. In their first season,
growing peanut, they’ve made more money
ever, than on the grains. They have
managed not only to make their living on it,
but it led them to prosperity. So, you see,
even little and humble hope can produce
awesome results, if you just give it a
chance. Here are the words of Christopher
Reeve and they are worth believing: “Once
you choose hope, anything’s possible.” I will
add: the choice is yours.