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The double rainbow is beautiful, unique, and rare. I had hoped to see this spectacle of nature one day. My hope has been realized.

Hope and remembering are two different things. Hope relates to the results of actions in present and in future. Remembrance on the other hand relates to actions of the past and refers to what has been forgotten. When a lover asked his sweetheart if she remember him, her reply was so apt and sweet when she said, how can I remember what I had never forgotten?

Remembrance however is pertinent today when people are losing hope because of sudden bombardment by natural or manmade calamity called COVID-19.

Remembering the turbulent times of the past is not so bad after all, since it gives hope that if they did pass, present ones shall pass too. The memories of those times also remind us of all those positive things that helped us get over the troubles. These remembrances by themselves promote hope.

While hope is mostly supporting, it can be exhausting too. After all, how long can one hope? There is always a subjective threshold which depends on prevailing circumstances, personality, and attitudes. Those with positive attitudes shall always hope and believe in positive outcome. Those with negative attitudes will always expect the worst rather than hope for the best. Those who hope will surely make their difficult times bearable, but those who lose hope shall always cry and complain.

Hope is always for better tomorrow and therefore makes today’s hardships bearable. Losing hope today is like surrendering to prevailing circumstances even before tomorrow reveals itself.

Hope has special significance in uncertain times. When things are certain, complacency is natural, and hope is relegated as insignificance. Believers in Indian philosophy say that when there are bad times, everyone remembers God and seeks help, but if they remember God in good times, they may not have to face bad times. That is hope and its relation to remembering.

[Dukh mei sumiran sab kare, sukh mei kare a koi; jo sukh mei sumiran kare, dukh kaheko hoi]

Hope for me is eternal. I sincerely hope that we may not become complacent gain so as to need Corona like catastrophe to remind us about hope.

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