SALUTATIONS, to the most powerful and astonishing human emotion…”hope”. Powerful because it has written down several curvatures in history and astonishing since its miracles has kept us bamboozled for centuries.
Hope, the undying faith in something, has written many famous stories in the past, may it be the little Anne Frank, whose epic diary, read volumes of her sole desire to see a free Germany and overcome the Nazi torment, or the Bhopal gas tragedy victims who still wait for some support from the government, or the innocent helpless Kashmiri’s who live with a sole desire…that their last leaf turns green in place of red.
We as humans, have always tried to be in full control of our lives, but that’s not possible n we all know that. When things go beyond our capacity its only hope that keeps us going. May it be when you see someone close through the closed hospital doors, waiting for him to get up, or when you to live each moment over-generously knowing there is no tomorrow, or just merely hoping that someday that someone would understand your point of view, leaves us into the deserted distances of time.
Some hopes aren’t that painful afterall in fact they are inspiring. The hope to see a better world has made many hallmarks in time transforming lives of millions. The great Indian independence for example, was the hope of many, but it inspired ‘ONE’ and revolutionized the million.
Lastly, the power to take that one step further today, moves us miles ahead in life, like for every mountaineer in the last leg of the Everest, its true for every soldier in the daily war of life. So,
“One step at a time sunny, and one step more
We’ll make it to our homes sunny, we’re almost at the shore ”
- Taniya
I have always believed that “hope” keeps us going no matter what the circumstance . No matter how desperate the situation or how “goliath” the task .“hope “ is what makes man able to walk that step each day .
The last leaf , is the last hope . The last leaf is quite special because in desperate times its desperate measures , be it infy trying to salvage their employees with a salary hike or its could be a dead tired hiker finding that rivulet , a friend trying to attend class hoping to avoid a year back. Or after an 800 km ride when you feel like you cant go on much longer , it could be a kid on the side of the road with a thumbs up.
Sometimes it could be a big hug from a close one leaving on a journey , A doctor telling you its going to be fine . Or a flying kiss when a loved one boards that final bus .
The Last leaf sometimes makes us do better than a cushy ride would have let us do , be it 16 subjects in one go , or that one word of inspiration which makes us realize life is not meant to be wasted .
The Last Leaf is a short story by O’Henry , do check it out
-MohandaaS
