HeartSGBlogs: Hope


Albert Einstein, the Wright Brothers and Thomas Edison, are examples of famous people that changed the world. 


They shared a similar story, which can be identified in 3 key parts. 

1. They had extraordinary ideas. 
2. They were faced the same failures and rejections before these ideas turned into realities. 
3. Most importantly, despite the many failures and rejections encountered, they continued seeing HOPE.

Hope is precisely the reason how their ideas became a reality, resulting in them being legends till today.


Hope is to desire and anticipate something good to come in the future. 

For most, the experience of losing hope is not unfamiliar. When one has no hope, promptings of giving up becomes louder, resulting into a disastrous choice of giving up. 

Giving up results in losing the opportunity to try or try again, and eventually fulfil “it”- the obstacle/ situation/ dream, into actually becoming hopeless. 


This outcome can be changed as long as our mindset and perspective remains hopeful in the seemingly hopeless situation.



3 Ways to remain Hopeful in Darkness




1. Change the thought of “It’s impossible anyway!” to “Try this method instead!”

- This prevents one from giving up as different methods equate to endless possibilities and endless possibilities means infinite sources of hope. 


2. Volunteer often

- It enables the opportunity to surround oneself with hopeful people

- When one compares their seemingly hopeless situation to others; it may not appear as hopeless as one has thought to be.

- Giving hope to others will be a motivation for us to have hope in ourselves.


3. Remind yourself that you only live once

- Acts as a source of motivation for courage to try even when it’s deemed as insane, irrational or impossible. 


Be patient and be courageous – Be a hope and have hope. 

Never underestimate the power of hope; it has the ability to 
create miracles. 

BE YOUR OWN MIRACLE, MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE, 
POSSIBLE! 


Where the simplest hope, create legends.