24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have?

25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

Romans 8: 24-25

I came across this verse during my evening prayer, and as its happening of late, each event, each verse, that I come across, means a lot to me. This concept called HOPE, is very abstract. Only a person who believes in hope, one with an optimistic approach to life, will see meaning in what I intend to say, but may not put down appropriately. Life has so much to offer to us humans. It may be revealed through various means, at various stages of life. The same thing which might have seemed trivial at one point of time may be your only hope at another stage of life.

At times, when situations become inexplicable, complicated, seem to be getting out of hand, that's when our friend, Hope comes along to help. Hope's God's way of saying, child you've tried hard, now you better sit still and let me help you out. A time when you realise the power of prayer, mostly through the most unexpected channels [the problem itself].

Hope however, isn't a solution to all of life's problems. In situations where the problem in question has long lasting effects, one should give it his/her best and if they think that it isn't worth the effort or time, you might as well terminate the issue. Hopefully, if you end things at an early enough stage, you won't end up complicating things further, and end up feeling better that you saved yourself time to try your hand at something more productive and saved yourself the embarassment. The earlier, the better. But that doesn't amount to giving up either.

So,don't always sit back and hope, be proactive, act before its too late. Hope's great, but like the saying goes "too much of anything is bad".