December 23, 2007

Hopelessness

What I want to talk about in this post may be thought of as something to frown upon: something too pessimistic and just not right. But I urge you to just read through with an open mind and then post your comments.

We all know that people go through good and bad times in their lives. No one bothers to think about the past or the future while one is enjoying the good times. The present is a friend of only the happy individual. To a person afflicted with the disease called sadness, the present is the first deserter. A sad person only looks up to the future and remembers his past.

This is where the notion of hope sets in. It is hope that is supposed to get people through their bad times. But isn't hope just refocusing a sad person's energies away from the present? There is no guarantee that this hope will push the person out of his sad state. While we all know that sadness is as much a stat of mind as happiness is, it is possible that hope is just another state of mind that will try and get you out of that sadness.

I think hopelessness is better than hope in my opinion. Hope reduces the rational thinking ability of human beings. It is hopelessness that gives a person more rationality and critical thinking ability than hope does. If humanity changes its notion of looking at hopelessness, we all may be better off altogether.

Ultimately, hope offers a person an opportunity to delve into the future and the past, while the present is being wasted. Hopelessness, on the other hand, will go towards actually bring out the real solution. I know that this post was not as smooth as the other ones, and I will try and I will try and re post If it did make sense, please post a comment.