The Power of Hope
Hope is stronger than a rock, more delicate than a flower. The power of hope comes from life itself. And yes, hope is more delicate than a flower. For if we do not nurture and protect it, it will wither away like a flower; as with all living things. In this video tutorial, I talk about the power of hope. While explaining the ways to keep hope strong throughout the training, I will analyze the movie "Do Not Lose Hope" and share its powerful messages with you in the last section.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk said one of the most beautiful words about hope. There are no hopeless situations, there are hopeless people, says the Great Leader. So why does a person fall into despair? According to Joe Tye: “If you lose hope, it's just because you haven't looked far enough. This phrase is a beautiful statement about the nature of despair. I take his definition a little further and say: It is because you do not look higher, deeper and more beautiful, you cannot look. If we can lift our heads from the problems a little bit and look forward and walk towards the light, of course, one day the darkness will be behind us.
Ancak bazen bu hiç de kolay değildir. Hatırlamamız gereken şey, umudun, karanlıktan aydınlığa hiç bitmeyen bir yolculuk olduğudur. Hemingway’in dediği gibi: Gece, şafaktan önce her zaman daha karanlıktır ve hayat da aynıdır; zor zamanlar geçecek, her şey daha iyi olacaktır ve güneş her zamankinden daha parlak doğacaktır.”
“Remember, for a bright tomorrow, you have to go through a dark night.” Paulo Coelho
Hope expresses a positive expectation about the future. It actually tells us the probability of something we want to happen. When we have positive feelings about the future, we are full of hope. But in life, each of us experiences feelings of hopelessness. When we feel like this, we think that our wish will never come true or that a negative situation will always continue. However, sometimes this can be a reflection of anxious and anxious thoughts. In such times, it will be useful to use the optimism techniques that I shared with you before.
Hopeless Can't Live
The feeling of hopelessness, unlike worry and anxieties, refers to the persistence of the negative expectation. Especially the feelings of hopelessness about life can push us into a bottomless pit. That's why we should always approach the issue of hope seriously and never stop looking for ways to keep our hope strong.
Umutsuzluk içindeki zihin çaresizliğe hapsolmuştur. Bu zihnin en belirgin özelliği, yaşadığı derin hüzün ve çaresizlik hissidir. İstediğini elde etmek için hiçbir beklentisi yoktur. Sorunlarının çözümü kesinlikle savaşmak değildir. Sahip olunan tek seçenek pes etmektir. Ve bunu da bazen yaşamdan vazgeçerek yapmakta bulur. Ancak Cicero’nun şu güzel deyişi bizlere her zaman ışık tutmalıdır:
Hayatın olduğu yerde umut da vardır.
Can't live without hope; because it is the person who keeps hope alive. When we feel hopeless, we need to start by reviewing our thoughts. Sometimes it is mostly quick and wrong conclusions that lead us to despair. We make sense of their experiences and come to a conclusion about the future. Therefore, one of the ways to keep hope strong is to notice the thoughts that give us hopelessness and replace them with thoughts that give hope.
“Hope does not end, it ends.. Where one hope ends, another hope ends.” Tayfun Topaloglu
One of the effective methods we can use to fight the piles of negative thoughts that we are not aware of and to get ourselves out of the whirlpool of hopelessness can be writing. Again, even a productive conversation with someone who isn't emotionally attached to you will work. In fact, talking to a person who has experienced similar problems as you and who has gotten rid of them will have a much more positive effect. The biggest mistake to make here is to spend time with people who are in a similar situation to you. Because like hope, despair is contagious.
A situation we call the “Crab Effect” explains this nicely. Accordingly, when you put the crabs in a basket, you do not have to cover them so that they do not escape. Because a crab climbing to get out of the basket will be pulled down by other crabs. So are people in a hopeless situation. Like people used to living in a dark room, when someone opens the door, they don't think to go out. They are dazzled and disturbed by the light of hope. And they ask others to turn off the light. This is what they call learned helplessness. There is nothing more dangerous for hopeful people than people who have learned to be helpless and have come to terms with the situation.
Hope Keeps People Alive
Hope is something that belongs to you, something that comes from within you. And remember, no one in life can take your hope away unless you let them. All the circumstances out there are there to remind you of this. Perhaps what we call a waste of hope is just a sign that you are pinning your hope on something other than yourself. The thing to do, then, would be to turn inward again and re-emerge the ray of hope within you.
Decisions made while in despair often have negative consequences. Being aware of this process, delaying important decisions can be a useful tactic. First, the mind must be nourished with hope and supported by action. After that, everything will be much better. As John Lennon put it: “Everything will be fine in the end. If it's not good, it's not the end yet."
Hope gives us the strength to face challenges and move forward even in the worst of circumstances. One characteristic of hopeful people is that they have very strong motives. The stronger your reasons for living, the stronger your hopes will be.
“Anything is possible. As long as there is HOPE in it.” Tayfun Topaloglu
Hope gets its strength from believing. The common point of people, especially those who have faced great disasters, is that they have strong beliefs. Their greatest refuge is their belief in God. Whatever our faith, we feel stronger in the face of seemingly insurmountable situations when we feel God's unending love and support within us. Another side of belief is our belief in ourselves. The more a person trusts and believes in his own abilities and the unique power within him, the greater his hope becomes.
Hope is the only force that keeps us alive… In Jacob's Lies (1999), which was told based on a real life story and then transferred to the cinema, it is told how people held captive in the Ghetto hold on to life with hope. During the Second World War, a man named Jacob begins to tell the people around him some positive news that he claims he heard on the radio in an environment of desperation. Accordingly, the allied soldiers are advancing and will soon come to their rescue. Although many of them are fabricated, people who hear these news believe that their salvation is near. The hopes of these people, whose resistance increases over time, that they can survive despite everything, increase. And in the end, they manage to escape.
Doesn't hope end, it ends.. Where one hope ends, another hope ends.
Hope Can Be Learned
Your hope for the future is the source of your current strength, says Richard Bach… How important it is to have hope for vitality has been the subject of an interesting experiment. American psychobiologist Dr. Curt P. Richter, in an experiment on rats at John Hopkins University in 1957, obtained some results that proved that having hope increases vitality.
In this experiment, it was found that although the mice placed in water-filled containers could stay on the water for an average of one or two minutes, if they were taken out of the water and taken with other mice when they were about to die, they could stay on the water for long hours in the next experiment. It has been observed that these mice managed to stay above water for close to sixty hours. According to this result, the rats have learned that the problem they are experiencing is not the end and that they can get rid of it. If they make an effort and endure long enough, there is hope for survival. It was hope itself that kept them alive.
Just as the news Jacob told increased people's stamina by instilling hope, so the hope of mice increased their stamina on the water. What all this tells us is this: Hope has a magical function that keeps all living things alive and gives them the strength to endure.
One of the ways to keep hope strong is to make certain the future that seems uncertain. Whether you're looking for a solution to a problem or looking to the future with confidence, making a good action plan will most likely give you the confidence you need.
Of course, what life has planned for you may be different. But the human mind needs a roadmap. And having a good plan sets the course for all hopeful journeys.
The second thing you need to do after this is to make an effort to implement this plan you have determined. Being action oriented, all hopelessness is the antidote. The thing that should never be done while grappling with problems is to shut up in a room and brood over. This will only serve to feed your hopeless mood. Every step you take in line with the plan you have made will occupy your mind in a positive way and will give you the feeling that you are doing your best.
Like a sunflower, you will always turn your face towards the sun. Your soul will be enlightened, your eyes will be bright.
Movie Analysis: "The Pursuit of Happyness" .
I would like to continue the next part of the training with a film analysis that complements what we have said so far. Maybe most of us have watched the movie Don't Lose Hope. However, if you haven't watched this movie yet, I suggest you watch it before starting this analysis, because what I'm about to tell contains spoilers.
The Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 American drama film based on the real life story of Chris Gardner, an American stockbroker. Starring Will Smith and his son, this movie tells the story of a man's struggle to live a hopeful life and the great difficulties he faces while pursuing his dreams.
For those who look at the film on the surface, this production may seem like one of the simple American dream stories. However, when we look deeper into the film, we can say that it tells the emotional story of a determined man who struggles to survive for himself and his son.
The film briefly tells the extraordinary story of an ordinary man who does not accept the life offered to him and follows his dreams. The film, which sheds light on Chris Gardner's struggles before he became a millionaire entrepreneur, holds great lessons for all of us. The person who made this story reach us is Will Smith. The famous actor made great efforts to bring this project to life and played one of his career films with his role. This performance was a milestone in his career and earned him an Oscar nomination for best actor.
As for the movie, Chris could not hold on to the sales business that he started with big dreams and finally decided to try his luck in the stock market. In order to get the job he applied for, he must complete a 6-month internship program. This will be a difficult decision for Chris, who has been struggling with financial difficulties for a long time; because he needs to continue to earn money to support his family.
The interview scene at the beginning of the internship contains a great dialogue. Chris has a major hurdle as he has to go through an interview with the executives to be included in the program. Because he has to spend the night at the police station because of delayed traffic tickets. The next morning, Chris, who had to show up shirtless for the interview he had barely made, cleverly explains why.
Chris' marriage has not been going well for a long time. Unable to bear the hardships any longer, his wife decides to move to another city for a new job, leaving him alone with her son. As if that weren't enough, the father and son, who had to leave the house due to the accumulated rent debts, will find themselves in great uncertainty and difficulty. In a scene where he and his son, Christopher, play basketball, the advice he gives to her is such as to shed light on anyone who wants to achieve their dreams.
What is your sole purpose in life?
One of the important messages to be taken from the movie is this: What makes hope strong is having a big dream and a strong purpose. So what is your sole purpose in life? What plan do you have to achieve this goal? Do you take the necessary steps day by day in line with this plan?
Chris' biggest goal is to create a happy future for himself and his son by starting his dream job. in the stock market brokerage Believing that he will be successful in his job, Chris will succeed in showing himself during his internship despite all his problems.
In the process, Chris also tries to sell the last few X-ray machines from his old job. However, this 6-month period will be quite bumpy for both him and his son.
Trying to find a safe place to stay, she and her son have to spend the night in the subway bathroom. This emotional scene has left deep traces in the audience.
Bu zorlu dönemde evsizler için açılan barınaklarda kalan baba ve oğul için, sığındıkları yer sadece bir barınak değil, kalplerindeki Tanrı inancı olacaktır. Onlara kucak açan bir kilisenin ayininde çalınan müzikte şu sözler geçmektedir:
Tanrım karşıma çıkan büyük dağları kaldırma, onları tırmanmam için bana güç ver.
You Are The Main Hero Of Your Life
Each of us struggles in our own lives. No matter how it looks from the outside, this struggle carries a very valuable and special meaning for every person. It is a never-ending holy war to be the protagonist of our own world, the protagonist of our own life story. The key question here is: Are you happy with what you're fighting for? If your answer is yes, everything else will be meaningless.
At the end of the movie, Chris will reach his goal by working with great determination despite all the difficulties and will successfully complete the internship program by passing the written exam. country's wealthiest from your brokers Chris Gardner, who has become a person, tries to inspire people who want to make their dreams come true with his speeches today.
although original Although its name means "In Search of Happiness", the movie Don't Lose Hope tells us the hopeful journey of a man who fights resolutely for his dreams. The film contains important messages to keep hope strong: It reminds us of the importance of staying faithful in the face of difficulties. It shows once again how valuable it is to follow your dreams and to fight for it until the end.
Every movie we watch is actually a projection we hold onto ourselves and our lives. They are powerful educational tools that make us question life again. We can be inspired by movies and gain awareness by watching them consciously. In addition, we can use the powerful messages of movies to produce solutions to the problems in our lives.
Eğer bu tür filmlere meraklıysanız, gelişim ve motivasyona dair hazırladığımız Türkiye’nin en kapsamlı film arşivine bir göz atabilirsiniz.
Mevlana says: "When you enter a bad period and everything seems to be against you, when it feels like you can't stand it even for a minute, don't give up! Because that is the place and time when things will change.” No one can take your hope away from you unless you allow it. Never stop hoping. Because the stronger your hope, the greater your life force will be… Stay with love and hope.
References: Curt P. Richter, “On the Phenomenon of Sudden Death in Animals and Man,” Psychosomatic Medicine: May 1957.
