When All Hope is Lost

Osykhena Okpokpa
Thought Thinkers
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3 min readOct 1, 2022
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Bad things happen to good people

Sometimes, you lose the most important things in your life in one second.

Life isn’t fair,

Life can turn around against you

If you are going through such hard times,

It’s okay

It’s okay to feel down

It’s okay to be wrecked

It’s okay to be disappointed

It’s okay to lose all you’ve worked for all your life in a single day.

When you are facing challenges that scare you to the bone,

When you feel like your life isn’t safe, something is after you,

Look deeper and find the lesson in it.

When life gets rough on you, Don’t sit back complaining and grumbling,

Get tough on life,

When life gets hard on you,

When you lose your investment,

When you lose your job,

When you are disappointed by your best friend whom you’ve trusted with your life,

When you lose someone most precious in your life,

What are you going to do?

Are you gonna handle your situation based on the way you feel or are you gonna think of the solution to the problem, the way out, the way forward?

Are you gonna continue grieving a loss forever, or are you gonna find a reason to view life from the bright side?

Are you gonna sulk in depression and loneliness or are you gonna face this situation with courage, with resolve, with determination and resilience?

You have been through hard time

So, embrace it, accept it, own up to it,

And rise up to the challenge.

No matter what you are going through, move on.

Take the first step out of your misery,

Say, no more,

From today, I’m writing a different story

Take a new step every new day and that would make a difference.

Never give up! That’s not an option.

Do not forget that in your lowest times, in your hardest times, in your toughest times, you must not stop, you must not pause, you must not say, ‘it’s over, I have given up’,

Take one step at a time, and start walking,

Then, run with all your strength,

Go for that goal you’ve lost,

Do it again.

Do it bigger, do it better, do it faster, do it stronger!

Impossibility is only in the mind,

It is not over yet.

The only time it is over is when you are under the earth.

Defy the storm, defy the tempest, fight through the pain,

You never win if you don’t fight, so fight, and in fighting, you will win.

If you don’t win the fight, you will win because your spirit never gives up

And that is the greatest victory.

Keep your head up,

Stand in the face of defeat

Whatever you focus on tends to expand. That’s why it’s always best, when things seem hopeless, that you focus on what you must do each and every day.

Bad times never last forever.

They sometimes may even last several years, but with an action plan to make it happen and the willingness to constantly change and adapt your approach, you will finally succeed.

Time is going to pass no matter what. So, it’s always better to be grinding towards your greatest goals and dreams.

And when you do that, it would make all the difference.

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