The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse, what words come to the mind when you first hear this word? What picture comes to mind when you first hear this word?

Well, I will share what comes to my mind. The first word that comes to my mind is light, and the picture that flashes before my eyes is of a pitch black foggy-chilly night, a violent sea with waves crashing against the rocks, and a ship stuck in the sea for months, the despair and fear of the people who have been stuck on that ship, these people might have faced many atrocities at the hand of the mighty sea, they might be dying of thirst and hunger, they see this faint light shinning through and reaching them like a guiding light. The rejoice! The peace that befalls on them! The happy tears! It is overwhelming isn't it?

Yes it is, and they keep going, looking at the light, blocking out pain, fear, cold and hunger, they keep moving towards the light.

Never until this moment I realized, how important it is to have hope. It is just a four letter word, but perhaps most powerful one of them all. Hope, everything really stems from it, the strength to fight, the will to live, the passion to improve, to keep going long after your body can work and mind can comprehend, to love beyond bounds, to fight, to live, to die in peace. This four letter word has immense strength, it can win lost battles, it brings back dead, it wins hearts, and it keeps you going long after you thought was possible. 

We all live in the hope of better future, in the hope of happier times, in the hope of being more successful, in the hope of finding the love we deserve, in the hope of making the life we deserve. Till their last breaths, people with hope put up a fight. It is a very strong emotion, perhaps the strongest one and also one of the most underrated ones. It keeps you going till your last breath, it stays with you till the end of the life.

We should keep this hope alive no matter what, because this is what keeps us alive. I understand it gets difficult to see the light on darkest of nights, but remember my friend, it is on the darkest of nights that the light shines the brightest, you just have to look out for it and once you find it, don't let it loose your sight. Trust the light and keep moving forward.

Hope is lost, the will to live is lost. Unfortunately we live in times where it has become even more important to understand the power of hope for ourselves and for others. We should always be on the lookout for the lighthouse as we walk through some of the toughest times in our lives.

Every one today could use a little hope, and everyone today could give out a little hope. So try to be someone's Lighthouse and spread out your beautiful light, who knows you might help some lost souls and give them hope to survive the storm and the crushing waves of lives.This was my attempt to be someone's lighthouse.

Sharing a few lines that I heard somewhere, which I would love to share with you.

"What draws the eye to the lighthouse,

 Oh say what could it be?

Now how could a light on the mighty rock

forgive lost souls at sea.

There are no ropes to pull them in,

no maps of where to go.

And we hear the cries from crashing waves 

under the beacon's glow.

Relentlessly, the wind blows now

the noise, as  million drums!

The angry sea will swallow scores

as the weak in faith succumb.

Through rain and hail and deathly fog

sins weather strangely mixed

A faint but "guiding light" shines through, 

if eyes are firmly fixed!"

Keep Shinning!

Cheers to your beautiful light!

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