The Power Of Hope|قدرت امید

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“15th story”

First published; Nov.30.2017

 

Once again I would like to share an advisory tale from my childhood.

There was a little part of the world where many animals lived close to each other peacefully.

They lived by a pond and shared water for drinking, washing, and cooling down.

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The weather was getting warmer every day, and the pond’s water was evaporating and there was no rain to replace it for months.

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The situation was getting a little scary and was starting to concern the animals, so they gathered to talk about the problem. There wasn’t anything they could do but pray for rain.

Everyone was getting sad and depressed. They were losing hope.

One of the animals suggested that if one animal climbed a big hill daily and saw any cloud from far away it could jump up and down to show the good news and bring hope to others. They all agreed that bringing hope can be a huge help.

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The next day, a horse climbed up the hill but there wasn’t even a tiny bit of cloud far in the sky. He came down so sadly.

Then a cow went up the next day and saw nothing.

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Day after day one animal after another came down the hill without any signs of a cloud. Time was passing and the animals were on the verge of giving up.

It was the goat’s turn to climb the hill.

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When he didn’t see any clouds far in the sky, he was very disappointed but decided to start jumping up and down on top of the hill and continued to the bottom hill with joy and happiness.

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On the way down the goat begged God to forgive him for lying only to bring hope to others, and asked God to please send rain to not let the animals lose faith.

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All the other animals started to jump up and down and became so happy. They began celebrating.

The goat was satisfied that he caused happiness. But he just passed hope, and he didn’t see any cloud.

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But the weather started getting dark, they all felt the wind and white and grey clouds coming towards them.

Lots of rain poured that night and many nights after that.

 
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  1. yarnandpencil's avatar
    yarnandpencil
    November 30, 2017 • 10:19 pm

    What a wonderful story of hope 🙂

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    corneliaweberphotography
    December 1, 2017 • 2:27 am

    Loving your stories, Laleh, especially that it always includes a twist of wisdom.

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    Jack Eason
    December 2, 2017 • 5:08 am

    Reblogged this on Have We Had Help? and commented:
    Another wonderful tale from Laleh 😉

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    hassanmosleh
    December 7, 2017 • 2:42 pm

    I do believe the miracle of hope.
    Hope is very important in human life. I am glad you brought it up in this story. Well done.

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    Jonathan Caswell
    December 9, 2017 • 3:13 am

    Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
    IF GOATS KNOW WHOM TO ASK…CAN WE DO ANYTHING LESS???? 🙂

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    Chris Lindsay
    December 10, 2017 • 4:04 pm

    I enjoyed this story! God answers the humble prayer.

    btw; minor typo: “it start[ed] to concern”

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  8. Peter's pondering's avatar
    Peter's pondering
    March 9, 2020 • 10:47 am

    A lovely tale of hope and faith.

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    utahan15
    March 9, 2020 • 12:16 pm

    rain dance
    hopes pranced
    dashing
    cashing in
    and out

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  10. padmaja ramesh's avatar
    padmajaramesh
    March 9, 2020 • 12:20 pm

    Wow positivity
    Awesome story👌👌👌👍

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    anne leueen
    March 9, 2020 • 9:06 pm

    With the news in the world now we need that goat to jump up and down and for all of us to believe that better days will come. Thank you Laleh for this lovely story.

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    Unicorn Dreaming
    March 10, 2020 • 7:10 am

    Great story.. Thank You.. 😊💛😊

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    AmyRose🌹
    March 11, 2020 • 4:52 pm

    The power of “group mentality” and positive thinking is so beautiful portrayed in this post. Thank you, Laleh, for being such a bright light of hope for others. You live in such a mysterious country to many of us who do not live there. May you be blessed for having such a pure heart in a land that is known for so much violence. Much love to you! xo

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    Warren Richards
    March 14, 2020 • 11:42 am

    Hope for what is not yet seen, faith that a heart with hope; just needs to first believe… it’s truly possible! Nice share!

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    luisa zambrotta
    May 16, 2024 • 9:37 am

    This is a wonderful tale!
    Thanks a lot for sharing it

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    anne leueen
    May 16, 2024 • 10:04 am

    this is s wonderful story of Hope and hhappiness

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    Unicorn Dreaming
    May 17, 2024 • 6:36 am

    What a lovely story.. thank you.. Fiona ❤️

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    TTT
    May 21, 2024 • 4:03 am

    What an inspiring and motivational story of hope! It leads me to think about what just happened in your country. Do you think there’s now hope for more democratic reforms or would things still stay the same?

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  24. Tanvir Kaur's avatar
    Tanvir Kaur
    May 23, 2024 • 8:28 am

    Power of hope and also of spreading joy and happiness.

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  25. usfman's avatar
    usfman
    June 6, 2024 • 8:09 pm

    Even when we don’t control our destiny, hope can exist if we want to believe. Nice thought.
    Have you been writing stories more recently?

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    usfman
    June 16, 2024 • 4:19 pm

    I think you would be an excellent author at the upcoming Miami Book Fair in November. https://www.miamibookfair.com/

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