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Ofonime Koko CYBER SECURITY SPECIALIST (IN TRAINING) @ TD AFRICA (TECHERDEMY)
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In Literature, Writing and Blogging • 2 min read • Apr 15, 2025 16:38p.m.
When Hope Fails
<p>When expectations rise, but the results don’t show…</p><p>What next? </p><p>When life tosses us around with illusions of positivity </p><p>What next? </p><p>How can we rise again when we fall? </p><p>What more can we do to make it big? </p><p>When books, friends, and family fail </p><p>What next? </p><p>How do we get back on track when we run out of course? </p><p>When we see ourselves in the ugliest of situations, </p><p>We wait, we cry, we seek earnestly for salvation </p><p>But find none. </p><p>Oh… how can we get back up? </p><p>When the world, our families, friends, acquaintances </p><p>oh, even our perky friends </p><p>look up to us for something great and wonderful, </p><p>yet we find ourselves stuck in a truckload of failure… </p><p>Oh, how can we get back up? </p><p>It’s painful. It’s sickening. It’s demoralizing</p><p>When our expectations are dashed.</p><p>What is the way out? </p><p>Who can help us out? </p><p>I write out of pain, real pain. </p><p>My heart sinks when I think of home: of Mom. Dad. Church. Friends.</p><p>Of course, it shouldn’t be so. </p><p>But the journey of life feels straight and precise, </p><p>yet it’s riddled with unpredictable turns. </p><p>Who knows what lies at the next corner, when we make a sharp turn?</p><p><img src="/media/inline_insight_image/pexels-eyupcan-timur-424989336-23893583.jpg" alt=""></p><p>But listen… </p><p>There is always a way out of every creepy situation. </p><p>There is always a way out of every heartbreaking experience. </p><p>There is always a way out of every torturing habit. </p><p>Seek the truth and you will find it. </p><p>Oh… how can we get back up?</p><p><strong>Even in silence, the heart learns to stand.</strong></p><p> </p>
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