A take on work, hope, goal, plans and achievement

[ A pravachan type post from me after a long time, I guess ]

You can only hope and work for it… Work, perhaps not to achieve what you hope, but to make yourself eligible to hope that way.
Your  work shall make you fail at times, the hope might just disappear.
But your work should be to better yourself.. to make mistakes, rectify, learn, share, collaborate, work and hope again.
For hope alone is the way to achieve, and the more eligible you are, fit for the hope, the better your chances to achieve it.
And perhaps, that is success.
My work shall be on, without any plans for the future.. based on the hopes I see today, directing it somewhat towards a better hope. For each opportunity puts up a new hope.. each new hope – a challenge, each challenge – avenues to develop myself.. make myself eligible for it. The hope maturing to a goal, and work taking me nearer to it.

[This is exactly what I have been doing these 5+ years.. and perhaps this is the answer to all those who ask me about my future plans 🙂 ]