hope

Although the blurb of “company of liars” seems a little boring like one of the many books you see in bookstores, however after reading the first few pages I seemed to get drawn into the story. The novel is a simple one; nothing complicated let alone magical but the author uses tales of the old passed down from generations to weave a story that somehow gets a hold on you, beckoning one to continue reading to the end. Hope is what we hold on to in times of trouble and when all else fails all we can do is hope that a miracle with happen.

I will need to make a journey to the town and get myself more books, sit alone in a café at the airport and time practically passes without me noticing. Somehow the new terminal three beckons me with the coffee connoisseur establishing its presence there, and yet that alone is never the sole reason I grace the new terminal for whenever I read at the airport I somehow walk pass the coffee bean and tea leaf expecting to chance upon what that has yet to be chanced upon.

But how much hope is needed for one to continue holding on before fully letting go, for when there is hope no matter how little it makes us endure and persevere. But then hope can only last for as long as the heart and mind is determined for as time trickle and flows hope diminishes. Through the years I have always learnt to expect the unexpected but hope gives us strength somehow, and when what we had hoped for doesn’t come the bitter ending is always something we must be prepared for.