Should the Hopeless be Allowed to Remain Hopelessly Hopeless?

Should the Hopeless be Allowed to Remain Hopelessly Hopeless? 

Preamble:

People are in various conditions and circumstances situations in life. Some are full of hopes and vibrant in the pursuit of their set goals, while some have lost hope and remain hopelessly hopeless.

The big question to be answered is “should such people be allowed to remain in their hopelessness or something should be done to assist them regain hope in life?”

Journey along with me in this discourse and you will be able to see what is expected of us professionals.

What is your understanding and opinion is hope?

Hope: Is defined as;

1.     A desire of some good accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it.

2.     A belief that something is obtainable.

3.     An expectation of something desirable.

4.     Confidence.

5.     Pleasing expectancy.

6.     Specific instance of xxxxx hopeful.

7.     General feelings that desires will be fulfilled.

Hopelessness: Is defined as;

1.     Destitute of hopes.

2.     Having no expectation of good.

3.     Despairing.

4.     Having no ground of hope or for hope.

5.     No possibility of hope, comfort or success.

6.     Despair felt when hope of comfort or success is abandoned.

7.     Not qualified or suited for a purpose.

8.     Hopeless incompetent person.

Hopelessness is a state demonstrated by some people at any particular time because of the loss or lack of expectation of good. People thus become hopelessly hopeless and require that professionals work upon them to:-

a.     Rekindle hope in them.

b.     Regain hopefulness in life.

c.      Take them away from desperation or despair.

d.     Assist them to get the needed comfort and fulfillment and success no matter how little.

Professional Mandate: Our professional mandate as chaplains demands:-

a.     Helping people in hopeless situation to regain hope.

b.     Rekindle hope in them.

c.      Fertilizing the ground or preparing ground for hopes or expectation of good.

d.     Equipping people to be competent enough in the discharge of their duties as incompetence erodes very fast confidence; lack of confidence leads to hopelessness.

Practicing professional chaplains by their trainings are expected to be able to offer needed assistance to people in hopeless situations; they should therefore not be allowed to remain in the state of hopelessness.

Professional Efforts: Our professional efforts and duties as chaplains are as follows:-

1.     Ensuring that hopeless individuals are gainfully engaged or has something doing on daily basis.

2.     Ensuring that they engage in works or jobs they are competent in doing, for incompetence leads to frustration, lack of confidence and desperation.

3.     Ensuring that they are thoroughly instructed on proper financial management; it is financial suicide for one to give away his/her life savings to people and relations before death without considering any investment, for a yielding business today or lucrative jobs today may not yield anything in the nearest future.

4.     Professionals must learn to take hopeless people on the path of success as success is a journey.

5.     Professionals must learn to rekindle hope in the hopeless, ensuring the expectancy of good comes.

6.     Chaplains must learn to give them good direction to the Almighty God who has the power to bring about good things, satisfaction and fulfillment in life.

7.     Chaplains must learn to prepare a ground for the hopeless for expectation of good things.

8.     People who are pleasure seekers will always fall into hopelessness, professional chaplains must therefore be tactful and skillful enough in taking such people away from seeking meaningless pleasure as comfort, satisfaction and fulfillment are more profitable.

9.     There is dignity in labour, and the Almighty who made all people to labour can never make a mistake; as such professional chaplains must learn to discourage parasitic living, idleness and tendencies as they both lead frustration and hopelessness.

10.                        Chaplains must learn to teach people how to be pessimistic in life and to hope for good in life with right attitude.

Key into the provision of APCIN and get trained to offer profitable and beneficial services to humanity.

Chap. Prof. Mike-Jacobs

Professional Counselor, Clinical Spirituotherapist and

Certified Chaplaincy Educator in Private Practice