To: JPR who wrote (11420 ) 11/20/2000 5:47:11 PM From: JPR Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 12475 Hope and despair. Feel Good Ol' chap - JPR There is Fear of enjoying life By Zia-ul-Islamdawn.com I am waiting for 50 years plus, looking for hope and luck. Didn't see any. A prosperous pakistan is a blessing for South Asia and the world. Will it ever happen? it is not in the cards / stars.-JPR Pipe Dream-----From Iran to India via Pakistan; It is all gas --JPR Excerpt …….. no reason why a turn of events may not bring better luck for Pakistan. All that columnists and writers need to do is to add a little hope and optimism in the pieces they write. Because, there is always hope. Because, it is a sin to become hopeless. And do they need a reason for being hopeful? There are hundreds of them.Silicon Valley paki millionaires are spending money on the local and presidential elections. Did you consider that stuff is stocked up to the ceiling because there are no buyers?-JPR Excerpt Pakistanis are, even today, excelling in their professions and businesses all over the world. In the Silicon Valley alone, over 400 Pakistanis are millionaires. Even small shops in remote areas from Cicho-ki-Malian to Chacho are stocked to the ceiling, and not only with essentials but even with imported perfumes!No country advanced on LUCK. But you may be right. Some Middle East countries got lucky because they are sitting on oil. How many lucky ones are there? Start a National Lottery, if you want to depend on luck. Even then, there may be some rich paki who will print a ticket with lucky numbers on it after the lucky draw. Faith and Hope are sustaining the poor decent people , but don't pay the bills---JPR Excerpt Things may be bad, but things will change, sooner or later. Let us have faith. The masses have enough Faith. No one has the power to predict what is going to happen in the next year, two years or ten years. There is no reason why a turn of events may not bring better luck for Pakistan.