When he saw the faces of men that had hope in their journey to California, but were now distraught with fear as they gazed upon the poor souls who had been mining everyday for months, he did not lose hope. Hope was too important to him, it was the only reason he woke up every morning. It was the only reason he worked until his back ached and he was drained of energy but he kept working. Hope was the only reason that he believed he could succeed in this landscape of crushed dreams. So George worked everyday in order to sustain his hope. He worked tirelessly for hours at a time. “You don’t really think that people like us are ever gonna get lucky enough to strike it rich do you?” That’s what he had been told by another miner after yet another day of hard work. “No matter what,” he said to himself on a rainy day, “I will make it through. I will make it through.” Even despite this, it came as no surprise when he eventually resigned himself to walk through the streets with his head hung and hardly a single spark of hope in his heart. No one survived the landscape of despair that he had taken refuge in. However, even though he couldn’t see it, there was still hope left for
When he saw the faces of men that had hope in their journey to California, but were now distraught with fear as they gazed upon the poor souls who had been mining everyday for months, he did not lose hope. Hope was too important to him, it was the only reason he woke up every morning. It was the only reason he worked until his back ached and he was drained of energy but he kept working. Hope was the only reason that he believed he could succeed in this landscape of crushed dreams. So George worked everyday in order to sustain his hope. He worked tirelessly for hours at a time. “You don’t really think that people like us are ever gonna get lucky enough to strike it rich do you?” That’s what he had been told by another miner after yet another day of hard work. “No matter what,” he said to himself on a rainy day, “I will make it through. I will make it through.” Even despite this, it came as no surprise when he eventually resigned himself to walk through the streets with his head hung and hardly a single spark of hope in his heart. No one survived the landscape of despair that he had taken refuge in. However, even though he couldn’t see it, there was still hope left for