Heartbroken, depressed, stressed, anxious, frustrated, worried; these are the emotional states that at one point or another we have all experienced in our lives, or may be are still experiencing and will definitely have to deal with in the future as these are inevitable for us as long as we don’t part ways with our lives. The severity and intensity of such a feeling varies from time to time and situation to situation. Sometimes the blow is huge and the pain caused by such a feeling is constant and it just completely refuses to leave you. It can be devastating, unbearable and can leave you completely shattered. You don’t know where to go, where to run, how to run away from yourself, how to escape this state which is causing you constant and intense pain. Other times the blow is comparatively lighter and causes pangs of pain every now and then. One moment it goes away. Next moment it comes back. The intensity of pain keeps fluctuating. Sometimes the pain and suffering simply refuse to leave you for what seems like eternity. Other times it fades away after striking few blows. But with the passage of time you gradually become immune to that particular pain. The intensity that you felt at the first blow was definitely greater than the current intensity. This means that the intensity of pain declines. Sometimes the rate of decline is so negligible that we don’t even realize that it’s declining. But it always declines. It’s bound to decline and eventually disappear. This is the rule of this universe. Nothing lasts forever; let it be happiness or grief.
یہ ممکن نہی کے شب الم کی سحر نہ ہو
'وہ کہتا ہے 'ان مع العسر یسرا
(Translation: It's not possible that the night of grief is not followed by the dawn
He says, 'Verily, after every hardship comes ease')
Suffering is the inevitable reality of life and there is no
escape from it. But only if you can learn to embrace it you shall be able to go
through such periods of difficulty with much ease. Now the question is, how can
I do that? How can I possibly embrace such negative feelings?
The secret lies in the recognition of two facts:
1) This life is not perfect and
thus suffering is a part of it. It's inevitable.
God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches you by means of opposites, so that you will have two wings to fly. Not one.
~Rumi
2) Allah has the best plan for
you
Every experience Allah gives you, every person He
puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future only He can see.
~Dr Bilal Philips
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