BELIEF OR AN EXCUSE????
There was a random thought from past few weeks in my mind.
There are times when we strive hard yet we fail. Not always we taste the sweetness of victory. At that time,when we feel a little low, just to console ourselves or to get over the incident we say :
""Everything happens for good.One should have that unshakable belief in the almighty power.Everything is normal and we gained experience""
Is it really a belief in ALLAH (SWT) or an excuse we give to ourselves ?
BELIEF : A belief that there is goodness in disguise, we cannot see it now but one day we will surely realize it.Today we may be blind and complain it that we lost or failed but tomorrow will be ours and thus one should not repent on the failure.We strongly believe that ALLAH (SWT) never make mistakes (nauzbillah) and whatever He has decided is for our own benefit.
Or
EXCUSE : are we keeping ourselves in darkness by giving excuses because may be we have realized that we don't deserve that dream we desired for ? An excuse by saying that destiny prevails and something better is thought for us and we move on.I wonder is it so easy to convince oneself ? sometimes in fact many times "YES" it is easy because giving "excuses" has become our habit. Even from the childhood we give excuses to our teachers for late work or not doing homework, we give excuses to our parents when we don't wanna go to school or score low marks and now we give excuse to ourselves when we fail to accomplish our goals.
I know both the term depicts some reality within them when i say "leave the past in the past and move on towards the future" all because we focus more on the negative side at this time but Is it really a belief or an excuse ?
There are times when we strive hard yet we fail. Not always we taste the sweetness of victory. At that time,when we feel a little low, just to console ourselves or to get over the incident we say :
""Everything happens for good.One should have that unshakable belief in the almighty power.Everything is normal and we gained experience""
Is it really a belief in ALLAH (SWT) or an excuse we give to ourselves ?
BELIEF : A belief that there is goodness in disguise, we cannot see it now but one day we will surely realize it.Today we may be blind and complain it that we lost or failed but tomorrow will be ours and thus one should not repent on the failure.We strongly believe that ALLAH (SWT) never make mistakes (nauzbillah) and whatever He has decided is for our own benefit.
Or
EXCUSE : are we keeping ourselves in darkness by giving excuses because may be we have realized that we don't deserve that dream we desired for ? An excuse by saying that destiny prevails and something better is thought for us and we move on.I wonder is it so easy to convince oneself ? sometimes in fact many times "YES" it is easy because giving "excuses" has become our habit. Even from the childhood we give excuses to our teachers for late work or not doing homework, we give excuses to our parents when we don't wanna go to school or score low marks and now we give excuse to ourselves when we fail to accomplish our goals.
I know both the term depicts some reality within them when i say "leave the past in the past and move on towards the future" all because we focus more on the negative side at this time but Is it really a belief or an excuse ?
Enigma!
ReplyDeleteBut, the answer to this question can be found. And it can be found within you. Introspection is needed. Are we true to ourselves?
You give your best (act according to The Way Of Life) and be true to yourself and even then you face failure that is, ofcourse, apparent. In this situation, it is belief that comes to your rescue.
On the other hand, you don't do that which is to be done to achieve your goals and lie to yourself that you are giving your 100% and then on the inevitable failure, if you say "whatever happens, happens for good", then it's an excuse.
Besides ALLAH ta'ala, the only person who knows whether he/she dwells in belief or in excuses is him/her!
All this confusion and puzzle can be solved by answering the seemingly simple question, "are we true to ourselves?".
This is what I feel.....ALLAH ta'ala knows best! :)
hey enigma is what a doc friend of mine calls me.. :)
ReplyDeleteyeah i agree to what u have said.. completely :) the answers lie in us.. we fail to find it and bring on excuses.. lame ones!
but we should also agree to the situations when we think we have done our best still sometimes thing wont work on the positive way! then thats the time we can say " Allah ki maslehat allah hi behtar jaane" subhan allah... all praise are for him :)
:)
ReplyDeleteIndeed, all praises are for Him! :)