Tuesday, April 19, 2011

The Other Side of Sanity

From Abu Hurairah, who related that the Prophet PBUH said,

"Believers who are strong (in the eyes) of Allah and are more loved (by Him) than believers who are weak, it being understood that there is goodness (faith) in everyone. So, you should diligently seek to that which benefits you and seek the help of Allah and do not be hesitant or lazy;
And, if you are smitten with something, do not say- if I do such and such, such and such will come about, but say, Allah has written and what has been willed by His Wisdom, He will put into effect;
for the word 'if' opens the door to the persuasions of Satan."

When faith wavers, it's easy to lose hope. Reaffirming my focus gets hard to do. My imagination runs into overdrive, spinning out of control, like a car on wet tarmac. Different circumstances are conjured up in my mind, suffocating me like a thick blanket of smoke. Hope becomes a foreign word, as if it never existed in the first place. The people around me start whispering vile insidious things, plaguing me with doubt. It becomes a very dark and unfriendly environment all too soon. Fights break out. Shouting matches that last for hours on end. The tears that are shed afterwards.
Leave me alone! Do me a favour and shut up while you're at it.
Assuming things isn't going to make things better. Over-analyzing just adds agony to an otherwise mild situation. It's best if we just kept an open mind about it all. I know being optimistic is not exactly one of your more stronger points, but just bear with me. There's nothing wrong with anything. The only thing that's wrong is you, spreading like a dark cloud to ruin a sunny day. I hate that. And I most definitely hate you when you're in "storm cloud mode".
No matter what you say or think or do, you'll be proven wrong in the end. He has never been cruel to me and I dare say that He certainly isn't going to start now. He's always had my back, I was the ungrateful one who turned away. I've realised my mistake and I'm hellbent on not repeating it.
What I want, I will get. All I have to do is ask.

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