I always think what has religion made me?
Religion actually teaches you how to live your life and feel content!
It rather guides you how to react in different circumstances in your lives be it a happy or a sad moment. It gives us stability and courage to accept the ups and downs of life.
There is no religion which teaches us to be violent, over-reactive, abusive, restless,dominating or any such kind of vices.
When I was small I used to watch movies and see the happy go lucky characters and used to enjoy the rosy colours of life. Couple singing and dancing together hand in hand behind trees, or having adventurous ventures round the world. From enjoying the roller coaster rides to skiing on ice and that too without any woollen clothes and all such madness shown. The charachters always looked beautiful and charming even when they became old in the movie with the same oomph and zest for life.
But life has been completely different for me. I have had beautiful moments but at the same time difficult ones too away from what illusions the movies or the fairy tales gave me. I have been very fortunate by Allah that he has bestowed upon me great loving parents. My religion has taught me to be thankful for each soothing breath which I have thus making me realise that others are not even as fortunate as myself. I look around and I feel for and think about those people who don't even have those blessings of life which I have thus making me realise how lucky and blessed I am.
I feel sad when I think I am married so far away from my parents but then when i think about the people who have lost their parents, I THANK ALLAH!
I feel sad when I think that I have just one child, a son but when i look at those people who are childless, I THANK ALLAH!
I feel sad when I think that perhaps i am not so fit and healthy like my other friends but when I look around and see the lame, blind, dumb, people suffering from chronic disease, I THANK ALLAH!
I sometimes ponder as to why we human always regret for things which we dont have and why we do not count our blessings. I then thank Allah for each and every good thing happened to me. He gave me loving parents, he made me a sane person, he gave me a wonderful husband, he gave me good food to eat, good clothes to wear, good house to stay in. All my senses are working, all my vital organs are intact. When I think about all such things I just simply utter " Allah humma lakal hamdo wa laka shukr" Which means All praise is for Allah and I thank Allah for his blessings on me.
Knowing more of Islam has made me a more thankful and content person. I try not to get agitated on difficult situation and try to believe that every good or bad thing has to go away and neither of the two stays for long...
I try to do good simple deeds just like helping the needy and restrain myself in getting into any kind of quarrel keeping in mind that InshAllah I will be rewarded for all such in the hereafter. Human being are greedy and they love to get rewards or compensation. Even religion tells the people that they will get reward for good deed and punishment for bad ones thereby motivating people to follow the true path and helping people around us and at the same time it warns us against cruelty, hypocrisy and going astray.
I Thank Allah when any of my wish is granted and if any of my wish is left unanswered I believe that I will surely get it in a better form in the hereafter, InshaAllah! This thought escalates me and sooth away all my grief.
The more I follow my religion, the more stable I become.....
