Vitamins for the Mind 24
Come Easy, Go Easy....
“Never should anyone of you think that du`aa’ (supplication) for sustenance without work will avail him, for heaven never rains gold nor silver”- Caliph Umar (RA)
It's kind of funny to keep watching people who want things to come easy to them in life...
Many other people know of this tendency among human beings, so they keep selling them diet pills that let them eat whatever they want without exercises..
Funny business schemes that will make them rich with no effort...
How to raise superb kids with zero parental supervision...
University "degrees" that require no study at all, and many other "easy" fixes to their problems, easy fulfillment of their desires...
But over and over again these people who want the easy ways out are disappointed, for what they hoped and expected would help them simply has left them still with their problems....
When something comes easy, you usually let it go the same way....
Don't get me wrong here, saying 'nothing good comes easy' does not mean life MUST be difficult before being successful...
It means in this context that we MUST all strive, toil and work hard to achieve anything worthwhile...
You don't get lucky by being lazy...
Luck and lazy are never related; Luck is exclusively reserved for those who strive...
As we say in pidgin 'fine soup,na money make am...'
All the great and mighty Prophets and Messengers of God toiled, strived and worked..
Who are you to think things will come your way easy?
Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a task that demanded our best....
Nothing good or worthwhile ever come easy...
Saying that "nothing comes easy" isn't at all defeatist or cynical....
It's a fact that's been proved over and over in life..
Major scientific breakthroughs come after years and years of research and hard work...
Financial stability (Real wealth, not 419, stolen or looted funds)comes after years of sacrifice and effort...
Great books or articles are made with the most effort, practice, planning and preparation...
Even politicians that we often see as 'lay abouts'; the good and influential ones toil to get to where they are...
History is full of examples of great successes and great results after a lot of effort and time...
There are, of course, the exceptions...
Those people who have found success almost immediately, with almost no work involved...
But they truly are the exceptions rather than the rule. And that type of success rarely is lasting, either...
One who studies whole-heartedly becomes a scholar...
A farmer who ploughs the farm, sows seeds in it and waters them, is soon rewarded with crops...
On the other hand, whoever is lazy and indolent and does not do any work, is faced with woes and worries...
Indolence and irresponsibility results in poverty and grief..
When we remind ourselves that nothing truly worthwhile comes easy, we can face our obstacles and problems with more equanimity...
We can be much more calm in the face of setbacks...
When we know that it's going to take time and work to reach a goal, we're much more likely to accept delays as necessary elements of the process...
We're much more likely to see obstacles as learning opportunities rather than back-breakers...
"By him in whose hand is my soul, if one of you were to carry a bundle of firewood on his back and sell it, that would be better for him than begging a man who may or may not give him anything.."- Muhammad (SAW)
And in the end,success comes ONLY from The Creator of All that Exist... And HE Knows best....
...Indeed, WE have certainly created mankind into hardship/toil.....
-HGF
21/7/17
