Leading A Spiritual Life
English book, p. 181
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Make Yourself a Creative Mind his powers of reasoning, will be able to solve them successfully. The existence of problems in life is no evil. It is rather a blessing in disguise. In actual fact, it is problems that activate our minds. The occurrence of problems always leads to brainstorming; they save us from intellectual stagnation by stimulating intellectual awakening. The fact that problems result in creative thinking is the greatest blessing for all human beings. If you attribute problems to the instrumentality of others, you will become negative in your thinking. On the contrary, if you regard problems as integral to the law of nature, you will tackle them in a cool and calm fashion. Problem-oriented thinking develops a negative mindset. On the other hand, challenge-oriented thinking develops a positive outlook, which is far more precious than gold or diamonds. Make Yourself a Creative Mind Failure in life is not final defeat. Failure means that a man has failed in achieving the first choice, but he stil has the second choice. T he well-known British philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970) says of himself in his autobiography: “When I survey my life, it seems to me to be a useless

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