The Wisdom of Life

In this life often, you face experiences when a person abuses you, troubles you, provokes you. In that case you have two ways of responding to them. One is the way of ‘tit for tat’. Just as you have been troubled, you do the same to the other person. You also abuse him, trouble him or harm him. You are provoked to another’s provocation. The one who responds in this manner develops a negative personality in him. On the contrary, another person is the one who responded in a positive manner to negative behaviour: the one who was abused by others but himself did not abuse anyone. Others tormented him but he did not torment others. The one who was harmed, but did not harm others. These are the characteristics of a truly enlightened and wise person, one who has learned well from nature. What would you choose from these three: money, health or peace? The first choice is health. By birth, man is a weak creature. He cannot tolerate even a minor disturbance to his health. A person who does not enjoy good health cannot do anything properly. It is therefore rightly said, ‘Health is wealth’. One who has good health, can accomplish all tasks in life. According to a hadith, the Prophet said: Ask God for pardon and health, for verily, none has been given anything better than health after faith. (Sunan alTirmidhi, hadith no. 3558) According to another hadith, the Prophet is said to have remarked; And in God’s eyes praying for good health is dearer to praying for anything else. (Sunan al-Tirmidhi, hadith no.