Spirit of Islam · ACCEPTANCE OF REALITY

ACCEPTANCE OF REALITY

Spirit of Islam, Apr 2017, p. 30

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.

ACCEPTANCE OF REALITY For a Stress Free Life ACCEPT reality, and you are bound to enjoy a life that is stress and tension free. What is stress and tension? Stress is a feeling of excessive demands being made on one’s physical and mental energy and tension is a feeling of mental strain. Why are people afflicted by these ills? Perhaps, in most cases, it is because they want to live their lives according to their own way of thinking, without taking into account the existence of the external world. Its demands must necessarily be met, otherwise you will fall prey to that form of negativity, which is generally referred to as stress. The fact is that our life is like a cogwheel. A cogwheel is a toothed wheel that engages with another toothed wheel in order to change the speed or direction of a moving mechanism. Life runs with the help of two wheels: one is ours and the other is nature's. Your cog is weak, while nature’s cog is strong. The latter has a speed of its own and you have to adjust to its pace. If you try to run your cog at a pace faster than that of nature, your cog will crack and disintegrate, while nature’s will remain intact. It is this difference that inevitably creates stress. People try to run their cog according to their own will, and thus nature does not help them. As nature’s cog is stronger and man’s cog weaker, it is always man who suffers. If you plan your life as you ought, you need not suffer stress. Right planning is realistic planning. First of all, you have to make an objective estimate of your strength and then attempt to adjust to the laws of nature. Rather than place yourself in confrontation with these laws, you should fall in line with them, and in this way, you will certainly be able to lead a stress-free life. For example, if you get a job in a multinational organization, you will naturally not want the hire and fire rule to be applicable to you. But, to encourage a desire of this kind is unrealistic. It will lead to unpleasant complications, as this is the procedure generally followed in such companies. If you want to have a stress-free life, you have only two If you plan your life as you ought, you need not suffer stress. Right planning is realistic planning.

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