FROM MAULANA’S DESK

Gloomy situations can be overcome only through faith in God. We can change our situation by way of rethinking, re-planning and rediscovering lost lessons. If yesterday was a dark day, why will the next day not be full of light? We need to have this conviction and pray to God. In my native village, I used to go out in the morning towards the river. This was my daily habit—I used to witness the scene of sunrise every morning. Perhaps the Creator desired that I understand the truth that the world is moving from darkness towards light. My advice to all of you is—do not fear the darkness of night, but focus your eyes on daylight. Remove the word ‘hopelessness’ from your dictionary. Do not think that the Lord has forgotten His people, His creation. Re-plan your life. Stop using negative, despairing words and think with hope; not with hopelessness, then God will certainly turn His attention to you. No mother is ever angry with her child. No father is ever angry with his child. The same is true of the Creator who has created us. He will never forget us. We only need to model our lives all over again. We need to develop positive thinking. We need to find out where we went wrong. If our life has been derailed from the track, we must come back on track. We must make every mental effort to return to the straight path. We need to stop thinking in a despairing way and begin to think again with hope. I have always experienced that when I made living with hope my goal, in strange ways, paths were opened up for me. It seemed that the sun which was hidden in shade had come back again in full view. We must forget that we faced darkness yesterday and focus on the light that the sunrise will bring the next day. o Maulana Wahiduddin Khan editor@thespiritofislam.org Follow Maulana at http://www.speakingtree.in (The Times of India) Do not fear the darkness of night, but focus your eyes on daylight. Remove the word ‘hopelessness’ from your dictionary. Do not think that the Lord has forgotten His people, His creation.