This semester,
I am taking religions of East Asia course too!
So many religions class, right?
But I feel like I am enjoying it.
"Attachment is the root of suffering."
It's a quote from The Buddha,
yet I can relate that so well with life
and in Islamic point of view too.
Remember,
we learn that we cannot worship anything else but Allah?
Well, it's true because if you love anything more than you love Allah,
if you spend more time on other things that worshiping Allah,
you'll be suffering.
For example,
if you work so hard to gain money,
you will be satisfied because you'll be richer
and yet you're suffering inside,
because you constantly want to be richer than you're now.
If one day, your business didn't go well,
you'll be stressful,
you'll just constantly feel the pain.
It goes to the idea of grief too.
In Islam,
when you lost someone you terribly love,
you're not allowed to mourn and grief about it.
You are not allowed to cry when you want to kiss the jenazah.
You have to accept that
everyone belongs to Allah, and to Him we all shall return.
With this understanding,
you will not attach yourself to anyone,
or anything.
Every happiness is a gift from Allah.
every pain is a test from Allah.
Be thankful for everything you have now :)
I am writing this post because I feel like,
I am attaching myself so much on my education;
I feel like I study because I want to graduate.
If my result's bad,
I will feel sad because it doesn't reflect my efforts.
I am attaching myself to people I love too.
Because sometimes I cry when I think of
one day, I am gonna lose them.
But this shouldn't be the case.
I am reminding myself.
I have to put effort to do well in my education,
but before that, I have to correct my intention, my niat.
Allah will help me, easing my journey.
He has written my fate and destiny,
I can put effort to change it,
but everything that comes from Him
is good and is for good reason.
We should put trust in him.
Someone you love might return to Him one day.
If you miss the person, send him/her doa,
so he/she will be placed in the heaven :)
Someone you love might betray you for someone else.
I know how painful it can be,
because it's hard to forget someone that gave you so much to remember,
but it can be healed.
You might miss him/her at times,
but do not let the feeling control you.
Because the feeling can be very overwhelming.
Never let your emotions overpower your intelligence.
You just have to be patient.
Remember that Allah has better things for you.
You're not the unfortunate one,
he/she who betrays is.
Chin up, folks.
The scars will heal.
It just takes (longer) time.
xo,
Aliah
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