First thing in the morning, we talked about an Indian colleague who likes to meddle in all the things he observes and thinks he knows better. He might just be only an ordinary guy but for the record he learned a lot through experience from what i have learned for more than a year i have known him. This is not the first time he initiated a very hard situation where he almost had a fist fight with some Filipino contractors and in fact he already have been beaten up by his fellow Indian guy due to a small issue that he himself aggravated last week.
Nowadays, the problem is we think in a way that all things we might have in mind are the only ones that are true and correct and we would want to share it with others but the way we relay it to them will be very critical as to how they will react and accept it. In many cases due to upbringing and influences with factors such as culture, family, friends and formal education, we tend to get excited because maybe we get this feeling that if we correct someone for their mistakes we feel superior over them and we actually react on the matter directly without assessing the situation first. This actions may harm us in a lot of different ways.
Pride and arrogance can also be a main player here since the truth is we all have it somewhere beneath us and denying it will only aggregate and worsen it. Living in a foreign land where a very diverse culture is present, we would want to show other nationalities that we are better than them. I remembered a verse in the Holy Quran and i quote,
The prophet muhammad, peace be upon him, has said: "He who is humble for the sake of Allah by a degree, Allah will elevate him one degree, until he reaches the highest degrees and he who is arrogant toward Allah, Allah will lower him one degree until he reaches the lowest of low degrees" (Sahih Bukhari)
The key to living a happy life is HUMILITY. We all have to eliminate our pride and arrogance thereby looking at anyone as equals, giving the benefit of the doubt that everyone is peaceful in nature. We should not surrender to anger but instead with humility, we have to try understanding each other as well as start talking to everyone in a very polite manner in whatever the mood of the situation may be.
Start with yourself and it will spread so fast like that of a virus outbreak and in no time we will be living in a peaceful earth. Amen.
The prophet muhammad, peace be upon him, has said: "He who is humble for the sake of Allah by a degree, Allah will elevate him one degree, until he reaches the highest degrees and he who is arrogant toward Allah, Allah will lower him one degree until he reaches the lowest of low degrees" (Sahih Bukhari)
The key to living a happy life is HUMILITY. We all have to eliminate our pride and arrogance thereby looking at anyone as equals, giving the benefit of the doubt that everyone is peaceful in nature. We should not surrender to anger but instead with humility, we have to try understanding each other as well as start talking to everyone in a very polite manner in whatever the mood of the situation may be.
Start with yourself and it will spread so fast like that of a virus outbreak and in no time we will be living in a peaceful earth. Amen.
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