One if the biggest lessons I've learned recently.
Mujhe yeh yaqeen tha k aapka Rab aapse zyada jaanta hai. Lekin yeh yaqeen sirf alfaaz tuk tha asal imaan us din mazboot hua jab zindagi ne khud mujhe samjhaya. Hum insaan hain. Humein har chamakti cheez sona lagti hai. Jo cheez door se bohat khoobsurat nazar aati hai, zaroori nahi k paas aa kar bhi waisi hi ho. Hum aksar sochte hain ke bas yeh mil jaye, phir sab theek ho jaye ga. Aur phir hum usi cheez ke liye Allah se zid karte rehte hain baghair yeh soche k kya waqai yeh cheez hamare liye behtar bhi hai ya nahi. Meri graduation complete hui. Is se pehle main 5-6 e-commerce startups mein fail ho chuka tha. Na investment bachi thi, na himmat ke phir se kuch shuru kar sakun. Majbooran socha ke ab job hi karni hogi. Din raat jobs ke liye apply karta raha, har namaz mein dua ki na milny par Allah sy gila bhi kia lekin phir bhi har dafa rejection. Ab aisa lagta hai jaise har rejection mujhe keh rahi thi, Aik dafa aur try karlo magar my tang aa chuka tha. Phir aik waqt aaya jab main ne aik insaan ke aagay haath phailaya. Reference ke zariye aik job mil gayi shayad jo main deserve bhi nahi karta tha. Alhamdulillah, salary achi thi. Main ne socha ab sukoon mile ga, ab paison ki tension khatam ho jaye gi, ab zindagi set ho jaye gi. Lekin sirf 3 mahine baad mujhe samajh aa gaya ke jo main soch raha tha, haqeeqat us se bilkul mukhtalif hai. Us din mujhe aik bohat gehra sabq mila. Jo cheez aapko nahi mil rahi, mumkin hai usi mein aapki bhalai ho. Us cheez ke liye zid karna aur na milne par mayoos hokar fila karna iska aapko koi faida nahi. Aur jo cheez aaj aapke paas hai, us par shukar ada karna ibadat hai. Aur jo cheez aapko nahi mili, us par shukar ada karna aur bhi bari ibadat hai. Kyunkay hum sirf apni soch dekhte hain...Aur hamara Rab poori tasveer jaanta hai. Yeh job mujhe bohat kuch sikha rahi hai. Ho sakta hai yeh bhi mere liye aik imtehan ho. Is liye ab na koi gila hai, na koi shikayat, na mayoosi. Bas mehnat, shukar, sabr, aur Allah par poora tawakkul.