Balance in Life

Scale by Markus Spiske

My life is a roller coaster these days. Sitting at the front. One moment it is going up on its rails, slow, smooth and calm. Other moment, it is falling down, fast, harsh and rushed. Continuous attacks on my blogs and Meetup is being fortified and defended with true spirit and love. And to be honest, I can see love, Winning.

Today’s blog is broken down into two parts.

1. What is Balance and how you can achieve it

2. Why it is difficult even if you are going right

1. What is balance and How you can achieve it

Sunset by Alfaz Sayed

Definition

Balance is a smile on your face. In office, at home, on the jogging track and looking at your wife. While you can smile with an honest heart encountering all spheres of your life, you should tell yourself, you have achieved the perfect balance.

How you achieve it?

This is the toughest job in the world. To smile. To find the positives in a chaos. That your world seems falling apart, and you, sitting there on your couch, are eating pop corns. You are watching the world like it is a movie.

Define a purpose of your life.

Commit yourself to strive for that specific purpose. Make a drawing, hang it beside your bed, look at it every morning.

It will not take you apart from your responsibilities. It will not create an imbalance in your life. It will not impact your Job. It will not impact your health.

It will make you love your wife, profession, hobby and the morning walks. You will find it the source of your energy to push forward and succeed in all areas of your life.

No purpose ?

Without purpose, you are nothing but flesh and bones. You are moving in your life, heads down, eyes closed, brain shut. You do not walk with pride. You lack confidence. You fail in consistency and you fall more often.

Identify your purpose right now. Tomorrow you will see your life getting back on the track. Day after tomorrow your job will turn out to be your best source of income. Your friends will turn out the best source of inspirations. Your family will turn out the best source of love. Your life will become, Just Beautiful.

Purpose can not be, get a good rank, find a better home, buy the expensive car. It is not your goal. It is your blurred thoughts of wanting More. The purpose has to be linked with the good side of your heart. It has to reflect the Right of your life. It has to spread love, happiness, light and energy. You can build a school for poor, you can build an empire for broken, you can build a system for your next generations, you can defeat evil in all its might. You can take your purpose out of your Prophet’s life.

Lesson from life of Prophet (PBUH)

Prophet (PBUH) achieved the perfect balance. He was content, while he was being stoned at Taif. He was smiling, while he was migrating with Abu Bakr to Madina. He was sober, while he was leading 313 to Badr with 8 swords against 700 swords, 2 horses against 300 horses and 313 soldiers with broken sticks and beautiful hearts against 1000 Quraysh. He was happy when he sat with Khadija. He was calm when he visited Fatima. He had achieved the perfect balance.

His life was falling apart, for his enemies and closed ones, every minute of his life. No one had predicted a conquered Mecca in 21 years. No one had predicted a peaceful Madina in 13 years. No one had predicted he was going to win, while he lacked education.

The life of Prophet (PBUH) was purely on the right path. His friends were happy with him. He was giving due time to his responsibilities, state affairs, purpose and Quran. He was living a sober life.

2. Why it is difficult even if you are going right?

Walk by Islam Hassan

It is smile on your face, but inside it is battle. Admit it, the life of a successful person is not easily achieved. It wants hard ways on your curvy road to success. It is difficult.

It is not difficult, because you need to put in more amount of work. You compromise on few areas of your life. You lose at your responsibilities. It is difficult, because people put barriers in your path. You speak truth consistently for 2 days, your closed ones will start finding it irritated. You find a good hobby, people of no-hobby, will start labelling it abnormal, stupid and useless.

In the chaos, roads blocked, path to light barricaded, people throwing stones at you, you need to hold tight to your purpose. In the chaos, the only rope that will lead you out of the battle is the purpose. Make it amplified. Attractive. A beautiful picture of your dream.

Without the chaos, the barricades, the blocks, the fire on your way, you can not love the success. Allah wants you to taste the best fruits when you reach your destination. He wants you to love your stage, when you are standing in front of a crowd, walking like a leader, dancing the emotions and jumping the pride. When you are creating, designing and sketching the leaders of your own kind. That day, Allah wants you, you love your success. Today, Allah wants you to look at your purpose. Yesterday, He wanted you to “Define” your purpose.

Conclusion

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I just want to assure my loved ones, friends, and readers, if you find my blogs abnormal, stupid, and weird. Speak it out. Tell me how much you hate them. Try to make me feel like a speck in the dirt. Drag me down. Make me realise I am a patient of mental health. Label me with the baddest words.

This will only tell me, “I am going in the right direction”. Because all good things come with fight, love and a calm heart. All good things come with a blind faith in Prophet’s Sunnah and Quran.