Justice = Balance = Happiness = Success

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Quran is not a religious book. It is a book that teaches physics, meta physics, humanitarianism and wisdom. It is not poetry and it can not be cherry picked. I will talk about all the words in the topic 👆 today because all these words are an image of each other. I came across these words through yesterday’s experiences. Like yesterday I read in Quran about justice:-

O you who have believed, be persistently standing firm in justice, witnesses for Allah, even if it be against yourselves or parents and relatives.
- Surah Al Nisa verse 135

After the Quran, in a sitting with a friend, I came across the word Balance. Then another friend quoted the need to be Happy. All these scenarios are in wanting of Success.

Before I move to explaining their equality, let me define the meaning of their imbalance.

A miserable life

1. You are living a miserable life, if you do not have any goal in your life. Find a goal to work on it everyday. Something that brings colors to your day.

2. You are living a miserable life, if you have a goal and you are over doing its pursuit. Your family, profession and health is suffering because you are coding / painting most part of the day.

3. You are living a miserable life, if you are unable to maintain a balance in all areas of importance of your life.

If you are running everyday and your pillars of the day are shaking, your life will collapse sooner than you know. You need to strengthen these pillars that you do not collapse. Misery does not over run you. You do not find yourself lost. It is a red big warning poster hanging right in front of you. Miserable Life = Failure.

Pillars of your day

We all have these three pillars in our day. Each pillar needs our warmth, love and sympathies to stand firm.

1. Family is the first pillar. Wife, kids and parents. They need you around them to watch a movie, cook breakfast, take them to park and do homework with them.

2. Profession is the next pillar. It needs your attention and focus to move ahead. You also need it to live a stable and a happier life.

3. Goal to become the best developer in the world. It is a pillar. It has to exist. Life is incomplete without this pillar.

The balance

All these pillars are equally important. They need a balance. If one pillar is shaking because you are building another pillar, you are living a miserable life. You will not achieve success. You are moving towards failure.

In order to succeed, you need to focus on becoming happy. You need to protect your wife from sadness and misery. She will make you happy everyday with a smile on her face. She will come to the gate in morning while you will be leaving for office. She will stand beside you and fall beside you. She is a pillar. Your kids and your parents are in need of you. Without your presence around them, they are failing.

Profession and your goal of life also carry exactly same weightage. They need your warmth and protection to take you ahead. The momentum to your success is only possible after all these 3 pillars are succeeding because of your contributions.

It is not possible?

May be not possible today. It was not possible for me 2 months back. My life was in shambles. Profession was nose diving. Zakatlists (this website) had no traffic. I and my wife, we were fighting most part of our days. But today, all these pillars are standing firm and I am more happier than I have ever been in my life. Profession is going up. Zakatlists is gaining momentum. My wife and I are watching movies, roaming shops and cooking breakfasts.

My ingredient of making it

My ingredient

I started with 30 Days Challenge of saying 5 prayers with Jammaat. It has moved inside out of me. There is more rhythm and courage. Staying committed to my promises and duties is becoming easier. All these pillars are moving side by side. I am managing to achieve more in less time. My brain is more focused. Health is getting better. Life is becoming happier.

If you are not a muslim, I suggest, you start with some similar challenge for next 30 days. Do it consistently and mark a cross on calendar every day. After 30 days, you will be standing at a different place in your life. It will turn around. All things will make you happier and you will succeed sooner.