Often times, we complain about problems in life. However, if problems did not exist, the challenge and charm of life will be gone. Necessity is the mother of invention: problems show us new pathways, taking us closer to truth
Problems make us more compassionate. They help us mature, and make us more resistant and at the same time create sensitivity in us. For example, if you accumulate wealth and face no problem they you could be rude and unreasonable. Problems make you realize the transient nature of your possessions and bring you closer to a person who has nothing. If we have experienced the pinch of poverty we can easily feel the agony of a hungry soul. In the face of problems we learn to surrender ourselves to a greater reality, thus helping us empty our mind.
When you are facing some problem in your life, in your job, business or family, don’t be negative. Take it as a positive phenomenon. If you turn negative, you cannot avail of the opportunity it presents. But if you are positive, you will try to understand the real message behind the challenge and very soon you will find that the challenge was nothing but a stepping stone in your life to better things.
If life was a bed of roses the mind would not have developed any awareness or sharpness to understand reality. If one does not get an opportunity to deal with complicated and difficult persons in life, several faculties of the mind would not develop and the brain would not grow strong. As such, in our entire life, we are not able to utilize more than a very small part of the brain.
Joy and sorrow are both essential to light the rainbow sky of human life. Our life is as much ennobled by the adversity as it is enriched by joy. If all of us are content and complacent in our prosperity, there would be no progress – material or spiritual success. Growth and spiritual evolution depend upon very special qualities like perseverance, tolerance, endurance and tenacity. It is adversity that helps us develop these ‘spiritual muscles’.
We often despise individuals who create problems in our life. Instead, we should be thankful to them. Indirectly they contribute to our productivity. Keeping them in view we try to be on our toes and enhance our sincerity.
When we struggle, our efforts have a specific direction and objective. The mind concentrates and this enhances the ability of the mind to continue the journey. Let’s have faith that from dirt emerges the beautiful lotus, from the scorching heat comes the shower of relief and from the depth of pain springs joy.
