Let’s Love Ourselves First

We can get so caught up in trying to fix other people's problems, that
we forget to fix ourselves. We can spend all our time helping family
members, running around, "sacrificing", while our own souls are weary,
discouraged and approaching despair. We can champion important causes,
or do vital work in our jobs, while we cover up or ignore wounds from
our past, until we cannot even look at ourselves with respect or love.
I suppose we all have ourcoping mechanisms. For me, it's martial arts.
When I'm troubled or unhappy, I tend to immerse myself in my martial
arts practice. It occupies my mind, allowsme to forget my problems,
and wears out my body so I can sleep.
Others may plunge themselves into their work, or distract themselves
with books, music or television, or busy themselves with other
people's problems. But you can only keep this up for so long. If you
don't face what's going on internally, the darkness will eventually
spread and blot everything else out.
We have to come to terms with ourselves, or happiness will elude us forever.
How can we love and cherish others if we do not love ourselves? How
can we extend ourselves to create something good in the world, if what
we have inside is not sound and peaceful? How can we raise happy
children if we are not happy? Children are very perceptive; if you are
troubled and hurt inside, they will pick up on that, and it will
affect them. If you really want to love your children properly, you
need to make peace with your own soul.
Sometimes there are so many distractions in our lives, so much
external noise, that we can't hear our own hearts anymore.We need to
quiet our minds and get back in touch with our fitrah, that pure
nature given tous by Allah. We need to ask Allah's forgiveness, then
forgive ourselves, sothat we can get rid of thebaggage of shame. Only
then can we then forgiveothers, and let go of anger or resentment.
We must listen to our intuition, and hear our hearts speaking, and
open ourselves to the clear light of Allah's huda (guidance).

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And Allah Knows the Best!

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M NajimudeeN Bsc- INDIA

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