Life Without Passion II : Passion and Perseverance

Recently, i wrote something about Passion. The basic premise in my previous blog about passion was that "a life without passion is nothing but just moments without life". The readers of this blog can find it by following this link. "Life Without Passion". 

While reading about Passion, i found a wonderful small article on Passion, written by Rehan Ahmad Yusufi. After reading the article i realized that i missed one very important aspect of following our passions, which was perseverance. The article i am about to share with you explains perseverance in its own way. I found it worthwhile to share it with the readers of my blog.  Happy Reading :)

"The attributes of Allah, “Rahman” (Beneficent)" and “Raheem” (Merciful)" are mentioned together on various occasions in the Quran. It’s a common perception that both these attributes are used to present the same dimension i.e. the mercy, of God and are used together to emphasize on the idea. This idea that both the properties exhibit the mercy of God is true, but there is a minute yet important difference between the two. The word “Rahman” has a factor of passion and expanse more dominant in it while “Raheem” has a dominance of permanency and tenure in its meaning. When combined, both these attributes, excellently represent the absolute mercy of Allah SWT

These attributes of Allah SWT, hold a great lesson for us in them. A pulse of passion for righteousness is not enough and a perseverance and permanence is also required. Be it the matter of helping the religion or that of helping the poor, surely human passion convinces one to start doing something, but with this passion one should also have consistency. Only then can he permanently adopt kindness and good in his life.

The fact is that a person who does good only once due to passion can never compete with someone who is consistent on his good deed, however small that may be." 

Source: Al-Mawrid

Wherever you are, be a source of comfort and joy for the fellow creatures. 

Peace be upon you all

Life without Passion

'Are you bored? Do you feel deprived or frustrated? You must be a person without a Passion'

In our daily lives, there come moments when we feel bored, when the hearts sinks and we feel deprived, desperate and frustrated. All this Borusperation (boredom+frustration+desperation) is inevitable while living in this world. We cannot eliminate such "ailments". However, we can reduce them and that’s why the degree of Borusperation varies among individuals. 

Some among us are actually living every moment of their lives. They are satisfied and happy and love their lives. They have Life in every moment they live !

There are few who are standing on the other side of the shore. They hate their lives and feel depressed and bored quite frequently. These people are also living, but the moments they are living are without life !

Majority of us lie somewhere in the middle of both extremes. We sometimes find ourselves loving our life and sometimes we hate it. Sometimes we are enjoying it and sometimes we are frustrated and bored. These kind of people are just living their lives. 

To the best of my intellectual abilities and thinking, what makes the difference is a 7 letter word called ‘Passion’. It is the presence of a passion in our life, and the degree to which we actually follow it, which determines the amount of life in the moments we live. It is the passion for something which keeps us going, which is the driving force in our life. It is this passion, which makes us love our lives. Some people call it goal, but i disagree with them. In my opinion, everyone of us has some goal in our life. It is the passion associated with that goal, which actually makes it more than just a goal. Secondly, this passion can be for anything, from activities like music to our love for a person, it can be somebody’s passion for music to the passion which Mother Teresa had for the betterment of humanity.

We all know what our passion is, but somehow some of us forget it and some put it behind their backs. For the ones who just put it behind their back, there is only one suggestion. Guys, come on there is something just “behind your back” which can make your life awesome, just take it and LIVE. Create your own world without fear. For the ones who forget it, the trick is to do some soul search. I was recently reading a post on Facebook by a Pakistani journalist named Aamir Khakwani. He mentions a small soul searching technique for this purpose, which goes like this:

"Sit in a quiet room and consider for a moment that you have died and people are writing your gravestone. This is your final destination, the end of your life. Now think, what do you want them to write on that? Whatever you wanted to be in your life, you will choose the same to be written on the gravestone. Keep thinking in the same way, choose 3 writings and then keep thinking over them and finally choose one"

So the simple, yet difficult, recipe for a wonderful charming life, without Borusperation, is in finding our passion and then following it without fear. To be honest, i have not worked on it, but i have got the solution.

Wherever you are, be a source of comfort and joy for the fellow creatures.

Peace be upon you all