Pain nourishes courage.
You can't be brave
if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.
You can't be brave
if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.
~ Mary Tyler Moore
So true! Suffering often breeds compassion. A principle of exercise shows that muscle fibers are actually torn during exercise and rebuild- there-after, they are larger and stronger. A man's hands are strengthened by work. A woman's heart learns to endure because of the trials she faces.
No matter who they are- from the richest to the poorest all people suffer at times. We can wallow in self-pity and give up or we can get up and move on in the face of adversity and try to make a difference. However, I believe this takes something outside ourselves to do, for after a while life can snuff the fire right out of us and we end up worn and confused. Bad finances, poor health and dysfunctional relationships can really wear you down. I believe that's when people get desperate and do things they would never do otherwise. Commit theft, adultery or even murder. To feel helpless & hopeless is the worst way to live!
I am learning more and more the importance of making good choices. I find that reaching out to others in their suffering helps me forget my own. It is the best pain reliever.
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If we want to listen the original sufi songs then you can check www.coolgoose.com. Just register yourself and search/browse sufi and other forms of music there.
As far as sufi rock is concerned, you can search songs of Pakistani Band JUNOON or Indian Band KAILASA.
Kailasa album can be heard or downloaded at http://www.okesite.com/music/Kailash_Kher_-_Kailasa.php
Have a nice time.
Btw I am not leaving blogging.. what made you think that? Just asking you out of curiosity
to get up and move on is very difficuly .. very difficult .. and it depends what are u getting up from .. see not everyone fall the same .. so it depends how hard it is to get up ..
Brain, Thank you for sharing your journey & poetry with us. You are certainly welcome to write something for me & my family. Blogging is a good way to get in touch with yourself. It gives a platform from which to fly. I am a restless spirit and I have found it to be most rewarding. A very good outlet. :o)
Raheel, Thank you SO much for the information on the Sufi music. I will most certainly look into it. When you said that many blogs are the same boring and stupid things, I thought maybe you were getting discouraged and wanted to shut your blog down. Silly me!! :o) Glad this is not true as I enjoy reading your thoughts.
Nabeel, Thank for sharing your thoughts. You are true to say that some of us fall harder than others. God is merciful to give us strength to rise from the ashes. May your day be blessed!
thank you Trialady .. may your day be blessed too .. God bless mate !
Very true. I have a little Peanuts comic strip in my wallet in which Snoopy types: "Like all great writers, I've known suffering." :)
Aiman, truly if you see a person who has had a somewhat easy life- lots of money, not having to work for anything, parents who spoil them, college paid for in cash, etc. Those who have not tasted much adversity often have little depth or empathy for the plight of others.
For example, Marie Antoinette was a pampered socialite. The common people of France were starving and her reaction? "Let them eat cake!" Easy for her to say, it was not her children dying in musty hovels. The people were so angered by this statement that eventually when they got their hands on her she was beheaded. (I certainly don't advocate that murder, but it just goes to show that suffering has a purpose.) How different was Queen Esther who put her own life on the line in order to help her people.
When we witness suffering it is an invitation to reach out and help. Sometimes this means sacrificing something we really want in order to do so, but it's always worth it in the end. :o)
Very well put, sister. Mary Antoinette was the one who said: "If they don't have bread, why don't they have cakes." H'mmm...it reminds of the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina. It was along the lines of Mary Antoinette I think. I wrote a poem on this recently. If we don't stop to walk with the multitude, we will never know the human race.
Hello Aiman, Fortunately many people stepped in and did what their government did not. So many friends of mine went down there in the mud and stench to assist and deliver donated goods from those of us who couldn't go. Tragedy brings out the best and worst in people. I was very touched by the spirit of all the countless volunteers who helped after Katrina- even though there wasn't sufficient aid from the government.
Pain feels good only after its over. Then we breath a sigh of relief, and say, "I'm glad it all happened." Suddenly we realize that God was good for bringing the pain. Then we are happy and content. Like Jeremiah said, "Its good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth. He sits alone and keeps quiet, because he has born trouble upon himself. Then he can put his mouth in the dirt or give his cheek to those who want to hurt him, if that's what it takes to get through to them."
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