One of the common complaints we hear from the people surrounding us are problems they are facing. Every day and everywhere there is a problem. Many times we find it hard to stay happy. When one problem is solved, another one comes up. People have economical problem, work problems, relationship problems, family problems, health problems and the list goes on. And we tempt to think that people who are happy and successful are having fewer problems than us. Looking at the successful people we say, look, they don't have much problem.
They have money they needed, they have job they love, they have good friends, they have obedient kids, they have the successful business, they have loving family etc. Everything goes well with them. That is why they are happy and successful. But the reality is that the more successful you are, the more problems you have to face. More success means more challenges they have to face; more success means more risk they have to take. The number of problems they are facing makes them more successful.
No wonder, you would be happy, if everything goes well with you. Young and old, rich and poor, successful and unsuccessful, educated and uneducated, all have problems. The difference is the levels of their problems vary from each other. Rich and successful have big problems. Poor and unsuccessful have small problems. Still they all have problems which they can face. Successful people are successful just because they are ready to face challenges larger than normal people.
Poor are poor just because they are not ready to face challenges and problems which rich people are ready to face. That is the difference. Winning the US elections make Barack Obama very happy. As a new US president, he has to face bigger challenges. He has to do right and innovative things, otherwise he will lose his position. If he has to keep his position, he has to face new challenges. He has to be more careful about his work he does and the decisions he makes to run the country on a daily basis. Looking at him, we may say he is lucky, happy and successful. But, I think, as the US president, he has to bear more stress than he as an ordinary citizen. You may ask, "If life is loaded with full of problems then how can we find happiness in life"?"
The answer is ‘find happiness while taking care of your problems’. Deal your problems with a free mind. Learn to laugh at your problems which we face in our journey. Don't take life so seriously. We must remember the key strategy of the greatest philosopher ever lived in this world. "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in his entire splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how Allah almighty clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'
On the other hand we need problems; they will help us grow in our lives. Problems are there to make us grow and learn. When you face a problem, it is an indication that we need to change our way of life or improve ourselves and change our behavior. If you are fighting with your spouse or partner, no matter whose fault it may seem to be, it is an indication that you need to change the way you behave and communicate with your spouse. As a responsible husband or wife, if you decided to evaluate yourself and choose to take some positive actions like spending more time with your spouse, showing more love, appreciating your partner more, listening with your heart and communicating honestly, you would solve the problem and end up as a better person yourself. You would grow when you face problems.
If you have economical problems, it is an indication that you need to improve the way you spend your money. You need to analyze your financial status and learn to manage your money. Learn to avoid unnecessary expenses, and learn to purchase value for money. Learn to earn money. Don't run after branded items and first class seats. By analyzing and correcting your way of spending and investing you can claim victory over your financial problems. Learn to be content with what you have. You learned from your problem. So there must be problems for the growth. It makes us grow into a better person. When we grow in that level, life will take you to another level of success. So, problems are the steps to your growth and success.
It will get you into a successful business or having a love life in your relationship. When you avoid problems or not dealing with your problems properly means you are growing downwardly. When you have economical problems, it is a knock from the life. Problems are the suitable master because these problems teach us how to tackle crises and obstacles in our life. Your failure is the result of your given efforts in solving a problem. The people of our society are very low tempered and low confident it is because they are facing lake of self confident; they believe Allah the almighty has created us and he will decide the better items for us. This phenomenon is totally wrong and is absolute a superstitious believed because Allah the almighty has stated that I will bless my creature in accordance to their potentials and abilities.