Have you ever go through life trying and trying anything or everything that you can do, and it just doesn’t work? Often it happens to me.
Having a start on Medium is a joy for me. But, does it last long? No. I feel that there are many things I should not share with fellow mates or family. Because, the next thing I see, everything will not go smooth.
Some people say to me that is an example of evil eyes.
I do live among the people from older generations who grew up with too much grudges that tuned their minds to see everything as difficult and miserable. To prove that hope always prevails, I wish for plans to work out for all parties. But certain things are not in my control.
A lot of times, the situations turned out opposite of what I had expected or targeted. I lamented on the word “Evil Eyes”.
Once, a wise man from Yemen said to me out of nowhere:
“People use evil eyes on others. If only they know that the eyes are the greatest blessings God gives, and they appreciate it, then they will use their GOOD EYES on others. Everything that seems bad surely contains good in it. If only we look carefully enough…”
He smiled.
He continued reading his Qur’an. He was an old man who sat quietly at a far edge of the mosque named Masjid Al Muhdhor in Tarim.
My eyes caught sight of him a few times as I wanted to do my prayer near to his sitting area. I did not avoid him like other women. I wanted that space for my prayer and rest.
There were a lot of wise men in Yemen, from the stretch of Tarim to Shibam. They had their spiritual veils lifted. Some others said their 3rd eyes chakra had been the strongest due to their spiritual inclination in meditations.
Well, that was the story…Find the message in all our adversities. Use the good eye as good triumph over evil. Right?…
Today, I scrolled through my private list of articles I kept. I read over and over. I know if I shift my focus, I will not remember what I read before.
Here is an excerpt from the article written by Dr. Damon Ashworth about a Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ advice to a 9-year old son during graduation.
“From time to time in the years to come, I hope you will be treated unfairly, so that you will come to know the value of justice. I hope that you will suffer betrayal because that will teach you the importance of loyalty. Sorry to say, but I hope you will be lonely from time to time so that you don’t take friends for granted. I wish you bad luck, again, from time to time so that you will be conscious of the role of chance in life and understand that your success is not completely deserved and that the failure of others is not completely deserved either. And when you lose, as you will from time to time, I hope every now and then, your opponent will gloat over your failure. It is a way for you to understand the importance of sportsmanship. I hope you’ll be ignored so you know the importance of listening to others, and I hope you will have just enough pain to learn compassion. Whether I wish these things or not, they’re going to happen. And whether you benefit from them or not will depend upon your ability to see the message in your misfortunes.”
I hope that you will find a lot of beautiful lessons from the article written by Dr. Damon Ashworth. It is a long piece and I hope you will bear patience reading it.
Thank you, Dr Damon Ashworth, for this piece. I learned a lot from it.
To some people, this is a shout out. As for me, I am keeping myself on my toes to find anything to be thankful about from what I read. I hope you like the articles too.
🌹 Thank you, if you have come this far to read. I appreciate you. 🌹
