Patience

Humans are controlled by emotions. Whether we pretend we don’t have them or not, we are still made of them. Emotions that sometimes we can’t control. People can connect and have no problem because they have patience. Life without patience wouldn’t be of value because one might lose the people who stand by them.

Emotions that move us are unusual. A human in his normal form is different from when emotions set. Until you see that person uncontrolled with his or her emotions you can never say you know them so well. A human in his right state is not the same as the one in his emotional state. When you met someone who can draw the balance, someone who can see clearer in those times, someone who can smile and talk with that smooth voice you know, know that he or she is of the patient.

Allah said he is with the patient ones. When a calamity befalls man, that’s when we know either state. One can’t boast of being patient if he or she has been on the blessing side of Allah. Until one tastes the test of Allah and remains calm, we can’t say they are the patient. Allah rewards us for the blessing of how we act in those times of test. How do we balance the pain in our hearts and still believe to smile? Those are the patient ones and they are with Allah in reward.

Patience isn’t a skill for everyone. We pray and we learn to be patient. We get closer to Allah and pray passionately to Allah to grant us this. Patience isn’t something that one can get out of the experience. Until we make our minds move closer to Allah, love Allah, and accept fate for what it is, we will never be patient.

This is the little I can say about the act of patience. I have gotten the fruit of it and it’s always a blessing to be patient. The reward comes in a form you never imagine. So, for the world of a believer, patience should be that robe that takes you to Allah. Until we are patient, we will not be able to manage our lives with the emotions we have.