“Forget about everyone. Stop thinking about what he wants, what your parents want, or what I want. What do YOU want?” A similar question being asked by someone in the bus on our journey back home.
“I just want… to make people happy,” I responded. He listened attentively while I gathered my thoughts, trying to convert them into words, “Of course- I do have my ideal man. Ideal career. Ideal home. In fact, I am an idealist! But I feel as though all my wants and desires, they are not as significant anymore. I just want to make people happy.”
“But sometimes…” He retorted, “You have to be selfish in order to get what you want to make yourself happy,”
“Why should I, when other’s happiness is already mine?”
The truth is, I have a long list of my wants that if I were to say everything, I could go on and on till I get carried away with my materialistic self. Astarghfirullahal’azim. I always have to constantly remind myself- This is just a temporal life, the Hereafter is eternal!
Making people happy comes in a lot of ways depending on each individual but to me personally, it means giving something to someone simply to satisfy his need and to please him, without expecting anything in return. Whether it is love, money, knowledge or all the worldly possessions, what matters is how willing you are to share/give them away to someone else because not only will it help to improve your character, it also makes you realize what you possess is not really yours. It belongs to God, and has been given to you by Him both for your needs and to share with others who are in need.
Maybe that's one of the reasons why i always put others before myself and I don't see anything wrong with that. Why are people always trying to prove me otherwise?
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