PASSWORD: 2 PRAISES 1 THANKS

 

Time is always moving forward... Whether we adapt or not...

Wherever and however we react, we put forth a performance. When things don't go the way we want, we blame something. This makes us feel good. It's easier to find excuses for others than to confront ourselves.

We often compare ourselves to people that are better than us. However;

 

People are tested with what they have

People are tested with what they don't have...

People are tested with what they will never have...

 

The real issue wasn't whether something was missing or too much in us...

The real issue was my reactions... The answers I gave to the questions...

When you think about it: Many advantages were given to us instead of the deficiency given to us by our nature.

 

My colleague at work, Zeynep, has a walking disability since birth… As she struggled to walk on those paths, it was as if all paths in life were made easier for her. She was placed in the job through someone’s reference, right after graduating, without looking for a job. I remember my own situation, I looked for a job for 4 months, I submitted my CV to many places, I went through many interviews and that’s how I got this job. Our manager would give her the easiest tasks. When her boss retired 2 years later, they gave her the vacant position. She rose in a short time, with little effort and a lot of blessing…

Zeynep had thanked her manager…

 

But she thanked her manager more than she thanked him.

Both for what was given and what was not given….

Her motto was: 2 praises, 1 thanks…

 

My childhood friend Hasan’s situation was similar. He was also deficient in a way from birth. His deficiency was not physical, he had to grow up without a father. But all of his relatives had embraced him. His uncles and aunts had shown him much more attention than I had ever received from my father… His teachers would give him private lessons in subjects he did not understand at school. They would take care of him as if they were their own children’s homework. Even when he was about to get married, the furniture were taken care of right away… Before we even realized what was happening, he had his home set up. With little effort…

 

He always thanks of those who support him.

He is full of praise towards GOD than thankful towards people…

For what he has, for what he does not have…

 

People often see what is not given to them, what is lacking, as a decifiency.

Instead of saying “He has it, why don’t I”, we see what is not given to us as a disadvantage. However, even though we are not aware of it, what is not given to us is more to our advantage than what is given to us.

 

Some people are sad because they don't have a child, but they don't realise that their relationship with their spouse is as lively, fresh and alive as the first day. Their relatives and friends crowd around them...

 

Some people are sad about their financial situation, they want to live in a spacious house, but they don't realise that they won't be able to have the coziness and the closeness when they move to somewhere else. When people gather around that tiny table a feeling of joy and blessing surround them...

 

That’s why people think how they still couldn’t figure out the secret of being happy from little things.

That's why our thankfullness is so beautiful, but our praise towards GOD is more beautiful than our thankfullness towards people. And that’s what makes our live better...