We often complain about problems in life.However,if problems did not exist,the challenge and charm of life will be gone.Necessity is the mother of invention:problems show us new pathways,taking us closer to truth.The circumstantial complexities make us more curious and inquisitive and then the thirst for knowledge makes us keen to understand the truth.
Problems make us more compassionate.They help us mature,make us more resistant and at the same time create sensitivity in us.If you accumulate wealth and face no problems then you could be rude and unreasonable.Problems make us realize the transient nature of your possession and bring you closer to a person who has nothing.In the face of problems we learn to surrender ourselves to a greater reality,thus helping us empty our mind.
If life were a bed of roses the mind would not have developed any awareness or sharpness to understand reality.If one does not get an opportunity to deal with complicated and difficult persons in life,several faculties of mind would not develop and the brain would not grow strong.As such in our entire life,we are not able to utilize more than a very small part of the brain.
What about individuals who create problems in our life.We often despair them.Instead we should be thankful to them.Indirectly they contribute to our productivity.Keeping them in view we try to be on our toes and enhance our sincerity.If bad would not exist what would be the importance then?The darker shade makes light rarely bright.What kind of treatment should be given to the bad,wise-men have suggested to avoid them and to remain at a safe distance from them.At the same time wish them no harm.At the most one may be careful so that there is minimum or no damage.In self-defense one may have to put on a hard exterior despite being a great devotee.But at heart there should not be any ill feeling against anyone.
Without problems would one be better off? No,for we will then start thinking in a negative manner,causing harm to each other.The destructive power of the mind is much stronger than its constructive capacity.What takes decades to build can be smashed within a second.When we struggle,our efforts have a specific direction and objective.The mind concentrates and this enhances the ability of the mind to continue the journey.
From the dirt emerges the lotus,from the scorching heat comes the shower of relief and from the depth of pain springs joy.
