The difference between a curse and blessing is not the outward circumstances of your life, but the degree of your inward surrender, patience and trust in Allah.
If you are faced with a problem and you resist it by going into a cycle of self pity -- why is this happening to me? this is so unfair! why am i being punished? -- the problem will seem arbitrary and punitive. You will increase your pain and suffering by the degree to which you resist, complain and question.
If you accept the problem and surrender to Allah with patience and trust that whatever comes to you from Him is a blessing -- even if it is not evident immediately -- then the problem will eventually reveal its purpose to you. You will realize its meaning, learn and grow. You will see how it is a blessing.
photo: with thanks via Iraj Jahanshahi
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