Sunday, September 27, 2009

pursuing happiness

i was reading my friend's entry about a few hours ago and thought really deeply about it. it only occurred to me that i wasn't really sure whether i was happy or not in life as to now. these few days has been a total bored for me and many questions are stuck in my head. i usually would just ignore these mix feelings of boredom but maybe i'm just thinking too much. silly me. haha.

anyway. what is happiness? many have debated this issue and one can have personal view to it, depends on the backgrounds they come from. some would say "i'm rich, i have alot of money, i'm very happy" and the others would say "we all need money, but it's not the most important thing in life, as long as we have each other, that's also happiness". either way, that's for you to decide.

in life, we are always trying our best to do great things. we try to get good grades in school, try to get a good job, try to find our soul mate, try to become a better person and so forth. the only question that are left to be asked is why are we doing all this things, to whom and for what? my only answer to this question is to God of course and for every reasons that exist for us muslims who love their Creator.

i've been thinking to myself lately, "am i happy?", although it seems that i'm always looked miserable, put off my smile and wear black clothes in public. then people would ask, why? what's the matter? aren't you happy? well, it doesn't really mean that i'm sad if i'm not smiling. maybe it wasn't a good day for me to begin with or maybe i just had things in my mind causing my miserableness. most people don't know that black is my favourite color, i just can't find spaces in me for other colors. hehe.

i guess beside of all those things i should say that i'm happy. even though there are still things i would like to achieve in life but i am satisfied because i have Him in me, i have Him with me, where ever i go, to Him i will seek, no matter what happens, to Him i will return. gaining the Almighty's love is the total and utterly happiness for anyone can have. what more do we really want in life? well, i might be over-exaggerating a little but it could be true. it could be the only thing you seek in life but Allah Himself doesn't teach us to only seek Him and discard other things. yes, i do mean go for 'dunia', get a sports car, buy a house, live the life of your dreams, go for it all, it doesn't matter how you do it as long as it's 'halal'.

for anyone reading this entry i would just like to remind you and myself that be grateful for now. it may not be the end of your luck (rezeki), for Allah is the Great Giver. you may feel down when you fail in achieving something but it's always essential for us not to give up in what ever we do until the very end. try our best. keep trying and keep trying. who knows, with all the effort you put in doing something will be rewarded later. but never and never question the Almighty in His decisions. we must accept and move on, this is what i call, "the ultimate redha". the meaning to this is simple, although feeling a little sad if fail to achieve something you want but you tend to move on thinking that it's okay and hoping that it's for your own good and maybe there's some other luck (rezeki) is waiting and installed for you for sure in the future.

so, for me, one can obtain happiness being rich and living the 'dream life' (it's a bonus) and one can also be happy living a normal life. the ultimate and the true happiness of all is all about loving your God and being loved by the Creator Himself. how about you?

6 comments:

noor amirah bt ahmad said...

seems like u r in conflict.. hmm anyway.. nice to meet u here.. :) fyi im not an art person la... lukis pun xpndai.. ehehheh
maybe art in words... cewah..

hansuke said...

well, that's what i mean, anyone who can write a poem is consired 'seni' or art. it seems that ur blog is full of those stuff then u are considered as an artist (bukan artis nyanyi2 tu..:)) maybe its more appropriate to say u are a poet.

Unknown said...

Hi Hansuke,

by asking "what is happiness" you ask a very good question. Recently I had my own shot at defining happiness, which aims to be more “scientific” and “objective” (as much as this is possible for a subjective feeling such as happiness):

“A person can be considered to have experienced a “happy” moment if the person chooses to re-live it as an end in itself if offered at no cost.”

For the detailed derivation of this conclusion please have a look at http://www.spreadinghappiness.org/2009/08/what-is-happiness ; I’d love to hear what you think!

Thank you,

Nick

noor amirah bt ahmad said...

hye.. waiting for your new entry..
:)

hansuke said...

masih dalam process pembikinan (dlm otak)..:P

sunah suffi said...

terbaik ar karangan ni!nazri kembali likes this!haha

the concept of happiness in Islam is expressed in the quran and sunah. Allah says ((Whosoever does right, whether male or female, and is a believer, we shall make them live a good life, and We shall pay them a recompense in proportion to the best of what they used to do)). [Surah al-Nahl: 97]

therefore, don't be sad when you
have been test by Allah azzawajalla with numerous misfortunes,because He is always with us.He will help us.

again,Allah says in suurah albaqarah ,verses 62,which means:Verily! Those who believe and those who are Jews and Christians, and Sabians, [] whoever believes in Allâh and the Last Day and do righteous good deeds shall have their reward with their Lord, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve []

wallahu a'lam!(sebenarnya saya biase2 je english ni takde bombastis word lah!hihi)