are you aware of your breathing? (provided that you have normal healthy lungs)
well, i would like to bring us all back to the minute we were born...obviously, nobody recalls that moment...but...did you know, that it was a difficult one?
in our mother's belly, we do not need our lungs to breath,
we simply take e-ve-ry-thing from our mother...namely, nutrients and oxygen...
so, definitely...the lungs we had before was different from what we have now...
our alveoli were collapsed, lined by thick cells...and the vessels were congested with blood as there were no particular blood flow within it...all the exchange of nutrients and disposal of waste products were managed by the placenta...
but once we are independent, this circulation needs to be changed...
oxygen have to come from our lungs,
nutrients from our intestines,
disposal of waste products through the kidneys...
every organs now holds a responsibility to make sure we can live...
we cannot depend on the placenta anymore...
and the most vital system to ensure we are alive at that moment is...
our respiratory system!
in that important moment, a baby have to learn how to breathe...he must expand all his collapsed and thick wall alveoli...push out all the congested blood in his lungs to make space for air...it is not an easy task...it needs effort!
but hey, after 21 years alive...(me)...no one even realize that they were breathing...
breathing becomes so easy that there is a quote saying
"as easy as breathing~"
our lung structure changes...the blood pressure in the lungs becomes low, the alveoli walls are thin and there are huge spaces for air to fill in...
sorry for the long introduction,
so...what does all this have to do with the title?
well, the title is actually a verse in the quran in surah ash Sharh, verse 5...which again is repeated in the next verse (verse 6)...
(bismillahirrahmanirrahim)
"fainna ma3al 3usri, yusra"
(verily, along with every hardship is relief)
i would love to convey to everyone reading this (especially myself) that...
don't be afraid to face hardship!
why?
#1
Allah has promised in that verse that along with every hardship there is relief...
if you read carefully here...the 'hardship' is a specific noun as it begins with an 'alif lam'...which means only one hardship... where else, the 'relief' is general noun thus it is countless...
#2
you've faced it!
at least once...(when you were born)...the difficulties of starting to breathe (as i have explained above)
you were brave in that moment...nobody knows how difficult it was for you,but now...do you realize how easy it is?
#3
if you prepare yourself for a difficult path and worked for it...you know that no matter what is the outcome, you'd never be disappointed... as the sweetness of a victory lies in the effort
*you cannot claim a victory (to yourself) if you knew you didn't worked for it
-we can't lie to ourselves, even if we do...we know it...this is what i believe...but,we can ignore-
so, be optimist...and don't be afraid!
that's all
take what is good, ignore what is bad...and do correct me if there are wrongs...:D
happy eid!
~love the food!
1 comment:
"Allah has promised in that verse that along with every hardship there is relief...
if you read carefully here...the 'hardship' is a specific noun as it begins with an 'alif lam'...which means only one hardship... where else, the 'relief' is general noun thus it is countless..."
Hohoho.. interesting
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