By: Fatma Janna, Serang, October 5, 2011

 

Sadness always becomes the little part of our lives. No one can say that he or she never feels sad. Feeling sad because of losing someone, failing exam, being rejected, etc is really common in our daily lives. Somehow, have you ever realized that there is always happiness after being sad? Even a very small happiness can be felt so great once we have it right after being sad.

Someone says that life is very simple. It only contains happiness and sadness. Both things occur regularly, simultaneously following each other, one after another. That is why, people always say, do not be drawn so deep in your sadness because it will only be for a while and happiness is coming soon. In the other hand, do not be too proud once you are having your happiness because, for sure, it will be ending soon as well and replaced by another unknown sadness. Just try to be modest in both cases, being happy or sad.

People used to use this phrase when telling about happiness after sadness. “There is rainbow after the rain falls”. In other words, rainbow only appears after raining. There is a great but simple implicit message here. If we want to see the rainbow, we have to wait for the rain to fall. If we want to feel the happiness, we have to wait the sadness or any bitter memories to happen. Happiness occurs after a little wait.

This phrase is also used by people to hang on when they feel that their sadness is too bad or their unhealed wounds inside are opened too wide, it can make them feel sure that no matter how bad and deep the sadness is, no matter how big the scars on their hearts are, they will find an end of their bloody sadness. The happiness will be coming soon.

If only people who committed suicide knew and believed of this thing, they might be still alive now. They would cancel out their decision to end their lives. As we know, committing suicide often happened because they thought they could not make their lives any longer, like there is no other way they could do except committing suicide to escape from their problems. They gave up to every sadness and difficulty occurred in their lives. They were all wrong. They forgot that God never gives difficulty to His believers more then what they can overcome. This is why committing suicide is a very great sin.

Every difficulty that He made and gave us to taste its bitterness is just to make us understand and appreciate the sweetness of happiness. If all our lives only contain happiness, we will no longer feel it as happiness because we never know how bitter the sadness is. Isn’t it true?

So, do you have any other reason to surrender to your difficulties and sadness after knowing that every sadness will face its end and happiness will replace it? Do you still want to give up and stop believing that you still can make it no matter how hard it is? Believe it, time will remove your tears, God will happily heal your wounds on your heart, and happiness is always there on the corner waiting for you to pick it up and taste how sweet it is.

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