Curiospen

 Sometimes I ask this question to myself, and I have been asking this question a lot more lately.  “should we allow our emotions to fluctuate or should we train ourselves to always remain in a stable state emotionally?” To be honest, its really a question of preference, I see advantages and disadvantages in both approaches.  As a man I feel like its quite essential for me to have a good control over my emotions and not let it come in my way of work. And I have been quite good at it. There are instances when I have been in a terrible shape emotionally but I did not let it affect my work even a bit. But this is what is shown on the outside. To the entire world. I am good at it. But I am thinking about inside in this question.  what should happen to it?  From this logic it makes sense to just train myself to be completely emotionally flatlined. Be someone who does not get upset too much when  something goes wrong, or does not get too sad when gets hit with a c...

There is a famous quote, people often attribute it to Hz Ali (RA).  It Goes something like this,  “An arrow released from the bow, a word spoken out of mouth and an opportunity that is missed, can never come back”.  I find it so fascinating, We have a translation of this quote as a proverb in Urdu. It goes something like this.  “تیر کماں سے اور بات زبان سے نکل جائے تو واپس نہیں آتی۔” Which is translated as “two things never come back, an arrow which left the bow and a word which left the tongue”  I find it so fascinating, this comparison of an arrow with words feels so much right. Sometimes we don’t realise but our words can be as painful as an arrow for others.  and If we are careless we can hurt them as deeply or more with our words as we can hurt them by accidentally shooting them with an arrow.  and at the end all that is left is regret, regret that we were not careful enough and it hurt them.  I often think about all the stupid and hurtful th...

The moon is in such a perfect harmony with the earth that the time it takes to rotate on its axis is exactly same time as it takes to complete a revolution around it. There's a scientific explanation for it, but to be honest I find it very calming and beautiful. How beautiful is it that everyone who is alive right now or has passed away has looked at the same moon and the same side of the moon every time? Isn't it?  Sometimes when I feel lonely, I look at the moon. And I tell myself, This is the same moon prophet Muhammad (PBUH) looked at and this is the same moon that everyone I love looks at. No matter where they are looking from or when they are looking. Its the same spherical ball of dust and water, where everyone walks on.  Its like we all are on the same stage. Like in the same room. But the room is big. Extremely big. Yet it's the same place, a familiar place.  It feels reassuring to me. It makes me feel close to those who aren't near me. It makes me also feel cl...