To build something is not an easy job, just ask the engineers! They need full concentration to scale, measure and build. They need to make sure all the safety measures are installed and the building is protected from danger such as natural disaster, making it livable for the others. Before the project even begin, the planning is important. It took some times to develop the plan and later to proceed with the project. After the building is finished, it needs to be maintained.
Natural disaster is unpredictable. It can occur when we least expect it. Even day-to-day changes affect the environment. For example, when it always raining it will cause leaking to the building, fading the exterior wash of the building’s wall. When it sun all the time, it also cause the paint to fade. When something much bigger happen like the earthquake, it cause harm to the building and also the people who live in it. No matter how strong the structure of the building, it may still affect the building and the people. It may cause the building to be unlivable according to the condition.
From the analogy above, we can relate it to our life. It is hard to create a life. Every parent will plan for their children, what they expect of them, what they want their children to become in the future. It will be different to every parent on how they brought up their children but still with the same expectation. Every parent want what best for their children, ensure the safety, trying to fulfill the needs and sometimes what we want. From there, it will be our responsibilities on how we continue with our life. Do we become a good person, the one that are expected from our parent or the other way around?
Sometimes we do not realised what we faced in life. We faced hardship and obstacle at every corner of our life. The story goes on. How do we handle the situation? With good faith? With gratefulness that Allah still remember us by giving us the test? Or we mourn at how unjust the life had been for us? No matter how bad it is, life must goes on. It’s like we’re taking a ship for a journey, we faced storm at the sea, rough weather, and if we were unlucky maybe a tsunami will cross our way. Still, we have to finish the journey to reach our destination. Start questioning yourself how you handle things in your life. I’ve done it. And you will get shock on how well things going on and maybe how bad it is that you already experienced. It makes you a wiser person.
Even building with the strongest structure will be affected by a minor earthquake. How about your life?