WHITE ELEPHANTS
What do you say when you see someone make stupid decisions, act erratically, run wild and gradually lead to emotional and mental breakdown or financial ruin? Are you one of those people who, when you’re stressed or down, turn around and say: All I can say is, he dug himself a hole, he’s to blame, of course, then…”? I think we all say that, and the funny thing is, we think it’s true because we’re digging ourselves a hole. Why all the troubles in our life? Because we asked them. Sometimes this can be very difficult to understand, but it is true.
Prayer, a deep desire, is a much more powerful force than most of us realize. We want something very much, and the intensity of our desire brings us closer to its realization. But if we wish badly, then this intensity will bring us despair and pain. Evil is not human, and we tend to cling to it instead of avoiding it.
I think it’s dangerous to focus too much on getting certain things out of life.
Emmett Fox once said, «Be careful of your desires, for you have all the freedom to make them come true!» said.
I think he was right. the desire of our heart moves in mysterious ways that no one can fully understand and sooner or later manifests itself in real life. therefore, we must be careful and understand what we are getting into. you see, our wishes can be a white elephant with the theme!
When rajas (rulers) in ancient India wanted to impoverish one of their subjects, they would give him a white elephant. the need to feed him, wash him and dress him every day would reduce him to poverty, because he would have absolutely no time to earn money. they do it for fun and it’s the same in our lives. many elements of our desires become white elephants, under the influence of evil. and against it, I think that life itself hides many of our unreasonable, bad, negative, negative, negative prayers and desires, because it (Allah) wants to protect us from white elephants (trials of poverty, disease, etc.).
Maybe instead of how to give anything away, we should be looking for more wisdom. It is much safer to seek wisdom because you have the equipment to look at other people and their problems intelligently and humanely. having reason (useful, necessary, necessary information), you are not in a hurry to make an unreasonable decision, such a decision will inevitably lead to people turning away from you and saying: «All I can say is that he did not get what he wanted, he wished for himself received.»