😄 The Joy of Letting Go

Greetings!

One of the reasons I write these reflections is not just to share insights but as a medicine for my own soul and a reminder to myself.

Recently, I was involved in a transaction at work where I felt the other party was taking advantage of me and making unreasonable demands. As a result, I felt the deal was getting jeopardized.

For some reason, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I found myself brooding over it for hours. I couldn’t understand how people make unreasonable demands. And I was so attached to the outcome of the transaction that I didn’t want to let go.

Isn’t it ironic? - the very things society tells us will bring happiness often bring the most stress. The more I accumulate, the more I worry about losing it or not getting the outcome I expect.

Whenever I get stressed with “owning” things I remind myself, whatever I think I own, I don’t really own. It is merely entrusted to me by God for a limited time.

This perspective isn’t about giving up on having things. Instead, it was a shift in seeing everything I "owned" as part of a larger flow, a trust handed to me for a time.

My house, my car, even my bank account, aren’t really mine. They are responsibilities given to me, to see what I would do with them.

Would I use them wisely?
Would I share generously?

This is what the below Sufi Comic is about:

Art by Charbak Dipta

I try to live my life as a steward of whatever comes into my care. I ask myself how I can use these "possessions" to improve the world around me and use them with responsibility.

“And know that your wealth and your children are only a test…” (Quran 8:28)

It's not always easy, and I sometimes fall back into old patterns of thinking. But when I remember to view everything as a trust, I find myself living more freely, with a heart more open.

The lesson for me was simple yet profound: hold lightly to what you have, because it's not really yours.

Enjoy it, use it well, and when the time comes to let it go, do so with grace.

Have thoughts to share? 🙂 Reply or leave a comment.

warm regards,
Mohammed Ali

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