Qalb - the feather that keeps flying

I love the fact that as you are getting older, the circle of friends is getting smaller.

It is indirectly allow us to increase our dependency towards Him the AlMighty, and reduce the sense of belonging towards His creatures.

Training our Qalb (the heart in Arabic), as it is volatile by nature. There is a hadith that explained in details about this and I wish to share this beautiful reminder for self. Im pretty sure I will not get bored in rereading this in future.

"Qalb, is what keeps turning and changing. It points to an intense volatility. The heart continuously moves from one emotion to another, from one intent to its opposite in the span of minutes or even seconds, and this taqallub (fluctuation) demonstrates how unpredictable and weak our hearts are.

The example that the Prophet Muhammad saw gave of this is a feather carried by wind in an empty, flat land. The wind blows its hardest in an empty space. As the wind blows, the feather is helplessly tossed in theair, turning from one side to the other, carried from one place to the other. Like the light feather, the heart is also vulnerable organ that is unstable and is easily susceptible to outside influences. As the feather keeps flying and turning, so does the heart fly between different emotions, thoughts and intentions."

"The heart of the child of Adam is more volatile and quicker to change than the completely boiling pot" 

Welcoming 40 years of life in this dunya, full of blessings..and mixed of emotions..