Don’t degrade yourself

Don’t degrade yourself

It is a common observation that people degrade themselves and sometimes it seems that degrading is their favorite hobby and I think they must declare it as their occupation. May be some people consider this point ridiculous but it is a reality. Though they are doing very well in many branches of life but still degrade themselves by doing comparison with others and saying that “Oh my gosh! what I am doing in this world”. That is a very negative point.

What is degrading?

Degrading is “saying every time that I am nothing I am of no use in this society”. “I am nothing”, this phrase can be taken in a positive sense that I am nothing The Creator is everything. This is a class of humbleness but it is not our topic. I am just talking about negative sense of people who think that their existence is useless.

A simple logic

Allah is The Creator of this whole universe. If he had created man then there must be a purpose behind our creation. Nothing in this universe is useless. Even non-living things have great importance in our lives then how can a man be useless and purposeless here. One can take another example. A scientist invents only those things that have some purpose that may be positive, that may be negative. So, when a human being creates only purposeful objects then how can The Master of this world can create you without purpose.

How to avoid self-degrading

• Have a look at purpose of your creation and try to to fulfill it.
• The most important thing is don’t compare yourself with others. Never judge yourself by the criteria of other people. Don’t care about other’s criteria. Set you own criteria for yourself.
• If someone is doing one thing in a great manner and he has some skills then don’t think that you are a loser as you couldn’t do what others have done. Maybe you are not born for that. May be Allah have gifted you with a best skill but you are unaware of that and you can do something far better than others.
• Believe in yourself and don't let anyone degrade you.
• Appreciate yourself on even a smallest success of yours. This will give you the courage to move forward.
• Start finding your skills and purpose of your life.
• Say goodbye to the hopelessness.
• Do have believe in Allah and everything will be fine.
• And the last thing, opt your own skills as your profession instead of self-degrading.