You Are Important
The action of you reading this message implies that you are important. Your existence in the universe at this precise moment is not a coincidence. God knows that you have a great role to play; that is why He did not create the universe without you.
There is a difference between being important and being arrogant. We are arrogant when, in our sense of self-importance, we start looking down on others.
An arrogant person feels important for the wrong reasons. They think they are important because of wealth, praise, recognition, awards, race, social status, citizenship, education, skills, abilities, beauty, a network of friends, etc. All of these things come and go.
A person should feel important because they know that their Lord has not created them in vain. They have a destiny to fulfill. How can someone who talks to the Most Powerful Being several times a day feel unimportant?
The truth is that each one of us is important. We should all feel important while respecting the importance of those around us. Nevertheless, we should not consider ourselves important in the wrong manner. It is this inferiority/superiority complex that stops individuals from fulfilling their true potential.
Praise should not result in puffing us up and criticism should not break us down.
There is a difference between being important and being arrogant. We are arrogant when, in our sense of self-importance, we start looking down on others.
An arrogant person feels important for the wrong reasons. They think they are important because of wealth, praise, recognition, awards, race, social status, citizenship, education, skills, abilities, beauty, a network of friends, etc. All of these things come and go.
A person should feel important because they know that their Lord has not created them in vain. They have a destiny to fulfill. How can someone who talks to the Most Powerful Being several times a day feel unimportant?
The truth is that each one of us is important. We should all feel important while respecting the importance of those around us. Nevertheless, we should not consider ourselves important in the wrong manner. It is this inferiority/superiority complex that stops individuals from fulfilling their true potential.
Praise should not result in puffing us up and criticism should not break us down.