HAVING DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN YOU CAN ENJOY

             

                              HAVING DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN YOU CAN ENJOY

In living life, in general, humans hope for the arrival of happiness and prosperity, so that to realize it sometimes they have to work hard and strive in various ways, in order to earn income to fulfill the hope of achieving the welfare of themselves and their families. Working to fulfill the needs of life that they do, not only satisfied with achieving sufficient targets, but also continue to strive to get as much wealth as possible, as well as save and accumulate it to get a sense of peace in the heart.  They assume that a sense of security and peace will be achieved, when having abundant wealth, when on the contrary it will have an impact on the emergence of anxiety and add to the burden of thought . The great desire to accumulate wealth, basically only follows lust alone, like a thirsty person drinking sea water, the more they drink, the thirstier they become.

In order to utilize the savings that have been sitting idle for too long, they generally use it to build houses, buy luxury cars, and other valuable assets, under the pretext of investment, but   the finished house is only waited for and occupied by the gardener, without any opportunity to live in. Meanwhile, luxury cars are only used as home decorations, without being able to   enjoy and utilize them, thus they can only have without being able to enjoy. Having abundant wealth is actually only following lust, which ultimately does not bring any benefit to themselves, because wealth is actually only a trust and   deposit, as well as a test, to what extent they are grateful to Allah SWT for the blessings that have been given . In addition, in every wealth   owned, stored the rights of others, including the poor and orphans, but most of them are stingy and stingy in charity, because some wealth obtained through improper means will be difficult to use for the path of good. But on the contrary, it will be easier if it is used for fun, extravagance and spent on the wrong path. That is how wealth sometimes leads its owners astray on the wrong path. 

Bila berpikir secara jernih, dapat kita ketahui bahwa harta yang tersimpan begitu besar, tidak akan habis digunakan sendiri bahkan oleh keluaraganya sekalipun, dan bila kita hitung mungkin hanya sedikit yang bisa dimanfaatkan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan pokok, selebihnya akan terbengkalai begitu saja tanpa dapat dinikmati. Kebutuhan pokok manusia pada dasarnya hanya makanan, pakaian dan rumah, yang bila kita hitung untuk makan sehari kita hanya perlu 2-3 piring nasi, dan pakaian yang dikenakan tidak harus beli setiap hari tapi hanya sewaktu-waktu, selanjutnya rumah yang kita tempati  hanya untuk beristirahat dikala malam, selebihnya banyak beraktifitas diluar untuk mencari nafkah, sehingga harta yang berlebihan akan sia-sia dan mubadzir, karena tidak dapat dimanfaatkan secara optimal. Harta yang berlebihan hanya akan membebani kehidupan di akhirat kelak, karena  semua yang dimiliki akan dipertanggung jawabkan  dihadapan Allah SWT, selain itu harta yang  berlimpah  pada umumnya diperoleh dari jalan yang penuh dengan perkeliruan, sehingga berpotensi menghapus amal kebaikan kita  kelak diakhirat.

Salah satu karakater dasar yang kerap menjerumuskan manusia ke jurang kenistaan adalah nafsu yang tidak terkendali, dan tidak merasa puas atas segala yang ia peroleh meskipun sudah memiki harta berlimpah, dan mungkin hanya akan berhenti manakala ajal menjemputnya. Sejatinya kepuasan hanya ada pada hati, bukan pada banyak sedikitnya materi yang kita miliki, bagi orang yang  sabar dan bersyukur, ia akan berupaya mendaptakan harta secukupnya, tidak berlebihan, dan dia selalu bersyukur atas apa yang dimiliki, dan besabar manakala ditimpa musibah,  karena yakin bahwa Tuhan Yang Maha Esa sudah mengatur banyak sedikitnya rizki yang diberikan pada setiap hamba Nya.

            Let us change the mindset that has been shadowing our lives, because the desire to obtain a lot of wealth, is basically just a mere impulse of lust, which if followed will never end , and the shadow of fear of lack, only exists in our hearts and minds, and all of that will not become a reality, because God has truly arranged our sustenance. Therefore, let us live sufficiently without excess, and work according to our abilities, with sufficient targets but not excessive, because something excessive will take up a lot of time, energy and thoughts, and tend to take away time for worship which is our obligation. Let us live by maintaining a balance between the needs of this world and the hereafter, where in every effort to earn a living while accompanied by prayer, so that the income and sustenance we obtain will be halal, and will avoid illegal acts that will pollute our wealth and income. It is important to remember that wealth will not save us in the afterlife, but will actually burden our deeds, therefore seek and use sufficient wealth and spread many good deeds because only good deeds  will accompany our lives in the hereafter .