Faith Over Worldly Matters

[iffatrose]

Hi..

I recently wrote about my two friends who plan on running away together, and as I've stepped back from their situation, they decided to cut me off completely. I am sad, but I'm not utterly crushed. However, this got me wondering about what I would do if I had someone even closer to me leave or if something worse happened. I feel bad- as if I'm doing something horribly wrong by not trying desperately to put our friendship back together, but I feel that that's not what I should do. I don't want to tie my happiness to people, I guess. I suppose my question is.. How do you remain steadfast and faithful in anything when times get hard? Losing friends is practically nothing compared to some of the things out there.. I am still hurt by all this. But when something worse happens, how can I get myself to honestly believe that something better is out there? I know I can tell myself that there's something better as much as I want, and people can comfort me by saying "It'll be okay", but to actually believe it.. I want to be able to do that, but how? How do you get past worldly things and issues?

Iffat

[silen]

When you finish eating a delicious dessert, what do you feel? Do you dispair it is now over or do you say: "It's been a delicous meal, I enjoyed, thank you."

When you go back from a wonderful journey, what do you feel? Do you despair it is now over or do you say: "I had the time of my life, I enjoyed, thank you."

When you loose your friend, what do you feel? Do you despair or do you thank him for the time you both enjoyed?