An Ultimate Truth
There is a saying in the Risale-i Nur Collection:
If you want life, don’t cling onto impotence in things for which there are solutions;
If you want ease of mind, don’t become needlessly anxious about things for which there is no solution.
This quote, along with its deeper meaning and practical real-life examples, should be taught as an independent course in schools. I believe that if we could truly understand just this one statement, we would learn how to cope with the problems we face in social life and eliminate a significant amount of stress from our lives.
You have likely noticed the connection between this and Mahatma Gandhi's famous words:
"Be the change you want to see in the world."
Perhaps you are thinking, "Great minds think alike, after all." Indeed, this statement by Bediüzzaman Said Nursi serves as a complement to Gandhi's quote—an antidote to anxiety, offering even something more. Once you grasp the beauty in Gandhi's words, Nursi's statement becomes the remedy for the doubts and anxieties (likely from Satan) that creep into the heart, such as: "What if I lose it?", "What if I fail?", or "What will become of all these people?" It counsels us not to succumb to inherent powerlessness in things we can change, nor to yield to grief and despair over things we cannot change—advising us, so to speak, to sweep in front of our own doorstep first.
The first part: Do not resign yourself to powerlessness in things that have solutions; do not sit idly by when dealing with things that can be changed—take action.
The second part is even more profound: If you desire peace of mind, do not stress, lament, or wear yourself down over things beyond your control.
Research shows that social media usage significantly increases stress in people. The underlying cause is encountering negative, unchangeable events on social media/media and hopelessly lamenting them, or falling into a sense of powerlessness and an inferiority complex when confronted with lavish lifestyles. As a result, people miss simple, achievable steps that lead to genuine success, attempting to skip stages instead of respecting the laws of gradual progress, which inevitably leads to a fall.
Therefore, one must start with what can actually be changed. At the very top of that list is oneself. Even if a human being, as a limited creation, remains unable to fix everything in the outer world, they are not powerless when it comes to refining themselves.
For both material and spiritual success, we must take baby steps, one step at a time, while keeping this principle in mind: Things that start big shrink, but things that start small grow.
This(my first blog post) is a consequence of that thought process -- dealing with things that can be changed.
I hope I can keep going with this, and I hope you enjoy reading it.