Article 10

My time at loughborough university has finished!! I imagine this is the last ever faith article…

Article 10

The Balance of Life

Families prosper, societies develop, civilisations grow…

Divorces happen, morality degrades, wars take place…

One might think of diverse complex causes for these phenomena but the fundamental reason is very simple. When things are in their natural balance, happiness prevails; when this balance is disturbed, destruction overcomes.
It is really intriguing to find and attain this balance in our daily lives. For example, balance in the rights of women and that of men. Balance between the pitiable derelict parents in old houses and those doing forced marriages of their daughters. Balance between the total seclusion of women and her vulgar display for fashion’s sake. Balance between luxurious palaces of Queens and Sheikhs and the marquee of an ascetic. Balance between extreme thriftiness and debt mounting consumerism. Balance between obesity causing appetite and the calorie conscious diet. Balance between the virgin lives of priests and the pleasure filled lives of playboys. It is this balance which needs maintaining. The exact location of the middle point, however, is phenomenally difficult. But there is an easy way as well. Follow the code of life given by the one who has created all of us. Follow one God.

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