Thoughts

Sometimes we live in a world secluded from the other species, a world of our thoughts, sometimes we wander into them so deeply that we get lost.. "One thought, is worth a thousand years of worship" is what Imam Al-Sadiq [as] says, thinking of our actions before we go to bed, or making lets say a list of ten things which we have doen during the day which we feel we should eliminate from our lives, is a step forward towards the truth of our thoughts.
sometimes our thoughts are so muddled, and so not well thought out,that we do not know what to achieve and how to achieve our goals... but why? ever asked yourself.. why cant i achieve this, why cant i do this? sometimes your heart is with something but your mind is not, but why?
Well to answer why our heart is with some things and our mind is not, is pretty clear to all of us, sometimes are emotions get the better of us, sometimes our mind tells us that something is wrong, even though our heart desires it, and as the heart desires it, so does the soul, however at this point we say.. does the soul really desire such a thing??? or are we fooled into thinking that? if we were able to follow our minds and follow the truth, abandoning our heart and the mischief that dwells from it.. we may be able to think straight and act straight.. life is about discipline, if you discipline yourself, your heart and your mind, then the long term affects are greater than the short term..
sometimes sacrifices have to be made along with life, one must sacrifice along the way sometimes to achieve better things than those momentarily desired... if we follow our worldy desires all the time, without thinking of the better then we are falling into trap, in dua kumayl we famously read: "..My high hopes have held me back from my gain and this world with its delusions, my own self with its offences and my dilly dallying have deceived me.."
Its quite funny how we seem to hold on to this world, without wanting to let go, when we know that there is something much much better waiting for us...paradise!!!... we are told of the blessings and the bounties we are to recieve, however we like to shut our selves from that, we prefer this world to the hereafter, we prefer the momentary happiness to that of the eternal one..
Do you not ask yourself why this is so??? well the answer to that is quite simple too... basically there is something that is called a "veil" as mentioned in the quran: "We have created from between their hands a veil, and from behind them a veil and we have put a veil across their eyes to that the do not see".
Furthermore the Quran says: "There similitude is that of a man who kindled fire, when it lighted all around him, Allah took away their light, and left them in utter darkness so they could not see" [2:17]...
There is alot one can say about this topic.... but i feel as if i have prolonged this.. thus i shall get back to this soon..
W'salam W'ra7matallahi W'barakatuh..