Before 1952 Olympics, everyone believed it is impossible for a human body to run through a mile barrier in less than 04 minutes. Doctors presented various justification by scientifically blaming the autonomy of human body until Roger Bannister arrived. He breaks through the mile barrier in less than 04 minutes becoming the first athlete to do so and changed people’s belief. In the same year, 27 people broke the 04 minutes mile barrier and the numbers increased by every year.
Belief is faith over anything or an idea with a zero percent of doubt. It is one’s confidence over an idea which doesn’t necessarily require any proof. It is your blind trust over any matter without any rationale.
For belief is the most powerful idea in the world that can make anything happen, turn impossible into possible and determine your direction, it can completely alter the course of one’s life.
People in this world live with different beliefs. Your belief determines what faith you belong to. Within us, different institutions exist that are formed on the basis of belief, the most common of them is religion. In all the religions, three types of believers (broadly categorizing) can be distinguished: Monotheists, polytheists and atheists. We by the virtue of being Muslim fall in the first category.
Minimal number of people from other two categories convert to Islam. It is because they simply don’t believe in the message of Quran given by Allah when He addresses people saying, “O’ You Who Believe”. Their belief in not recognizing the singularity or the existence of lord is so strong that a blind eye is turned towards his signs; about whom Quran speaks “and their hearts are sealed”. One may wonder why Allah has sealed their heart not their minds; since belief is above reason.
Its power can achieve what might appear miracle to people. When shams Tabriz threw away the books of Rumi in water, it was the belief of the former that didn’t let water touch the cover.
There is only on pre-requisite of having this power; never doubt it. When you don’t doubt what you belief in, there is no fear of losing, and when you don’t fear, you put all your substance (material or non-material) to bring the idea you believe in, into reality.
Another noteworthy aspect to be mentioned here is that in reality, it is hard to stick to one’s belief, especially when everything appears to fall apart. Verily, when the topic of belief is discussed, it is easier said than done. It takes a whole lot of courage and nerves of steel to be patient, resilient and persistent when everyone else finds it convenient, or for that matter rational, to back out. But, it must be kept in mind that it is the clout of belief that instills hope, motivation and determination in a person to unravel his/her true potential. The same idea is expressed by Coelho as he writes,” when your heart truly desires something, the whole universe conspires to help you achieve that thing,
The power of belief is underscored by the notion that it is innate in human nature to strive for better and ultimately the best. People sleep every night and wake up every morning with a belief that every following day is going to be better than the former and eventually they will have accomplished what they have been striving for. Belief equips one with hope that after every dark night, there appears a bright day with lots of opportunities.
To sum it up, it can be said that belief is a ‘necessity’ that propels human with enough thrust to keep going forward. Yes, there will be lots of difficulties along the way. One might feel tired, exhausted, suffocated or even lost. But, that is where a person with a strong belief stands apart from those who easily give in. He/she does not succumb to obstacles or adversaries trying to impede his way and faces them with his head held high and morale touching the sky. Therefore, one must always hold on to his/her belief. It does not matter how big or small the magnitude of one’s belief is; what is important, is to keep believing in the power of belief.
The Writer is an Award-winning Educationist in Pakistan