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Jinath Samia
Article: 07
Date : 10/18/25
When Emotions Speak, Awareness Listens
It’s widely known that lifting weights helps strengthen your bones. However, if done with poor posture, it can lead to issues like costochondritis with severe chest pain or even damage the entire skeletal system. These things also happen in our nervous system. When we don’t regulate our emotions in a healthy way, it has an impact on our brains. According to our practice, either it's getting better or worse, there is nothing in between.
By analyzing the current world, we can realize the crucial need for proper leadership, and leadership skills can never be developed without self-awareness and self-regulation. So, how to build it and maintain it?
Samia, a 20-year-old girl, often gets into heated arguments with a colleague when they talk about the Hamas-Israel war. She becomes upset when any Muslim emigrants blindly support the U.S. government, and she tries to convince them that Muslims should stand up for themselves against oppression. But when someone asks her why she lives in a system she disagrees with, she used to get angry and frustrated, sometimes even breaking down emotionally.
To handle this better, Samia decided to take a course on emotional intelligence. She wanted to learn how to manage her own emotions and understand others too. She also began keeping a journal, writing down the moments when she lost control and noticing patterns—what triggered her and how she reacted.
By recognizing these patterns, Samia is learning to stay calm. Instead of getting frustrated, she now focuses on studying how Muslims can build their own system and what steps are needed. This helps her respond with thoughtful and sensible answers when people challenge her views.
From this example, we can have a glance at self-awareness and its implementation. It can help us in our study, career, and building relationships, and as a Muslim, it is our duty to develop ourselves both physically and mentally.
