The only companions I have are songs. Yes, song is where I find shelter from the outside difficulties. I know you are going to tell me that listening to songs is forbidden from an Islamic perspective. I do not care about what you are saying, and at the same time, I am not ready to hear your opinion because you want me to lose the only friend I have. Sometimes, life tells me about songs, and I do not give a shite. Say what you want about songs; I will not quit listening to them. I lost everything I had, and they are the only source I have. When someone gets in a lonely mood, the most important thing is what makes him happy. Songs are meant to be my life partners. How did you dare to untie such ties?
Loneliness is one of the hardships that one faces in life. Such a feeling may be a threat to the person's whole life. It is one way that life gets stressed, and eventually, depression-last phase of stress. As sociologists state about social relations, humans are prepared to gather and make relationships. No one can be alone; otherwise, there is a problem he is facing at that moment. Relationships between people are such a magical thing. It sometimes makes you forget all your problems. It makes you alert all the time. You do not get into any trouble when you are in a good relationship. In all relationships, there is only one condition, and that is trustworthiness. When couples are confident with one another and make decisions together, they are on the white track for their relationship. Not only couples should make good on their relationship, but every human has a relationship, and he has to make it fruitful. He should care about it and try to foster it better than now. In business companies, institutions, government organizations, and any other places where people come together, there should be relationships. Not only a normal relationship, but a tight relationship. Relationships should be nurtured and given good care at all those places.
Are you not asking me what I meant by the above sentence? Are you getting what I mean, or have you already understood? It is some type of perplexity or puzzle. But the reality is that I am in that mood. I really feel upset about the lack of relationship. I ask all the time why I lack of relationship. Earlier days, it seemed like me chance. I saw it as a kind of waste of time. It is not my fault if that is not true. When you are in Somalia, there is full ignorance of all different parts of life. It is a reality that we are ignorant of important aspects of life and are so envious of it. Having a relationship with someone is not something that comes easily. It needs time to think about it. It needs a strategy to deal with it. It also needs skill to manage. Yes, it does. A relationship needs skill and knowledge. It is a field of specialization. It is a field to be trained in. A relationship is not something that happens by chance. That is why we are ignorant of it. In Somalia, many fields of specialization are absent from the educational arena. As Somalis, we have different difficulties in life that challenge our happiness and our relationships. If you try to think outside Somalia's lifestyle, you will be symbolized as pro-Western, secular, and eventually, non-Muslim. You cannot talk about above such narrow lifestyle; even you have no right to think about it. How can an individual living in such an environment have complete happiness? No way. He should be in an unsettled mood all the time. In the above paragraph, I told you that they tried to make me stop listening to songs. They wanted me to live this terrific life. Nothing else. But I made an individual decision and rejected their goal.
Have you ever conversed with someone left behind? Can you guess what he feels or how he feels? When you are left behind, you are dead. Totally, you're dead. If someone is deceased, he misses everything in this world. He sees no light, no sweet eating, and no drinking. He totally lacks everything that has meaning in this world. When you are left behind, you are as alone in the world as you are in the grave. When you are left behind, you are in a dark room of this world, as your grave has no lamp. Being left behind is death, and to say your views loudly is to be jailed in Somalia. This will put you in the mood of someone left behind.
Ali Hussein Ahmed
