Gratitude
Never underestimate the power of gratitude. Thanks to early teachings of Islam I have learned that you must always be grateful to whatever rewards God has given you , whether big or small. You will forever be trapped in an unhappy state of mind if you do not learn how to be grateful. Nothing will ever be satisfactory if we do not feel grateful to what we have.
I read the book 'Laws of Attraction' about how one must always be positive and how the universe will work itself to attract better things into your life. I know to some this sounds like a load of bull, maybe it is , maybe its true. The main thing here is to have a positive mindset. I admit I was really not as positive as I am right now back in my study years. I wished I was .
We must not have a defeatist attitude, admitting to failure even before a challenge is taken up.
I live by simple rules : If you do good, things will work out for you, if it doesn't , maybe there is something better reserved by God for you . Always see the good in everyone.
God is Great. He won't purposely give you a hard life. There must be lessons that you need to realize and learn from. I hope I don't sound preachy coz I admit I'm not the best role model either. Just thought of sharing.
But don't be too patient like me. You'll have different sets of problems. Not too patient, not too short tempered. Balance. If you're too patient, you'll have problems expressing yourself. If you're too short tempered, you destroy the good things around you.
So whenever you feel that you have the biggest problem in the world, look around you and look down. There are people who suffering even greater things out there.
Friends, be happy with what you have. Let go of jealousy and anger. Life is really just too short to waste time on jealousy and anger. With so many different religion out there, my advice is that it doesn't hurt to pray and talk to God once in a while in each distinctive ways.
There's a quote I saw on Gubra - The lamps are different , but the lights are the same.
Til' all are one .....
Never underestimate the power of gratitude. Thanks to early teachings of Islam I have learned that you must always be grateful to whatever rewards God has given you , whether big or small. You will forever be trapped in an unhappy state of mind if you do not learn how to be grateful. Nothing will ever be satisfactory if we do not feel grateful to what we have.
I read the book 'Laws of Attraction' about how one must always be positive and how the universe will work itself to attract better things into your life. I know to some this sounds like a load of bull, maybe it is , maybe its true. The main thing here is to have a positive mindset. I admit I was really not as positive as I am right now back in my study years. I wished I was .
We must not have a defeatist attitude, admitting to failure even before a challenge is taken up.
I live by simple rules : If you do good, things will work out for you, if it doesn't , maybe there is something better reserved by God for you . Always see the good in everyone.
God is Great. He won't purposely give you a hard life. There must be lessons that you need to realize and learn from. I hope I don't sound preachy coz I admit I'm not the best role model either. Just thought of sharing.
But don't be too patient like me. You'll have different sets of problems. Not too patient, not too short tempered. Balance. If you're too patient, you'll have problems expressing yourself. If you're too short tempered, you destroy the good things around you.
So whenever you feel that you have the biggest problem in the world, look around you and look down. There are people who suffering even greater things out there.
Friends, be happy with what you have. Let go of jealousy and anger. Life is really just too short to waste time on jealousy and anger. With so many different religion out there, my advice is that it doesn't hurt to pray and talk to God once in a while in each distinctive ways.
There's a quote I saw on Gubra - The lamps are different , but the lights are the same.
Til' all are one .....
