I am not so sure what, exactly, has gotten into me lately. This whole entire month of March - the month in which my glorious existence is celebrated - has been the crappiest month of 2007 thus far! I am very thankful for the good things that have happened this month …after all, each day that I wake up breathing is supposed to be a good day…taken for granted? Yes…but good nonetheless…however, the bad seems to always overshadow the good…Why is that we humans always love to dwell on the bad?! Or am I the only special one? It happened, so what? It could’ve been much worse than that! Why not just let it go and move on…after all, tomorrow is another day!

Some are having a great time right now… while others are moping around feeling miserable… Why feel miserable over something you cannot control?!
Here are a few fundamentals of happiness I read in ‘Don’t Be Sad’ by Al-Qarni that I need to remind myself of today and every single day:
Know that if you do not live within the scope of today, your thoughts will be scattered, your affairs will become confused, and your worrying will increase - these realities explain the hadith: ‘When you are in the morning, do not expect to see the evening, and when you are in the evening, do not expect to see the morning.’

Forget the past and all that it contained. Being absorbed in things that are gone is sheer lunacy. [ ]

Do not be preoccupied with the future. Because the future is in the world of the unseen, do not let it bother you until it comes. (True, but you have to relatively plan for the future…you cannot be that spontaneous in every aspect of life…that’s when it becomes carelessness)

Do not be shaken by criticism; instead, be firm. And know that , in proportion to your worth, the level of people’s criticism rises.

Faith in Allah and good deeds: these are the ingredients that make up a good and happy life. (I’ve been relatively distant from God … which probably explain my state of restlessness)

Whoever desires peace, tranquility, and comfort can find it all in the remembrance of Allah (I so desire it …more than anything else!)

You should know with certainty that everything that happens, occurs in accordance with a divine decree (Yes, so why fret about it! it was meant to happen before I was even born!!)

Do not expect gratitude from anyone (I really don’t )

Relief comes from one hour to the next.

Calamities should strengthen your heart and reshape your outlook in a positive sense.

Indeed, with each difficulty there is relief.

Do not be angry…Do not be angry… Do not be angry. (that sentence in itself sounds too angry!)

Most evil that is supposed to happen never occurs. (I read this 20 times)

One more week to this March Madness’ end!

I’ll get back to reading the book for the 10th time!

:)