People often talk about the power of positive thought. I read about Lance Armstrong's (yeah i know hes a big fat cheater but he won the tour de France shortly after getting the all clear for cancer, thats worth something isnt it!) battle with cancer, he stated that positive thinking got him through, Allah cured him however without a doubt looking on the bright side and to the future helped a lot. There are many stories of people who pulled through to see a loved one again or those who survived long enough to see their children graduate or get married.
I want to talk about the power of negative thinking, not a subject mentioned much! So we know thinking happy thoughts helps us to recover and keeps us healthy so what do negative thoughts do?
Negative thoughts destroy us, mentally, physically and spiritually, totally. People who dwell on the bad, the glass half empty kind of people will always find themselves in a bad way. Its normal to get the odd bad day but to give in to it completely is just wrong. To allow yourself to become the kind of person who sucks the sunshine out of the day. it happens, I personally know several people who are like this. They have so much to be grateful for and yet they will always have something to moan about and a nasty comment to make. This is waswasa, the whispers from the shaitan that come to us and fuel our fears and our hate. I have a theory that people who's hearts are filled with bitterness will get seriously sick and probably die from it pretty quickly simply because they are black inside.
By reading Quran, praying every salah on time and doing as much ibadah as we can, we can earn the honour of being those with whom Allah is pleased with Inshaallah. This is not for everyone. We need to ask ourselves what kind of person we are, do you look at the good in your life and find peace or is it more find fault?
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