Smile - Pause to reflect

How much in need we are of a smile, a friendly face, easy-going manners, and a gentle, generous soul. The Prophet (sallalahu Alayhi Wasalam) said:
'Verily, Allah has revealed to me that you should be humble, so that none of you should transgress upon another, and none of you should be arrogant and proud to another.'

Smile - Pause to reflect

Do not be sad: when you experienced sadness yesterday, you were neither benefited nor consoled. Your son failed, and you became depressed, yet did this depression change the fact that he failed? Your father passed away, and you became downhearted, yet did this bring him back to life? You lost your business, and you became saddened. Did this change your situation by transforming losses into profits?

Do not be sad: You became despondent due to a calamity, and by doing so, created additional calamities. You became depressed because of poverty and this only increased the bitterness of your situation. You became gloomy because of what your enemies said to you, and by doing so, you unwittingly helped them in their attack upon you. You became sullen because you expected a particular misfortune, and yet it never came to pass.

Do not be sad: Truly a large mansion will not protect you from the effects of depression; and neither will a beautiful wife, abundant wealth, a high position, or brilliant children.

Do not be sad: Sadness causes you to imagine poison when you are really looking at pure water, to see a cactus when you are looking at a rose, to see a barren desert when you are looking at a lush garden, and to feel that you are in an unbearable prison when you are living on a vast and expansive earth.

Do not be sad: You have two eyes, two ears, lips, two hands, two legs, a tongue, a heart, peace, safety and a healthy body.

"Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both [jinn and men] deny?" [surah Ar-Rahman – Ayah 13].

Do not be sad: You have the true Religion to live by, a house to live in, bread to eat, water to drink, clothes to wear, a wife to find comfort in; why then the melancholy?