HAPPINESS IS A STATE OF MIND
Spirit of Islam, May 2015, p. 10
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.
the result of negative thinking and happiness is the result of positive thinking. The following points explain the above mentioned concept more clearly. When one takes things as challenge, it will help in one’s intellectual development. It is a fact that in this world the greatest thing a person can achieve is intellectual development, which is the capability of 'high thinking'. Negative thinking brings unhappiness, and positive thinking brings happiness. Happiness is the result of high kind of thinking. High thinking makes one a positive thinker. It is positive thinking that makes one happy in the true sense of the word. Happiness is not simply a joyful state, it is rather an explanation of things at a rational level. A positive mind is able to explain things at the rational level. If one cannot explain things at a rational level, one becomes unhappy. While, if one can explain things at the rational level, it will give one happiness. o Different Temperaments The temperament of every person is different. This is a natural phenomenon. Differences do not surface when people are mere acquaintances. Differences start surfacing only when they start their lives together. If couples were to accept these differences as a part of nature, they would learn to look beyond them and work towards a meaningful relationship.

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