RIGHT AND WRONG THINKING

Reflection tells us that our test lies in always making the right choice and saving ourselves from the wrong choice. This same disease has characterized the whole of human history. More than 99% of people are victims of negative thinking—that is to say, selective thinking. They ignore the good things that they do have and make a big issue out of the things that they do not have and turn the latter into the vortex around which their thinking constantly revolves. In this regard, Muslims are no exception. Today, all kinds of excellent opportunities are available for Muslims to make use of, just as is the case with other people. But in line with the law of nature, there are also some things that Muslims have not been given. What Muslims have done is that they have made what they do not have the centre-point of their thinking, while ignoring all the things that they have been given. As a result of this, throughout the world Muslims have got stuck in the quagmire of negative thinking. And because of this, they are bereft of gratitude, which is the highest form of worship. Ignoring the 99% of the bounties of God that they have been blessed with and obsessing about the 1% they have not received shapes their thoughts and actions. It is against what God desires of us. The greatest price that people who are engrossed in this will have to pay in terms of their failure to develop a positive character. And lacking a positive character means being deprived of God’s blessings. o Success The conviction that one's goals are worthwhile, the observation of discipline with no contradiction between words and thoughts, cool thinking even in times of crisis—all these are qualities of mind which determine success.