HOW TO BE HAPPY
Spirit of Islam, Sept-Oct 2025, p. 37
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.
best.” If you cannot have the first choice, choose the second and move on without regret. Psychologists confirm that most problems begin in the mind and can also be solved there. It’s a matter of changing your “intellectual gear.” If you can shift perspectives, you can unlock the “super-formula” for de-stressing. And here is an empowering truth: you are more valuable than anything you have lost. If in any situation you lose something, you still have yourself—your abilities, your potential, and your will to act. Focus on what remains, not what is gone. Interestingly, a happy life can often only be built in the midst of unhappy conditions. Life is not about eliminating all discomfort, but about managing yourself so you can create a “happy corner” within an imperfect world. You cannot change the whole world, but you can change your response to it. That is the only sustainable formula for happiness. Real happiness does not come from avoiding problems or chasing artificial feel-good moments. It comes from facing life’s challenges, managing them wisely, and finding contentment in what is available. When you adopt the mindset of problem management and the acceptance of the “second good,” you protect your peace of mind while continuing to grow. The result is not just fleeting happiness, but a deep, enduring sense of fulfillment—one that no external circumstance can take away. Conspiracies can be defused and rendered ineffective by responding to them through wisdom, rather than through confrontation.

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