Own your miserable-ness
In the name of Allah most gracious, most merciful. May His peace and blessings be upon our beloved messenger, prophet Muhammad (SAW). As humans it's second nature to us to want to blame, shift the cause of every problem to someone else or something else, but continuing on this path would only increase the percentage of our miserable-ness. If we are miserable, it helps to own up to it. " Yes I am unhappy. And it is because I let myself be, no one can make me unhappy if I don't allow them" Owning our unhappiness gives us strength over it. Strength to let it go, so it doesn't make us miserable and steal from the quality of our lives. And also strength to leave it where it resides with us, as an excuse not to be the greatest we can be. Owning our unhappiness isn't easy, but like everything else we do, when we put Allah first, calling on H...