Happiness

Happiness cannot be purchased with gold and silver. It is far more precious than that. Happiness is like a pearl in the depths of the sea. Only the most expert diver who knows how to seek it out will find it. Happiness is a good meeting, a nice word, a dream, a realistic yet positive attitude towards life. Look into yourself. Somewhere in the depths of your own soul lies your happiness. If happiness could be attained through wealth - through the acquisition of gold, silver, dollars, and a big bank account then the mountains and the mines would be the rightful possessors of happiness, because of all the wealth that they contain within them. If happiness were achievable through beauty, display, and adornment, then the peacock and the flowers would have more right than us to be happy. If happiness were in strength and power, then wild beasts would have been the most entitled to happiness. If, however, happiness were attainable through noble conduct, wisdom, virtue, integrity, and probity, then the human being would have the greatest right to it. Happiness can be experienced in many things. It can be found in the smile of an innocent baby. It can be found on the tongue of an honest person speaking a good word or remembering Allah. It resides in the heart of a person who shows tolerance to his brethren. It is in giving a gift without ulterior motives. It is when your Lord removes some hardship from yourself or from others. It is experienced in the rest that comes after an hour of hard work. How many playboys, tyrants, wrongdoers, and people of wealth and power leave this world never experiencing the best and most beautiful thing that the world has to offer: closeness to Allah and the happiness that comes from communion with Him? Think about it. Courtesy of http://en.islamtoday.net/