Optimistic | Words of Wisdom 🌟

Salam and hye guys!

This episode of WOW will be a super short one.

Lets start. Optimist. When I was in Form 1, my class name was Optimist. That was the first time I learn that word. And from that moment, I've always like that word and I always associate myself with being an optimist person.

optimistic /ɒptɪˈmɪstɪk/

adjective - hopeful and confident about the future.
synonyms: cheerful, cheery, positive, confident, hopeful, sanguine, bullish, buoyant, bright.

Optimism for me is the belief in Qada and Qadar. Thus, optimism is an act of worship. 

Qadar is Allah’s knowing of everything in pre-eternity, what happened and what will happen whether good or bad from pre-eternity to past eternity, their time, place and characteristics, and His ordaining and determining them. 

Qada is His creation of things and events when their time is due based on His pre-eternal knowledge and ordaining.

When I was in my down year, I forgot to be optimist. I forgot to put my trust in Allah. I used to be very worry about the future until I forgot on what's important, the presence. I used to worry whether I would get married or not, whether I will find a job, worry about losing people that I love. The thing is, for every minute I am worry about the future, I lose sixty seconds of happiness. So I started to learn to do my best in everything I do, I embrace the present and I let go of my worry as I put my trust in Allah. Alhamdulillah, life has been pretty good after that.

💙 What does it take to be an Optimist?

1. Focus on solutions, not problems.
2. Look for opportunities, not excuses. 
3. Keep your eye on the bigger picture.
4. Develop creative thinking and innovative ways of doing things.
5. Trust in Allah for results.
6. Make lots of Doas.
7. Surround yourself with positive people.
8. Be present & embrace the moment.

💡 Journal Prompt & Exercises:

1. Make your list of Doas
2. Vivid vision exercise - imagine your life 3 years from now & your ideal day 

If we believe in Allah's plan, Qada and Qadar, insyaAllah our heart will be at peace. 💙 May all of us find peace and blessings of Allah.

💙 Love and prayers,
A