Moods

Moods...Moods....Moods... What's yours right now' Are you happy, ecstatic, sad, lonely, frustrated, angry, confused or anxious' Do you feel like punching someone in the face right now (ouch!) or do you want to do express your happiness by doing something bizarre' If you do feel like punching someone in the face right now (maybe me), please do not. Moods are to be controlled. You see, if you go around punching people on their faces just because you do not have a good mood, I don’t think you will end up back in your house with all your bones in the right places. Anyways, as I solemnly did not intend to joke around with you (maybe), I should get on with what I really had in mind of writing when I started. Your mood may be defined as your state of feeling at a particular time: or simply, your disposition. It is not possible for any human being to acquire the expertise of handling their moods, but at least, with some practice, they can learn to handle it to some extent. My father just told me a few days ago that this so called “Teen-age” is the age in which humans are most likely to have “unstable” moods. He must be right; considering the fact that at the moment he is dealing with three “teen-agers” (including me, having just started this glamorized life). Even at the most insignificant matter- probably inconspicuous to elders- we teen-agers feel a rage of fury building up inside us, and then we explode! Our state of mind at that time does not consider the possible consequences or outcomes of what we are intending to do, but just encourages us to do it. Most of this encouragement to devastation and disorder comes from Shaitaan obviously, but we also have a choice to choose from. We cannot entirely blame Shaitaan for this (though never consider him innocent), because Allah (S.W.T) has given us a mind to control ourselves and choose, choose between right and wrong, between patience and intolerance! Whenever an elder scolds us, mildly or severely, our bomb is triggered. I can say this myself because it has happened to me several times and I have seen it happen as well. We just can’t restrain ourselves from causing the disaster, inevitably, feeling sorry for it. What we need to do is to practice self-control, so that we may be the sole controllers of our mind and not Shaitaan! Whenever someone is annoying to you in any way, and you are about to retort, first think about what you are going to do and if it is even worth it. Are you willing to gain sins just because someone less witted than you is trying to make you express some anger, or because your parent is merely admonishing you (which you may later find out was entirely right for them to do), or because someone is unintentionally annoying you while thinking that they are helping you' Just think, should you do it' If you have read this entire passage your conscience might be strong enough to say “Probably not”, but if you do reply in an aggressive tone or take some disastrous action against it, let me ask you something: if you really are a true Muslim and know that following the religion of Islam is your ultimate goal in life, then why would you do it' Our beloved and most praiseworthy Prophet (S)-according to my opinion- had three main qualities (among many others) that made him stand out even before he became a Prophet and those were: patience, persistence and honesty. The life of Prophet (S) was the best example and if these were his qualities, then we should follow them as well. Patience is the only virtue that can help us to conquer our soul and have a good mood all the time. If we are in a good mood, however difficult situations may be, people will recognise us as a well being and gradually you will get to know that people regard you as a very cheerful and friendly person.