How can I save myself from worry, distraction?
Question: Would you please tell me how to save myself from worry, distraction, absent-mindedness, and forgetfulness? I will be grateful to you.
The answer: Here are twenty points; if you follow them, I myself will be grateful to you:
1. Wake up early enough to give yourself sufficient time to go about your appointments or tasks without hurrying!
2. Have a good breakfast and do not eat in a rush!
3. Do not put off the work of today until tomorrow, for every day has its work!
4. Make friends with those who do not live in psychological troubles!
5. Assign a time everyday to, while in solitude, ponder over moral matters and worships and think deeply about the answer to these questions: Where have I come from? What am I now? Where shall I go after death?
6. Everyday, practice some physical exercises even if it is for just half an hour!
7. Thank Allah for the blessings you have and do not exaggerate your problems!
8. Write down what you want to do everyday!
9. Before talking, think deeply about the consequences of your talks!
10. Give your body some relaxation and rest and practice swimming!
11. Breathe as deeply as possible!
12. Do not worry about what you cannot get!
13. Live your life truly and think of your state and your surroundings!
14. Laugh little, and when you cry, cry much! Let your laughter and cries be for the delight of your heart and the comfort of your nerves.
15. Do not eat more than your needs!
16. Do not promise anyone that which you cannot fulfill, and when you make promises, say “Inshallah”!
17. Do not feel shy to say: “I am sorry, I cannot…I do not know” when you really cannot or do not know!
18. Be a good listener most of the time, and when you talk, talk as little as necessary to convey the concept you want to declare! Try to make your speech eloquent and nice!
19. Read and look for political, scientific, and cultural news as much as you possibly can!
20. Think of Paradise and its pleasures and bliss and imagine that you will stay in it forever, but always remember that you pay its price (in cash) at the present!
