A confession

After a long moment of reflection. I don't care of reputation, i don't care of opinions, pride, image, wealth, possessions, impressing others because they really amount to nothing if I haven't pleased the one above. They don't bring me happiness and contentment, only a superficial feeling which i mistook for happiness. Paraphrasing the Quran: This world is only a moment of amusement and sweet deception, and the next life is better for you and so are your enduring good deeds. All these things that I stated won't last. I will never be able to capture them, but they will follow me and they will tease me. The only things that will last are the good deeds that are treasured by Allah. I'm not trying to be cheesy and philosophical here. The more you understand this the happier you will become.

By grounding your heart in this dunya, investing in it emotionally and mentally, then you are only setting yourself up for loss, and possibly insanity. Because your conscience and your heart doesn't rest if it is placed on things that are finite. But by placing your heart in the one who does not perish (SWT), then you are safe. This is one major difference between the one who believes in the Akhirah and the one who doesn't.