IMPORTANCE OF POSITIVE THINKING
For A Missionary Spirit
ABOUT 4000 years ago, Prophet Abraham had to leave his wife Hajira and his son Ismael in the deserts of Arabia and returned to Al-Sham in present day Syria. When Ismael grew up, he married a woman from the tribe of Jurham. After some time, Prophet Abraham visited this place where he met his son Ismael’s wife. She complained to him of the severe conditions of life. While leaving, Prophet Abraham told her to pass on a message to Ismail when he returned — “to change the ‘threshold’ of his house”. On his return, Ismail divorced his wife and married another woman. A few years later, Prophet Abraham returned once again to visit his son’s family. When he met Ismael’s wife, she did not complain about anything, and, instead, expressed gratitude at the conditions. On hearing this, Prophet Abraham told her that when Ismael returned she should give this message to him: “Maintain the ‘threshold’ of your house.”
For any great mission the people who are suitable are only those who have the highest level of positive thinking and who are free from all complaints.
Prophet Abraham had settled his family in the deserts of Arabia. The purpose of this was to begin a new generation in a pure and simple uncorrupted environment. A generation that would devote themselves to the mission of Tawheed (Oneness of God), spreading it throughout the world. From the above incident we can understand that for the great mission of spreading the message of the oneness of God the people who are suitable are only those who have the highest level of positive thinking, and who are free from all complaints and negative thinking.
We also understand from this that in the process of purification of our minds, the most important aspect is for us to develop a personality free of all types of complaint. Despite what one might want to see as causes for complaint, one should have a completely positive personality. Negative thinking destroys the purity of the mind, while positive thinking is a necessary condition for the purification of the mind. A negative thinker becomes prey to evil tendencies. On the other hand, a positive thinker begins to live in the company of angels and it is not possible for purification of our minds without divine help.
