 This is where the ayah that says بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألا بذكر الله تطمئنون قلوب Indeed in the remembrance of Allah The heart's right tranquility Peace Positive thinking Think about the positive things And if nothing is there Think of your iman الحمد لله I have the iman The love of Ahlul Bayt is in my heart That is the greatest ni'ma That's one thing Thinking positively That's one Second Gratitude What is gratitude? Some researchers They went to a school They divided the students into two groups One group they told them everyday Just write something about your day Anything about your day Today for example I had a lot of homework OK write it down Write anything about your day The second half of the students They told them Write down Something positive Something you are grateful for Something you are thankful for What are you grateful for So they started writing down After two weeks They gave ten one dollar bills To each group One dollar bills This is the United States So one dollar bills Ten of them To each group They said you can spend it in any way you like You can spend it on yourself Or you can give it to charity You can give some of it to charity You can keep all of it to yourself Give it all to you It's up to you Interesting what the researchers found Is the group that wrote Their gratitude journal Everyday For two weeks They gave up two thirds Of their money for charity And they kept only a third for themselves The other group The other group That did not write a gratitude journal But something happens in their day They kept two thirds of the money Or more than half of the money They kept it to themselves They did not donate Not even half of what they had They kept more than half to themselves And only donated a small portion The conclusion they came with The researchers Is that by writing everyday Something you are grateful for You can improve your mental status You can be happier You can help others You can become generous So gratitude they feel Can be taught Gratitude Being grateful And that is something important What does the Quran say about gratitude وإن شكارتوم لأزيدناكم If you are grateful I will increase you This increase is not necessarily Financial increase It's general Allah can increase you financially Allah can increase you psychologically Increase you health wise Increase you etc So therefore Being grateful Gratitude is something that is very important That's the second thing that we need to practice Gratitude Being grateful