Importance of Thoughts

 How Thoughts Can Impact Our Life

Written by: Arooj Shahbaz (Lahore, Pakistan)

Sometimes, when relaxing on a couch, we become aware of our actions and begin to question why we made the choices we did.

To understand this, we must first understand our thoughts and thought patterns. 

Sometimes our decisions are fairly simple, like whether to have an omelet for breakfast, but other times they are very complicated and have significant effects on our lives.

 There are always times in our lives when we take major decisions that we regret later because most of the time we didn't give ourselves much time to think on that.

Yes, I agree that sometimes we should take decisions without giving them much thought, but in practical life, it's not worth it. 

People who claim that they left their business and problems in front of Allah and Allah will see,surely he will see but we must put our efforts to everything,just not sitting in a corner waiting for a miracle to happen.We should realize that Allah has endowed us with a brain and given us power to think over what is right and what is wrong.

As i read in Al Fawaid:

"The most beneficial remedy is that you preoccupy yourself with thoughts of what should concern you and not those that should not concern you. Thinking about what does not matter to you is the door of every evil. Whoever reflects upon what does not concern him, then he will miss what does concern him"(al-Fawā’id 1/175).

How we think and perceive things affects our lives so much. How we view other people and the world around us can alter everything.

As is often said, "Think nice thoughts, about good things, and wonderful things will happen for sure."

There is a "secret" that all notable thinkers, philosophers, and achievers throughout history and the present have acknowledged as a universal reality.

"You are what you think" is the central tenet of this secret.

Our thoughts can trigger our emotions and feelings like we can feel worthless, fearful or overconfident about ourselves.Our thoughts can influence us so much that we can modify ourselves and can do anything it can be right or wrong depending upon the content of our thoughts.

If you change your thoughts, you can form new pathways in the brain which may, in turn, change your experience of life.

We all experience great suffering at some point in our lives and wonder why it happened to us. The same thing has happened to me numerous times, but as I kept reflecting on it, I realized that I had done many things impulsively without considering the consequences or without thoroughly getting to know a person. In fact, I hardly ever interacted with people before getting to know them, but thanks to my experiences, I have learned to overcome this and begin thinking carefully before entering any situation.

From those experiences now my life has changed a lot i started giving importance to my thoughts and start analyzing them in depth.

There are some golden rules that i started following in my life:

•  Keep in depth knowledge about things 
•  Thinks thrice before acting 
•  Evaluate your decision 
•  Ask questions to yourself 
•  Remember to think about yourself and give importance to yourself

At last i just want to say "Our life is shaped by thoughts we carry".