How Can You Use Corona to Teach Yourself and Your Child Positivity and Good Expectations of Allah?

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March 22, 2020
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We have received many sad messages about being separated from the mosques and the Sacred House, and many feelings of guilt due to what some perceive as a divine punishment affecting humanity. Added to this are our fears of global economic collapse, our anxiety about an unknown future, and many other concerns that stir within us emotions of sadness, fear, and worry. All of this occurs within the circle of Corona, where our negative emotions revolve until Allah wills otherwise. So has having good expectations of Allah disappeared from the scene of Corona? Has positivity vanished? What is the wisdom behind what is happening? And what opportunity can you offer yourself and your child through Corona to build faith and strengthen trust in Allah? How can you use Corona to teach yourself and your child positivity and good expectations of Allah? One: To instill good expectations of Allah, repeat the following positive phrase: There is much good within the trial of Corona. We may not understand it fully, but Allah the Wise decrees everything with wisdom and goodness. Two: Ask yourself and your child about the wisdom behind these events: What is the wisdom and good for people in what is happening? What is the wisdom that you personally can benefit from by changing your lifestyle for the better under the Corona situation? Has the environment improved in the absence of human destruction? What is the wisdom and good for the environment, animals, and birds? Let your child think and answer. Discuss with him. Ask a new question every day. Three: Be a role model in faith and positivity: Do not overemphasize fear without balancing it with hope. Let hope prevail. Be a role model in remembering Allah, making du’a, and using time for good. Four: The risk of addiction is extremely high: Do not allow addiction to television, phones, or video games during lockdown. The situation strongly predisposes children to severe screen addiction, which leads afterwards to depression and negativity. Be firm in preventing this. Set a time limit for yourself and your family that no one exceeds. Inform them scientifically of the severity of the harm and discuss it with them. Five: Use positive visualization: No one knows how long this isolation may last. It may extend beyond a year or even two, as a study from Imperial College London suggests. You will not exit it the same way you entered it. Therefore you must create a plan. How do you wish to be when this period ends? Imagine yourself. Write a practical and positive plan and follow it. Six: Corona is a golden opportunity for growth: Use positive and constructive words with yourself and your loved ones: Allah, the Most Merciful and Most Loving, grants us opportunities to change for the better, just as in Ramadan. This is an opportunity for us: An opportunity to become clearer, to reflect, to breathe, to feel calm, and to grow internally. An opportunity to free ourselves from our attachments to people and from seeking people’s attention. An opportunity that Allah granted us in His mercy, slowing down the wheel of life that we chase without awareness. An opportunity for seclusion with the self, for quietening the noise of reputation, for reviewing mistakes, adjusting priorities, and discovering what we truly want. An opportunity to find comfort with Allah and in remembering Him, to find comfort in knowledge and feel its value. An opportunity to find comfort with our family members, to create memories of happiness that strengthen our bonds with them, for they are the most precious gifts we have. An opportunity for compassion and making du’a for people’s safety and goodness, to unify our feelings with humanity and free ourselves from personal and ethnic selfishness, and to learn the principle of “everyone wins.” An opportunity, rare and inspiring, to discover ourselves, the selves we never gave enough attention to amid the frantic pace of life. An opportunity to analyze the details of our lives, replace and adjust, and create a balanced harmony between the happiness of this world and the next. Corona is a golden opportunity, so seize it to grow and flourish.

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    Ms. Maha Shehadeh

    Expert in character building based on brain research, author of Tafakkur curriculum, and General Manager of Tafakkur.

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