PsyBlog has gone gratitude-mad this week, what with reporting experimental evidence that practicing gratitude can increase happiness by 25% and reviewing 'thanks' , the book by the study's author. To round it off here are Dr Robert Emmons' top 10 tips for actually becoming more grateful, and consequently more happy.
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Taken from the FUNdamentalist (via his Twitter account)
Someone asked me a very good question. They asked why Muslims are required to pray in a certain way. I gave it some thought.
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Check it out!
Ibn Qayyim RA said that there are ten things that bring about the love of Allah SWT.
1) Recitation of the Qur’an with reflection and with understanding of its meanings
2) Seeking closeness to Allah by performing voluntary deeds after having performed obligatory ones, for that leads one to the highest levels of love.
3) Remembering Allah during every situation - with one’s time, heart and deeds, one’s share of that love is to the degree of one’s share in that remembrance
4) Preferring what He loves to what you love when your desires are strong.
5) Allowing your heart to reflect on His Names and Attributes.
6) Reflecting on His many favors and blessings, both the apparent ones and hidden ones, for that leads to His love.
Last week I told myself I was fixing up. I decided to concentrate on one main thing and not give up on it. And alhamdulillah, with this one thing I was able to be more mindful of other things too - I was doing well and it boosted how I was feeling spiritually. Overall I felt happier.
But then, at the back of my mind, my nafs kept telling me to start wasting time by watching random stuff, or just doing something that wasn't so religious. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't spending all my time trying to be a perfect Muslim but as I was more mindful I just felt I needed to do things differently and tried to concentrate on that, to some extent.
Put Stickers of the dua on walls/other easily visible places
We used to have a sticker with the dua before entering the toilet outside of the bathroom. I read it all the time so by the time we took it down it was already stuck in my head and alhamdulillah I still always read it 
You just gotta make sure it's clearly readable and at eye distance.
Try it! Or if you can't find a sticker for a particular dua, just print it out and stick it.
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Don't know if I've shared this before or not
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y5h6n2b0Mk&feature=related
Please check this out! It seems to make understanding the Qur'an seem relatively easy :O Makes 1000s or words sound like something small! InshaAllah I'm going to try out the lessons
http://understandquran.com/courses/short-course-1/english-2011/lesson-1....
