1. Count the Blessings that Allah has bestowed upon you

{... Take what comes to you & give thanks.}
                                       (Qur'an 7: 144)

When morning comes, remember that the sun is shining upon thousands of miserable women, but you are blessed; it is shining on hundreds of hungry women, but you have plenty to eat; it shines on thousands of women who are imprisoned, but you are free; it shines on thousands of women who have been stricken with calamity & lost their children, you are happy & healthy. How many tears flow down women's cheeks, how many mother's hearts are filled with pain, how many screams come from girl's throats - but you are smiling & happy. So praise Allah, the Exalted, for His Kindness, Protection & Generosity.

Sit & think, & be honest with yourself; look at the numbers & statistics. How many things do you own, how much wealth do you possess, how many blessings do you enjoy, how many things do you have that bring you delight? Beauty, wealth, children, shade, a home, a country, light, air, water, nourishment, medicine? Rejoice & be a good cheer.

"Buy with Charity the du'a & love of the poor & needy. "