A Little less Judgment and a Little more Kindness
- Saneya Qadir
- Jul 13, 2017
- 2 min read
Lately I've noticed how quick we as a society are to talk bad of people or judge them for things we have no idea about. Or even, just general lack of appreciation for anything others do for us. As Muslims, of course we don't have to expect appreciation from people because Allah will reward us, but I just mean we should show more appreciation as a sign of general good character.
I don't get why people feel that by being nice to others, or gob forbid showing appreciation is a bad thing. I mean, will you be charged for it? How hard is it for you to say "please" or "thank you"? Small daily words we can use to make someone's day, we don't even realize the impact these small things have on people. I have seen (women mostly) proudly talking about how mean they are to their daughter in laws, it's so sad. I really thought this whole being unreasonably mean to your daughter in law was a dumb cliche in tv shows. Didn't in a million years think that educated people from supposedly good families would partake in such nonsense. Although, it doesn't just stop at daughter in laws', it's a general trend. And please, do not get me started on people's need to comment on other people's lives!
We have deviated so far from our religion, our culture is not at all how a Muslim should conduct themselves. It saddens me most when people mix our culture with religion, it should be very similar but unfortunately they have very little in common. Religion has given so many rights to not only women, but our neighbors and the help and overall family members. Why is it, that it no longer crosses our minds to be polite? That shows that we, as a nation need to make some major changes in our society. One person at a time.
Honestly, I could go on and on about this because I personally get so offended when people just take it for granted when you do something nice or don't show basic manners but I'll stop here. So from today on wards why don't we make it a point to say 5 nice things a day and increase from there! You will actually notice the difference almost immediately, I kid you not! Baby steps!
xx
Saneya
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