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From an Islamic POV (based on Dr.'Aidh ibn Abdullah Al-Qarni's La Tahzan):

1. Know that if you do not live within the scope of today, your thoughts will be scattered, your affairs will become confused, and your worrying will increase - these realities explain the hadith:

"When you are in the morning, do not expect to see the evening, and when you are in the evening, do not expect to see the morning."

2. Forget the past and all that it contained. Being absorbed in things that are gone is sheer lunacy.

3. Do not be preoccupied with the future. Because the future is in the world of the unseen, do not let it bother you until it comes.

4. Do not be shaken by criticism; instead, be firm. And know that, in proportion to your worth, the level of people's criticism rises.

5. Faith in Allah and good deeds: these are the ingredients that make up a good and happy life.

6. Whoever desires peace, tranquility and comfort can find it all in the remembrance of Allah.

"Verily in the remembrance of Allah do the hearts rejoice."

[Ar-Ra'd, 13: 28]

7. You should know with certainty that everything that happens, occurs in accordance with a divine decree.

8. Do not expect gratitude from anyone.

"We feed you for the sake of Allah alone: no reward do we desire from you, nor thanks."

[Al-Insaan, 76: 9]

9. Train yourself to be ready and prepared for the worst eventuality.

10. Perhaps what has happened is in your best interest (though you may not comprehend how that is so).

"But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing which is bad for you. But Allah knoweth, and ye know not."

[Al-Baqarah, 2: 216]

"It may be that ye dislike a thing, and Allah brings about through it a great deal of good."

[An-Nisaa', 4: 19]

11. Everything that is decreed for the Muslim is best for him.

12. Enumerate the blessings of Allah and be thankful for them.

13. You are better off than many others.

14. Relief comes from one hour to the next.

15. In both times of hardship and ease, one should turn to supplication and prayer.

"O ye who believe! Seek help with patient perseverance and Prayer: for Allah is with those who patiently persevere."

[Al-Baqarah, 2: 153]

16. Calamities should strengthen your heart and reshape your outlook in a positive sense.

17. Indeed, with each difficulty there is relief.

"Verily, with every difficulty there is relief."

[Al-Inshiraah/Ash-Sharh, 94: 6]

18. Do not let trifles be the cause of your destruction.

19. Indeed, your Lord is Oft-Forgiving.

"Pray for His Forgiveness: for He is Oft-Returning (in Grace and Mercy)."

[An-Nasr, 110: 3]

20. Do not be angry... Do not be angry... Do not be angry.

"Abu Hurairah, radiyallahu 'anhu, reported that a man said to the Prophet (pbuh): 'Advise me!' The Prophet said, 'Do not become angry and furious.' The man asked (the same) again and again, and the Prophet said in each case, 'Do not become angry and furious.'"

[Narrated by Bukhari]

21. Life is bread, water and shade; so do not be perturbed by a lack of any other material thing.

"And in the heaven is your provision, and that which you are promised."

[Az-Zaariyaat, 51: 22]

22. Most evil that is supposed to happen never occurs.

23. Look at those who are afflicted and be thankful.

24. When Allah loves a people, He makes them endure trials.