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Marriage

And while marriage is half of our deen, it isn't all of it, so keep doing what you love to do in the meantime. Don't make it your whole life's mission to get married; Allah has made us in pairs and he will bring your other half into your life when the time is right and not before. So just wait it out. And while you're waiting, pray. Many times we think we're in complete control of our life, but we forget that not even a leaf drops without the will of Allah and so you won't get married until Allah wills it. So ask Him for the best of partners and don't despair when it doesn's happen overnight.

Empathy and Your Face

Resul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa salam) said: "You cannot be a true Muslim until you are kind among yourselves. Kindness is not this that you sympathize with your companion, but kindness ist this that you think all men deserving of it." [Tibrani] In order for your advice to others to be effective, they have to feel that you genuinely care about them. 90% of communication is non-verbal. If you want people to feel that you genuinely care about them, then only saying so is not going to be sufficient, because they will read your true feelings from your non-verbal communication. Human beings can make more than ten thousand facial expressions. At least three thousand of them have distinct meaning. Your face is a billboard for your feelings. In addition, the expression you make, influence what you feel. Notice that Rasul Allah  (sal Allahu alaihi wa salam) discusses both aspects. That you show sympathy, and also that you feel sypmathy, because the expression and the feel...