I Lost my Way - Finding Happiness after Despair

Two ways of thinking about the same hardship

People define happiness differently. We know that true happiness is the happiness of the heart — so how can we find happiness after despair, and how do we build it? There are different ways of thinking: there is despair thinking, and there is husnudzon billah thinking — having a positive opinion of Allah. In that frame, a challenge becomes: "I am having this difficulty because Allah is strengthening me, because Allah is protecting me from maybe something else."

What the book offers

Life is not perfect. Sometimes we fall, we fail, and we lose — I Lost my Way asks how we find a way out of despair and live a life of happiness and well-being again. The fundamental truth the book returns to: everything in this life is a test, and once we change the lens through which we see our lives, our internal and external response drastically changes. Happiness is not something impossible, regardless of what we have been through or how far we've gotten from the truest path.

About the Author

Yasmin Mogahed is known for her gift of captivating an audience with her thoughts and insightful reflections. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Psychology and a master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is an international speaker and author who focuses most of her work on spiritual and personal development, well known for her book Reclaim Your Heart: Personal Insights on Breaking Free From Life's Shackles.