Reasons for sadness
I will mention to you some of the reasons for sadness. Either you are thinking about wealth and money, and you look at your destitute condition, and you see how the rich enjoy money, and the regret in your chest increases, and you become sad and in pain, or you are thinking about your children, if you are married, or your wife, or... And I noticed All causes of sadness are caused by the need for something. The poor person needs wealth in his belief that it will bring him happiness, and the rich person needs to travel in his belief that he will feel comfortable. Likewise, the father needs a child and believes that the child will make him happy, and after each one’s desire is fulfilled, those hopes disappear because happiness does not need this. Entire . If the rich person shared part of his money with the poor, he would feel a great sense of accomplishment and joy, such that the world would not be enough for him. If the father used his child in what pleases God, he would grow up and grow until he is happy with him. If the wife maintained her husband’s house, God would grant her happiness. This is also the case with the poor when he focused on poverty and forgot the blessings that surrounded him, such as hearing, sight, life, and comfort. He felt sad. If he had focused on the blessings, he would have said (Praise be to God).
From the book Life Skills by Ibrahim Al-Shamlan