Q: I heard that there are four temperaments of a person. How do we live and change our ways if we already have a certain personality and temperament that we are born with?
A: Allah Ta'ala has created each person with a temperament. A person's temperament is seen when he/she is overcome by different situations or conditions e.g., conditions of happiness or grief, difficulty or ease, fear or safety etc.
However, if one conditions his mind to deal with any situation in the correct way, then his temperament will also adapt to it accordingly.
Hence, one should always look at the positive side of things, ponder over the grace and favours of Allah Ta‘ala upon him and how he is favoured more than others in many aspects of life. Thinking in this way will cause a person to always remain grateful to Allah Ta'ala and be happy in one's life.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
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