To err is human. Even the most pious persons did also committ some or the other mistake in their lives. The problem starts when we dont realize our mistakes and even if realize try to persist on them. This is malattitude. The good way is to confess your guilt and promise with yourself not repeat it again. One should also face and accept the consequences bravely and wholeheartedly.
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Mr. Khari will deliver a seminar on The Magic of Positive Thinking and Mind Power at Air University Islamabad on Thursday 11th March at 11am. Before his presentation, Mr Abdul Khalil (Team Leader Positive Pakistan Foundation Islamabad Chapter) will introduce PPF volunteer network to the participants. Due to security reason, AU management can accommodate on a limited number of outsiders. Interested learners can contact Mr. Abdul Khalil to seek entry permission. Mr. Khari will also conduct a training session on Human Potential for NBP officers at National Bank Staff College Islamabad. During my second month of nursing school, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions, until I read the last one: “What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?” Surely, this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times. She was tall, dark-haired and in her 50s, but how would I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Just before class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our quiz grade. “Absolutely,” said the professor. “In your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say ‘hello’.” “I’ve never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was Dorothy. In a university commencement address several years ago, Brian Dyson, CEO of Coca Cola Enterprises, spoke of the relation of work to one’s other life commitments: “Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends and spirit and you’re keeping them all in the air. You soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls, family, health, friends and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these balls, they will be irrevocably damaged or even shattered. You must understand this relationship and strive for balance in your life.
Last night I came across this awe inspiring verse of Iqbal: He (the poet) is inspired by the notable position of the hard worker in the scheme of this world who gets his iron-made gadget sharpened by the rock (he sharpens his iron gadget from rock). His sweat and toil has helped his name remain alive in the world like emperor Sikandar and he does not need ‘Khizar’ to get ‘Aab e Hayat’. His sweat and toil will keep him alive in the hearts of generations to come. Booker T. Washington said, “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” There once was an oyster It was only a grain, Now, did he berate Did he curse at the government, ‘No,’ he said to himself Now the years have rolled around, And the small grain of sand Now the tale has a moral, What couldn’t we do Author Unknown In the mid-1980’s researchers at Cleveland State University made a startling discovery. They conducted an experiment by creating two fictitious job candidates David and John. The candidates had identical resumes and letters of reference. The only difference was that John’s letter included the sentence “Sometimes, John can be difficult to get along with”. They showed the resumes to a number of personnel directors. Which candidate did the personnel directors overwhelmingly prefer? Difficult to get along with, John. The researchers concluded the criticism of John made praise of John more believable. Admitting John’s wart actually helped sell John. Admitting flaws gives you more credibility. A key to selling. Author Unknown. Bruce Barton said, ‘For good or ill, your converstation is your advertisement. Every time you open your mouth you let the people look into your mind.’ I cannot recall right now but I am sure I once read similar concept that had been given 14 hundred centuries ago by Hazrat Ali (RA). You cannot judge a person just by his or her appearance. What is inside becomes obvious only when one opens his/her mouth to utter words. The words are the true reflection and mirror of one’s personality. Thats why centuries old phrase is yet applicable even today, ‘Think Twice Before You Speak’. It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcomings, who knows the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at his best knows in the end the high achievement of triumph and who at worst, if he fails while daring greatly, knows his place shall never be with those timid and cold souls who know neither victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt Those who are determined to do something great, should not bother critics and remember the words of Einstein, who rightly said, ‘Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds’. Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don’t go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won’t laugh at you. I profess the religion of love (Maulana Jalaluddin Roomi) Your life will always be filled with challenges and problems. The best way is to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway and in all the circumstances. Alfred D Souza said, “For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.” |
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