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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.”
The truth is, there’s no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, it will never come thereafter.
My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world’s most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular levels. Of humble origins, Muhammad founded and promulgated one of the world’s great religions, and became an immensely effective political leader. Today, thirteen centuries after his death, his influence is still powerful and pervasive. The majority of the persons in this book had the advantage of being born and raised in centers of civilization, highly cultured or politically pivotal nations.
Muhammad, however, was born in the year 570, in the city of Mecca, in southern Arabia, at that time a backward area of the world, far from the centers of trade, art, and learning. Orphaned at age six, he was reared in modest surroundings.
Source: http://www.mohammad-pbuh.com/
Someone has set out an intellectual journey through the world to find and know the Creator of the universe. After traveling in the realms of kinds of creatures, he said to himself: ‘I am seeking the Creator and Owner of this universe amidst these creatures. I should therefore before all else visit Muhammad, upon him be peace and blessings, and seek from him the answer to my quest.’ He enters by imagination the blessed age of the Prophet Muhammad, upon him be peace and blessings, and sees that that era really was an era of happiness for mankind by virtue of that being, who, as confirmed even by his enemies, is the most blessed of the whole creation, the greatest and the most accomplished commander, and the most celebrated ruler among them, the most exalted in speech and the most brilliant in intellect, and who has enlightened fourteen centuries with his virtues and with his Qur’an.
Source: http://www.mohammad-pbuh.com/
No matter where you’ve been, how much setback you have met, who left you or how bad life has treated you, fix it in your mind that ‘YOUR BEST IS YET TO COME.’ Don’t allow your mind to be boxed into accepting that you are finished because I know, “Your latter will be greater than your past and what is before you is greater than that behind you (insha Allah)”
Lord, are you trying to tell me something?
For…
Failure does not mean I’m a failure;
It does mean I have not yet succeeded.
Failure does not mean I have accomplished nothing;
It does mean I have learned something.
Failure does not mean I have been a fool;
It does mean I had enough faith to experiment.
Failure does not mean I have disgraced;
It does mean I have dared to try.
Failure does not mean I don’t have it;
It does mean I have something to do in a different way.
Failure does not mean I am inferior;
It does mean I am not perfect.
Failure does not mean I have wasted my life;
It does mean that I have an excuse to start over.
Failure does not mean that I should give up;
It does mean that I should try harder.
Failure does not mean that I will never make it;
It does mean that I need more practice.
Failure does not mean that you have abandoned me;
It does mean that you must have a better idea
(Author Unknown)
Two frogs fell into a deep cream bowl.
One was an optimistic soul.
But the other took the gloomy view.
“We’ll drown,” he lamented without much ado,
and with a last despairing cry,
he flung up his legs and said “Goodbye.”
Quote the other frog with a steadfast grin,
“I can’t get out but I won’t give in,
I’ll just swim around till my strength is spent,
then I’ll die the more content.”
Bravely he swam to work his scheme,
and his struggles began to churn the cream.
The more he swam, his legs a flutter,
the more the cream turned into butter.
On top of the butter at last he stopped,
and out of the bowl he gaily hopped.
What is the moral? It’s easily found…
If you can’t hop out, keep swimming around!
(Author Unknown)
I have observed many time wasters that will really eat into your time if you allow them to. To free up your time you need to be aware of those time wasters, decide what you want to do about them and then take the right action.
I can identify so many time wasters but, here, let me quote just 3 of them which are wasting time of people of almost all ages in our society. For each item, I suggest you ask yourself the question, “In what way does this waste my time?” Then think about the remedy you can apply to help your time be safe and effective.
TV - We waste much of our time in just wandering around the channels to find a good one. Many times, we just keep on watching TV for the sake of nothing.
SMS - I have seen many people wasting their lot of precious time while just going through SMS they receive from other people. To take it other way around, I would say they are letting other people eat into their time. What I do, I never read SMS completely if it does come from non-serious guys. Secondly I never forward a joke or useless verse to others so that they should not bother about it.
Cricket - I cannot help naming it Koora Krket on account of its being harmful for our people. I have seen people who go mad after it. They just not realize how they are wasting their time for a thing which is just a game and nothing else.
Don’t get out of your bed straight away when you wake up. Rather choose something that you are thankful for and think about it, while still lying quietly in bed. You could feel grateful for another beautiful day you have been bestowed upon by God, or for your parents and other family members, or for the breakfast you will enjoy. Do take some time to feel grateful for something in your life. You will realize that you’re in a good mood and ready to start the day almost without effort when you have taken the time to feel gratitude. As you go on with your day, keep on feeling thankful for the things you are having … and you will enjoy your life.
You cannot blame God that He does hear your voice. As a matter of fact, your voice does not contain deep pain of love. He is a Living-God of ‘Living-Beings’ so He does not like ‘dead spirits’.
If today
If today was the last day of my life
I would leave all worries aside
I would be thankful to be alive
I would be all right
I would just smile
If today was the last day of my life
I would stop to smell the roses
I would appreciate all that surrounds me
I would be friendly, and I would laugh
I would take the time to be closer
If today was the last day of my life
I would pass on peace
I would be generous
I would pass on love
I would deeply breath
If today was the last day of my life
I would accept peacefully all that comes,
including my death,
for death
is just a new beginning.
Cristina Diaz
Rejection comes only to those who try. The pleasure of never being rejected comes to failures and born losers. Take your pick. The graph of success has not a plain slope. Rather it is characterized by many ups and downs. Those who travel on this road see many setbacks and obstacles. Losers loose nothing but success and greatness because they have a fear of being rejected and hence they dont try.
I benignly request every visitor to humbly pray for his rest in Jannah.
Gary Hamel’s Eight Innovation Myths:
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