Americans Mourn Passing Of Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs (By: Andrew Burton)
“Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.”
-Karen Ravn
Just four days after Steve Jobs’ death, the person who have taught the world how to be innovative even if you know that you will die after few months.
That young boy, whose hobby was working on electronics in his family garage, became a legend. His ambition and dreams were his tools to create the first truly personal computer "Apple" in this garage. His motivation was to expect that every day would be his last day in this life, so he must do something worthy. Every step he took, created his history.
Mr. Jobs have left his print in every place, in every hand and in every brain. He passed away leaving us with an important question; could we face death with this great passion and energy to improve the world and to create better life for the new generation?
Accepting that you will die one day is easier than insisting to make something good before that day.
You may dream to be in memory after death, to leave your print, to make something that keeps your existence even after 20 or 30 years after your death.
You could make it, by creating your own path of success, by dreaming to reach the stars, and by having a meaningful goal in your life.
Don’t wait until it will be too late to achieve something you want. Begin from now, dream with a better future for yourself, your family and the entire world. Put goals that nourish your creativity and sow the seeds of an effective change in your life and in others life.
“Be the change you want to see in the world”
-Mahatma Gandhi
Don’t let setbacks keep you away from achieving your goals and dreams; even if those setbacks are illness or facing death. Be brave to complete your way, face the illness with Allah’s power and dare to dream even if you are dying.
“It’s marvellous what you can see when you open your eyes.”
-Unknown
Seeing the secrets of this life, knowing what beyond every truth, understands what you should do and what you shouldn’t, all that need a power.
Open your eyes; it is the power of belief.
It is time to open your eyes, to open your heart and to give yourself a moment to think. Think in your existence, in the miracles inside you and those which surrounds you.
Open your eyes to feel this inner power that can drive you to achieve the impossible, this inner power that let you see beyond what you can see.
Either you are a successful person, famous, wise, genius, and know everything in this world, or you are still searching for your goal, want to have unstoppable abilities you need to open your eyes.
You can touch everything around you and change it to a better state. You can survive your pain, struggling and weakness. You can enjoy your happiness, love and life.
Search for your greatest love... Search for your greatest power...
Open your Eyes, Heart & Mind... Live Better Life...
“Do people think they will be left alone after saying ‘We believe’ without being put to test? We tested those who went before them: God will certainly mark out which ones are truthful and which are lying.”
-Surah Al- ‘Ankabut “The Spider” 29:2-3 (translated by: M. A. S. Abdel Haleem)
Tribulation period is like swimming in stormy sea, as if all the waves come to hit you at the same time.
I am not writing today an inspiring article. And I am not going to tell you how to try to be strong when you have a hard time. And I won’t tell you that every tribulation is building your character and gives you strength.
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.”
-Helen Keller
But I am here to drop a thank you note. As I have realized that I found a treasure in my nowadays hard time. They are Real Friends…
I am here to thank you the smiling scientist-The Drone Girl- and you the small pretty flower- BB-.
Really thanks Allah that I have you beside me at this time.
You “The Drone girl” support me and give me your wise advice. And you have never left me alone, instead you became sad for my sadness, crying and praying to ask Allah to help me. Your wisdom always let me see some stuff that I couldn’t realize under my pressure, and your trust & experience encouraged me to tell you my secrets.
And you “BB” you make me happy when you smile. I know that I didn’t tell you some stories about this time, but this is because I don’t want you to be afraid of life, and I don’t want you think that life is so bad. But we must be examined by Allah. Only your way of talking and your charming face let me forget my distress.
I was always wishing to have a friend, a real and true friend. And I thank Allah that He blessed me with this tribulation to know that I have a great treasure.
Thank you… Wishing you the best ever…
Wishing you a better life full of success, joy and happiness…
Sunrise looking down fairway of desert golf course (By: Thomas Barwick)
"The past is behind, learn from it.
The future is ahead, prepare for it.
The present is here, live it.”
- Thomas S. Monson
Sometimes you find yourself alone, surrounded with a lot of disasters. Sometimes you find yourself a stranger, weak and small in a stormy sea.
You find that you have to fight alone in the weird battle of life. Alone because no one has the ability to fight with you, no one dare to complete a battle with you.
Not only no one dare to continue this fight but also no one have the patience and steadfast to continue till the end.
Although you suddenly realize that you won the battle, you also realize that it was too late and no one could survive and stay beside you.
After all you win, even if you have stayed alone but you learnt that the victory was too closer than you have thought. And you learnt not to give-up quickly.
The only danger after this winning is to be trapped in the past, over thinking about the future, not knowing that your life is too short and you don't have much time to complete your legendary.
Your brain triggering you, please don't waste the remaining time, try to focus on your mission in life. You have the ability to be satisfied with the past and learn from it, hope and plan for a wonderful future full of success, joy and happiness and finally live for today.
Today is the only gift you have and if you lose it, it will never come again till the Day of Judgment, so benefit with the maximum of it.
If you find yourself alone and very weak, if you find yourself a stranger with a pile of load on your shoulder; don't give-up, Allah knows and He will be with you all the way, giving you the strength and the power to continue until you finish your mission, until your death and after.
Don't be concerned with what was and what will be. Everything in our life is a destiny.
Everything is between Allah's hands. You are not alone.
I wrote this.. just wanted to let it out.. thought i'd share it with you.. Death changes everything.
First of all I’m a believer, and I know that there comes a moment when a person has to go.. it’s his time.. he was chosen.. he finished what he was sent here to do.. and its time for him to leave.. di 7ekmet rabina w mo2mena beeha..
The difficult thing about it is the chances you missed. The things you wanted to say, the things you wanted to do, but never got the chance. You keep procrastinating not knowing that the time you have left might not be enough. You keep setting reminders, things you’re planning on doing but you never get around to it.
Death is sudden. It takes you by surprise.
Now you wish you hadn’t postponed anything. You wish you had called when you had the chance.
Cherish every moment because it might very well be the last. Photographs… one day they’ll be all you have left to remember him by. In the blink of an eye, it all fades away.
All what remains is the memory of you, for I shall never forget you my dearest friend.
Goodbyes are inevitable but I will see you again isA..
“We shall certainly test you with fear and hunger, and loss of property, lives and crops. But [Prophet], give good news to those who are steadfast, those who say, when afflicted with a calamity, ‘We belong to God and to Him we shall return.’ These will be given blessing and mercy from their Lord, and it is they who are rightly guided.”
- Surah Al-Baqara “The Cow”2:155-157 (translated by: M. A. S. Abdel Haleem)
Silence… All of them were in black…some were crying quietly… “She Died”. This was my second time to pass this calamity, and in both of them I was in the same state!
It is Death; it comes suddenly without previous knowledge, the only reality that we can't escape from it.
In this life we should know that no one will stay forever, no matter how much we love him. But finally he will go. Everyone have a mission in this universe, once he finished it, he must go and another person will come then go.
A lot of people will come to the life's shore and a lot will go, once the happiness born someone you love will go.
Death is not a cessation of life, but it is a lesson for us to remember that one day we will also die.
So what do you want to achieve before death comes? How you can achieve your mission in life without biasing from the rules that Allah put to us? How to be mindful of Allah, and aware that one day He will ask you about every step you have taken?
We mustn’t live for fame, or money, or anything that will die as it is all gone once we die. So we must live for something that will not die.
May Allah gives mercy to our death.
Until we finish our mission in life… Until our Death…
“If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn’t ask me, I’d still have to say it. -George F. Burns
Stress times, is the most difficult period the human could go through. How to cope with stress is the question.
Stress comes from pressures in your life, and your life is like the atmosphere when the pressure increases a hurricane builds up.
So it is time to….Escape!
Escape to your safest place. This safest place can be in the center of the storm.
A time ago, the coming words have been said to me and hence every hard time I read them to know my escape destination.
"ثم يهرب العبد من ضيق صدره بالهموم و الغموم و الاحزان و المخاوف التي تعتريه في هـذه الدار من جهة نفسه و ما هو خارج عن نفسه مما يتعلق بأسباب مصالحه و مصالح من يتعلق به و ما يتعلق بماله و بدنه و أهله و عدوه , يهرب من ضيق صدره بذلك كله الي سعة فضاء الثقة بالله تبارك و تعالي , و صدق التوكل عليه , و حسن الرجاء لجميل صنعه به , و توقع المرجو من لطفه و بره , و من أحسن كلام العامة قولهم : لا هم مع الله. قال الله تعالي : و من يتق الله يجعل له مخرجا و يرزقه من حيث لا يحتسب, قال الربيع بن خثيم : يجعل له مخرجا من كل ما ضاق علي الناس. و قال ابو العالية : مخرجا من كل شدة , و هذا جامع لشدائد الدنيا و الاخرة , و مضايق الدنيا و الاخرة , فان الله يجعل للمتقي من كل ما ضاق علي الناس و اشتد عليهم في الدنيا و الاخرة مخرجا. و قال الحسن: مخرجا مما نهاه عنه و من يتوكل علي الله فهو حسبه أي : كافي من يثق ببه في نوائبه و مهماته , يكفيه كل ما أهمه , و الحسب الكافي حسبنا الله اي كافينا الله. و كلما كان العبد حسن الظن بالله. حسن الرجاء له, صادق التوكل عليه , فأن الله لا يخيب أمله فيه البته : فانه سبحانه لا يخيب أمل آمل , و لا يضيع عـمل عامل , و عبر عن الثقة و حسن الظن بالسعة فأنه أشرح للصدر و لا اوسع له بعد الايمان من ثقته بالله و رجائه له و حسن ظنه به."
We must know that our fear, worry and anxiety from any tough circumstances around will lead to burning out and thus we won’t be able to achieve our ultimate goal.
You must know the secret to be safe in a hurricane; you must believe that you are strong enough to pass all this. You must know how to be calm, just remember that you must be great and you must achieve your dreams even if it seems impossible.
You can achieve the impossible; just put your faith in something that will not die.
Even if it is going tough, remember your ultimate goal.
“Once upon a time I met a Daisy.I whispered in her ear.
You seem too weak for others, but never mind you are so strong because we will be together, forever.
Do not worry, sometimes you will find yourself totally alone, you must used that.
You must look at the sky, take a deep breath, and try to continue your way. Don’t forget “Allah Knows”…
One day you will be a legend, a lot of people will stay and a lot will go.
In spite of your pain you must resist. I know it is too hard, but you must not die. Because you are the smile of my life.
...Remember you will never lose as much value as you have lost before...
Every minute we live will go forever, so we must make something that keep us in memory. We must make something great either to remember it or to let others remember it.
Let every moment you live, a moment of happiness in others life. It could be the only moment that they will live.
Let every moment you live, a moment of success in your life. It could be the only moment that will change the world.
Just Trust Allah... Just Complete your way...
Live to Complete Your Legend..."
"Charisma is a sparkle in people that money can't buy. It's an invisible energy with visible effects."
- Marianne Williamson
Each person has a unique pattern of thinking, behaving, and expressing feelings. In short, everyone has a unique personality.
While I was reading these lines in “Psychology: Modules for Active Learning” by Dennis Coon & John O. Mitterer , I asked myself What is the difference between personality, character & charisma. And if there is a difference, does a person with a good personality must have a charisma?
Charisma is a compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire others. This divinely conferred power or talent which gives the ability to affect all people around in a positive way.
Psychologists regard personality as a person’s unique pattern of thinking, emotions and behavior. In other words, personality refers to the consistency in who you are, have been and will become. It also refers to the special blend of talents, values, hopes, loves, hates and habits that makes each of us a unique person.
Character is the personal characteristic that have been judged or evaluated; a peron’s desirable or undesirable qualities.
Now, What is beyond those definitions? Having TACT & CHARISMA gives you the ability to be a good leader. And a good leader can affect people easily, can change the world.
The most successful people in starring roles in society have tact or charisma or both. People with charisma immediately secure others' loyalty at first sight, with or without having many desirable assets. People with tact instinctively grasp the situation and put everyone at ease by being able to say the right thing at the right time. Moreover, they lead others into acting in positive ways and they ease sticky situations.
Expect acceptance.
Regardless of rank, expect to be treated as an equal. If you expect acceptance, you just might get it. If you don’t expect it, you definitely won’t get it.
Control your attitude.
Success in business is based more on mental attitude than on mental capabilities. Be optimistic toward yourself, others and life. Walk in to a room with a spring in your step and a smile on your face.
Think before you talk.
Think fast, pause, then speak purposefully. One CEO practices saying everything to himself before he says it out loud so that he will hear how it sounds and can change it if he needs to.
Slow down.
Speed in speaking, moving, gesturing and walking looks nervous and scared. Scared people get passed over, not hired or promoted. Learn to speak in a comfortable, easygoing and welcoming way. Don’t waste time, but do speak as if you have all the time in the world for those you are speaking to.
Shoot straight.
Everything you say or write can be done in a simple, straightforward manner. Just do it.
One day you will be a leader...You can save the world...
Stop sign on the way to Haleakala, Hawaii (By:Thomas Kokta)
“Niney-nine percent of failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.”
–Goerge W. Carver
Struggling in life is not easy, but finding an excuse not to struggle is very easy. We can find an excuse not to complete our work, not to improve ourselves, not to choose something we love, not to leave something we hate, not to avoid bad habit ... not to live our life because either we are afraid or not ready or waiting for a chance, or, or ... endless excuses.
If you have the habit of making excuse so you will waste your time, energy and LIFE. In my opinion, there is a relation between excuses and procrastination. As excuses are just means to procrastinate a goal in your life. You comfort your subconscious mind with an excuse in order not to let it leaves its comfort-zone and not to achieve something worthy in your life. You believe your excuses; you believe that you can’t do anything in your life.
But it ends with the famous sentence:
“A year from now you may wish you had started today.”
-Karen Lamb
So why do not we begin from today?
Focusing on our strengths and weaknesses, try to improve ourselves. Choose goals that suits us and don’t be afraid to achieve them, it could be hard, difficult but it is not impossible.
Reaching the stars isn’t easy, but it is possible.
Every minute we live will go forever, so we must make something that keep us in memory. We must make something great either to remember it or to let others remember it.
Let every moment you live, a moment of happiness in others life. It could be the only moment that they will live.
Let every moment you live, a moment of success in your life. It could be the only moment that will change the world.
Stop Making Excuses... Stop Procrastinating your Life...
“I’ve always believed no matter how many shots I miss, I’m going to make the next one.”
- Jonathan Swift
I was away from my blog for a time, but the reason was that I was afraid. I was afraid to take an action. I thought a lot, worried a lot then I put all that worry aside, think that Allah will bless me with the best ever and took the action.
I am afraid! A phrase that you are telling it to yourself when you are about to take an action in your future. Your sub-conscious is programmed that every new action will take you out from your comfort-zone.
In everyday life, we are about to take an action, but if you think about your fears, worries and doubts you will never take any action.
You will lose a chance, may be the only good chance. You will be prisoned in your fears.
“I used to have a comfort zone where I knew I wouldn't fail.
The same four walls and busywork were really more like jail.
I longed so much to do the things I'd never done before,
But stayed inside my comfort zone and paced the same old floor.
I said it didn't matter that I wasn't doing much.
I said I didn't care for things like commission checks and such.
I claimed to be so busy with the things inside the zone,
But deep inside I longed for something special of my own.
I couldn't let my life go by just watching others win.
I held my breath; I stepped outside and let the change begin.
I took a step and with new strength I'd never felt before,
I kissed my comfort zone goodbye and closed and locked the door.
If you're in a comfort zone, afraid to venture out,
Remember that all winners were at one time filled with doubt.
A step or two and words of praise can make your dreams come true.
Reach for your future with a smile; success is there for you!”
-My Comfort Zone - A Poem
Author Unknown
So, what is the solution?
It is time to free out yourself. It is time to release your creativity, unleash your potential and live your life.
A lot of emotions, a lot of words, a lot of actions but no one could describe what his feeling about Egypt is. As you see a newborn baby, just smiling with joy and hope for a better future.
The youth have made the day for the whole society. They have changed the opinion of the world about Egypt.
Before anything, I would like to commemorate the martyrs of this revolution. May Allah bless their souls with his mercy. And for their families:
“[Prophet], do not think of those who have been killed in God’s way as dead. They are alive with their Lord, well provided for, happy with what God has given them His favour; rejoicing that for those they have left behind who have yet to join them there is no fear, nor will they grieve; [rejoicing] in God’s blessing and favour, and that God will not let the reward of the believers be lost.”
- Surah Al ‘Imran “The Family of ‘Imran”3:169-171 (translated by: M. A. S. Abdel Haleem)
For their mothers, I know that no words describe a mother's tears, no words can heal a broken heart but Allah's promise for them is enough to calm them down.
We have begun a new era in Egypt; a new era of change, power and responsibility. A new era, in which, every Egyptian can live with the principles of freedom, democracy, equality and justice.
After 18 days of revolution, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak steps down and hands power to the military, all the respect and appreciation to them. Things changed quickly on Friday, and now Egypt enters a new stage which needs a lot of work.
So the question now is what's next?
We need to begin changing our country to be better, we need to put a plan which covers every discipline in the Egyptian affairs, we need free and fair elections, we need development, science ... and we need to look forward to a different future.
In my opinion, every person must begin the change within himself so he must change his attitude first.
“We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.”
-Charles R. Swindol
Every one of us has dreams, plans for the future, power to change everything; so we don’t want to lose this spirit.
What have happened taught us not to give up a purpose or a dream, to protect our ideas & goals. Allah gives us a great power to change everything around in the world, to use wisdom & awareness to create a better future.
The Egyptians have proven that they can be the change they want to see in the world as Gandhi said.
“Be the change you want to see in the world.”
-Mahatma Gandhi
If you want something, go get it.
Keep the courage to change everything you can. Don’t give up a dream.
Be the change you want to see ...Live Better Life...
“Sooner or later comes a crisis in our affairs, and how we meet it determines our future happiness and success. Since the beginning of time, every form of life has been called upon to meet such crisis.”
-Robert Collier
Two opinions, two teams, between pro and against, but finally we are one family with one nationality and one fate. Hence what’s your role?
Today’s article will not be about motivation, will not be about inspiration. It will be about nowadays crisis in, my homeland, Egypt.
Usually, in the crisis days, you don’t need inspiration or motivation; instead you need to be calm, you need to know the fate of your future in such circumstances.
I am not here to discuss what this crisis is? Or what led to this crisis? The discussion is about how to be calm under fire? How to manage a crisis in your life, in your homeland? What is your role as a citizen to put off the fire of this crisis? And as a Muslim what to do in a tribulation or a sedition?
I don’t know how to begin, but any way let me begin with the meaning of a crisis. A crisis is a turning point or an unstable condition, as in political, social, or economic affairs, involving an impending abrupt or decisive change.
Anxiety and fear fill the soul of every person these days but I want to just remind you with the prophet’s, peace be upon him, attitude in such issues. One of the most important lessons that he taught them to us is that he never allowed tribulation to disquiet him. He never allowed any difficulty that he faced to put him in a state of turbulence.
So you must be calm under this fire. Being calm allows you to think wisely and to see the global picture of the event. I know it is hard to do that. But you can give your mind an order to be calm. Don’t think with emotions but think wisely to see the big picture. Then begin to put suitable solutions for the problem. Be flexible and be positive.
We are in a great sedition (fitna). We have two opinion and the whole people are divided into two teams. They may fight each other to impose one of those opinions. They can kill each other. And you must be aware of the punishment of killing a Muslim by a Muslim:
"عن الحسن قال خرجت بسلاحي ليالي الفتنة ، فاستقبلني أبو بكرة فقال : أين تريد ؟ قلت : أريد نصرة ابن عم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم . قال : قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : ( إذا تواجه المسلمان بسيفيهما فكلاهما من أهل النار (. قيل : فهذا القاتل ، فما بال المقتول ؟ قال : ( إنه أراد قتل صاحبه)."
الراوي:أبو بكرة نفيع بن الحارث
المحدث:البخاري
المصدر:صحيح البخاري
الصفحة أو الرقم7083
خلاصة حكم المحدث: أورده في صحيحه
You as a Muslim have a big role and a big responsibility in such situation. Your role is not to be pro or against. Your role is to avoid this sedition. Your role is to warn people from this fitna . And as our prophet said that in fitna times, what a man can do is to close the door on him and not interacting with the fitna at all.
"عن عبد الله بن عمرو بن العاص قال بينما نحن حول رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إذ ذكر الفتنة فقال إذا رأيتم الناس قد مرجت عهودهم وخفت أماناتهم وكانوا هكذا وشبك بين أصابعه قال فقمت إليه فقلت كيف أفعل عند ذلك جعلني الله فداك قال الزم بيتك واملك عليك لسانك وخذ بما تعرف ودع ما تنكر وعليك بأمر خاصة نفسك ودع عنك أمر العامة"
الراوي: عبدالله بن عمرو بن العاص
المحدث: الألباني
المصدر: صحيح أبى داود
الصفحة أو الرقم:4343
خلاصة حكم المحدث:حسن صحيح
And other hadith to avoid fitna and not interacting with it at all:
"عن ابى هريرة قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : ستكون فتن ، القاعد فيها خير من القائم ، والقائم فيها خير من الماشي ، والماشي فيها خير من الساعي ، من تشرف لها تستشرفه ، فمن وجد فيها ملجأ ، أو معاذا ، فليعذ به "
الراوي: أبو هريرة
المحدثالبخاري
المصدرصحيح البخاري
الصفحة أو الرقم: 7081 خلاصة حكم المحدث: صحيح
And Allah said in Surah Al ‘Anfal:
“Be aware of discord that harms not only the wrongdoers among you: know that God is severe in his punishment. (25) Remember when you were few, victimized in the land, afraid that people might catch you, but God sheltered you and strengthened you with his help, and provided you with good things so that you might be grateful. (26)”
- Surah Al ‘Anfal “Battle Gains”8:25-26 (translated by: M. A. S. Abdel Haleem)
Our role now is helping each other to restore peace and stability to our homeland. Our role now is to guard our families, streets from robbery and looting. Our role now is to give hope for children in the future. Our role now is to put off the fire of this sedition.
All of us have a role, either man, woman, child or even an old person. We have a role towards our society and Allah will ask us about it; so be mindful of Allah.
Till this day we live a crisis, but a crisis could be turned easily to a catastrophe.
Amen,Amen...
May Allah protect us and keep Egypt safe...Mange yourself under a Crisis...
Try to put off the fire of FITNA...Try to Live Better Life...
