something to think about

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 9:28 am

The mouth that you use to recite the name of the Lord, and know it as the name of the Exalted. If you falsely accuse someone with the same mouth, how will you attain salvation.

-- Pir Shams

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 11:16 am

Iskh per zor nahin hai yeh vo atish Ghalib
Kay lagay na lagay or bhujaye na banay.

You have no control over love.
It is a fire that can neither be started nor extinguished.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 11:22 am

Do a good deed everyday.A good deed is one that brings smile of joy to the face of another"-Prophet Mohammed(PBUH)

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sofiya · Post by **sofiya** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:50 pm

A university professor set an examination question in which he asked what is the difference between ignorance and apathy. The professor had to give an A+ to a student who answered: I don't know and I don't care.

- Richard Pratt

sofiya · Post by **sofiya** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 1:33 pm

Real pilgrimage takes place in the heart and in the heart is the abode of religion. Worship the Lord in the heart and in the heart is the salvation and spiritual vision.

- Pir Shams -

sofiya · Post by **sofiya** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 4:38 pm

"Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we react to what happens, not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst, a spark that creates extraordinary results."

- Anonymous

sofiya · Post by **sofiya** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 12:13 pm

"All meaningful and lasting change starts first in your imagination and then works its way out. Imagination is more important than knowledge."
- Albert Einstein

"Live out of your imagination, not your history."
- Stephen R. Covey

"Reality can be beaten with enough imagination."
- Anonymous

sofiya · Post by **sofiya** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 12:09 pm

Thought 1 #

When we are born, our mother's get the compliments and the flowers.

When we are married, our brides get the presents and the publicity.

When we die, our widows get the life insurance. What do women want to be liberated from?

# Thought 2 #

The average man's life consists of :

Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

# Thought 3 #

A Man was walking down a street when he heard a voice from behind, "If you take one more step, a brick will fall down on your head and kill you."
The man stopped and a big brick fell right in front of him. The man was astonished.
He went on, and after a while he was going to cross the road. Once again the voice shouted, "Stop! Stand still! If you take one more step a car will run over you, and you will die."
The man did as he was instructed, just as a car came
careening around the corner, barely missing him.
The man asked. "Who are you?"
"I am your guardian angel," the voice answered.
"Oh, yeah?" the man asked "And where the hell were you when I got married?"

# Thought 4 #

Everyone in the wedding ceremony was watching the radiant bride as her father escorted her down the aisle to give away to groom.
They reached the altar and the waiting groom; the bride kissed her father and placed some thing in his hand. Everyone in the room was wondering what was given to the father by bride. The father could feel the suspense in the air and all eyes were on him to divulge the secret and say something.

So he announced "Ladies and Gentlemen today is the luckiest day of my life." Then he raises his hands with what his daughter gave him and continued, "My daughter finally, finally returned my credit card to me."

The whole audience including priest started laughing but not the poor groom.

sofiya · Post by **sofiya** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 1:21 pm

"The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for"
- Allan K. Chalmers

"A long, healthy, and happy life is the result of making contributions, of having meaningful projects that are personally exciting and contribute to and bless the lives of others."
- Hans Selye

"A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes."
- Hugh Downs

sofiya · Post by **sofiya** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 12:26 pm

'The Prophet (saw) stated, "Every religion has a quality that is characteristic of that religion. And the characteristic of my religion is haya", an internal sense of shame, which includes bashfulness and modesty [...] What Islam does is honor the concept of shame and takes it to another level altogether - to a rank in which one feels a sense of shame before God. When a person acknowledges and realizes that God is fully aware of all that one does, says, or thinks, shame is elevated to a higher plane, to the unseen world from which there is no cover [...] The nurturing of this realization deters one from engaging in acts that are displeasing and vulgar'.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:40 pm

haakem honnekee mastee baddee, sharaab pee-ese hae adakee;
sharaab pee-e buraa kaam suje, te-esee budh bee hove usakee;
magh pee-e matavaalaa hove, na peechhaane aap gun or jee-aan;
neech haakam huaa aap jee-aan ddhu(n)ddhe, usakaa agu-aa huaa shaytaan...........83

An ignorant person is very mischievous and the mischief surpasses that of a drunkard. A person drinks alcohol and does wrong. He loses his senses. An alcoholic becomes intoxicated and is unaware of virtue or vice. A bad ruler seeks vices, for his guide is the devil.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:14 pm

People spend a lot of time and energy developing their bodies and
making it attractive to other people, but is there ever a thought of
developing the soul and making it attractive to God. The body is a
physical matter, which will change, age and die. If you have a
beautiful body today there is no guarantee that it will remain as such
in the future. The soul is an eternal, immortal point of spiritual
light. Within the soul there are impressions that form my personality.
If I take steps to develop and feed it with spiritual knowledge, my
character, my personality will become rich and beautiful. Developing
the soul allows us to have full control of the power of thought. The
quality of our thoughts determine our own personal degree of happiness.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:41 pm

Some Inspiring Thoughts, Have a great day !!!

Anger is a condition in which
the tongue works faster than the mind.

You can't change the past,
but you can ruin the present
by worrying over the future.

Love...and you shall be loved.

God always gives His best to those
who leave the choice with Him.

All people smile in the same language.

Everyone needs to be loved...
especially when they do not deserve it.

The real measure of a man's wealth
is what he has invested in eternity.

Laughter is God's sunshine.

Everyone has beauty
but not everyone sees it.

It's important for parents to live
the same things they teach.

Thank God for what you have,
TRUST GOD for what you need.

If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow,
you have no today to be thankful for.

Man looks at outward appearance
but the Lord looks within.

The choice you make today
will usually affect tomorrow.

Take time to laugh, for it is
the music of the soul.

Patience is the ability to idle your motor
when you feel like stripping your gears.

Love is strengthened by working
through conflicts together.

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Harsh words break no bones
but they do break hearts.

To get out of a difficulty,
one usually must go through it.

We take for granted the things
that we should be giving thanks for.

Love is the only thing that can be
divided without being diminished.

Happiness is enhanced by others
but does not depend upon others.

For every minute you are angry with someone,
you lose 60 seconds of happiness
that you can never get back.

Do what you can, for who you can,
with what you have, and where you are.

sofiya · Post by **sofiya** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:05 am

Have you ever thought about the fact that you did not exist before you were conceived and then born into the world and that you have come into existence from mere nothingness?

Have you ever thought about how the flowers you see in your living room everyday come out of pitch black, muddy soil with fragrant smells and are as colorful as they are?

Have you ever thought about how mosquitoes, which irritatingly fly around you, move their wings so fast that we are unable to see them?

Have you ever thought about how the peels of fruits such as bananas, watermelons, melons and oranges serve as wrappings of high quality, and how the fruits are packed in these wrappings so that they maintain their taste and fragrance?

Have you ever thought about the possibility that while you are asleep a sudden earthquake could raze your home, your office, and your city to the ground and that in a few second you could lose everything of the world you possess?

Have you ever thought of how your life passes away very quickly, and that you will grow old and become weak, and slowly lose your beauty, health and strength?

Have you ever thought about how one day you will find the angels of death appointed by Allah before you and that you will then leave this world?

Well, have you every thought about why peoples are so attached to a world from which they will soon depart when what they basically need is to strive for the hereafter?

sofiya · Post by **sofiya** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:10 pm

"The common denominator for success is work. Without work, man loses his vision, his confidence and his determination to achieve"
- John D. Rockefeller

"A child is born to win, but too many have been conditioned to lose."
- Zig Ziglar

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a little better; whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is the meaning of success."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail."
- Napoleon Hill

"The only time you don't fail is the last time you try anything -- and it works."
- William Strong

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone."
- Bill Cosby

"No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed."
- Harold MacMillan

"Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance."
- Bruce Barton

sofiya · Post by **sofiya** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:50 am

In the spiritual domain, criticism is love turned sour… If criticism becomes a habit, it will destroy the moral energy of the life and paralyze the spiritual force… Whenever you are in a critical temper, it is impossible to enter into communion with God. Criticism makes you hard and vindictive and cruel, and leaves you with the flattering unction that you are a superior person. It is impossible to develop the characteristics of a saint and maintain a critical attitude.

— Oswald Chambers

sofiya · Post by **sofiya** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:23 am

By the way this is not a joke!

At a super bowl game a young man very unhappy with his cheap bleacher seat became rather frustrated as he was not able to observe many plays to his satisfaction. Letting his frustration get the better of him, he stood up from his seat and began surveying the entire stadium when he suddenly spotted a vacant seat right next to the V.I.P. section many rows below from where he was sitting. Not being able to resist, he walked down to this prime location and asked an old man sitting next to the empty seat, "do you know if this seat belongs to anybody?" The old man replied," It belongs to my wife but she is no longer here, so you can have it by all means."

The young man, very excited about his new seat, suddenly started becoming very curious. With a puzzled expression on his face, he leaned over and asked the older man, "but surely you could have given this seat to a family member, like a brother or a cousin or somebody else?" To that the older man turned to him and said, "they're all at the funeral."

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:41 am

Grant me the serenity
To accept the people
I cannot change,
The courage to change
The one I can,
And the wisdom to know
It's me.

Author Unknown

maheroonPradhan · Post by **maheroonPradhan** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:41 pm

A Story about the tongue

[From: When You Hear Hoof beats, Think of a Zebra by Shems Friedlander]

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I think one of the most detrimental parts of man, which keeps him separated from Allah, is gossip and his tongue and words that are misused. This tongue that we use to pronounce the Name of Allah and then to say to somebody, 'you are stupid' or 'I hate you,' is absurd.

One should watch one's tongue. Especially in daily life. Because the tongue can truly be the sweetest or the most bitter thing in the world. How often have we had the experience of feeling fine, and then we look at somebody and say, 'You are beautiful today,' or 'How kind it was of you to do that for that person,' or 'My heart really goes out to you.' Observe how that person is affected.

We've also had the experience of being grumpy, and we just look at someone and say, 'Look, get out of here,' or 'I dislike you,' and we know the effect that has without even taking it to a point of gossip. Within gossip, the soul of the speaker as well as that of the listener can be lost.

The tongue is tied to the heart. It is said that a man's character is hidden beneath his tongue, because the tongue says what is in the heart. So when we speak, we're expressing what is in our hearts. And though Allah says He cannot fit in the entire universe but can fit into the heart of a believer, He doesn't say that He will fit in that heart if it's cluttered with bad thoughts, deeds, and questions. Such a heart must first be clean

sofiya · Post by **sofiya** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:25 pm

"Hey Dad," one of my kids asked the other day, "What was your favorite fast food when you were growing up?"

"We didn't have fast food when I was growing up," I informed him. "All the food was slow."

"C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?"

"It was a place called 'at home,'" I explained. "Grandma cooked every day and when Grandpa got home from work, we sat down together at the dining room table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate I was allowed to sit there until I did like it."

By this time, the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to
suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I
had to have permission to leave the table. But here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood if I figured his system could have handled it:

Some parents NEVER owned their own house, wore Levi's, set foot on a golf course, traveled out of the country or had a credit card. In their later years they had something called a revolving charge card. The card was good only at Sears Roebuck. Or maybe it was Sears AND Roebuck. Either way, there is no Roebuck anymore. Maybe he died.

My parents never drove me to soccer practice. This was mostly because we never had heard of soccer. I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one speed, (slow). We didn't have a television in our house until I was 11, but my grandparents had one before that. It was, of course, black and white, but they bought a piece of colored plastic to cover the screen. The top third was blue, like the sky, and the bottom third was green, like grass. The middle third was red. It was perfect for programs that had scenes of fire trucks riding across someone's lawn on a sunny day. Some people had a lens taped to the front of the TV to make the picture look larger.

I was 13 before I tasted my first pizza, it was called "pizza pie." When I bit into it, I burned the roof of my mouth and the cheese slid off, swung down, plastered itself against my chin and burned that, too. It's still the best pizza I ever had.

We didn't have a car until I was 15. Before that, the only car in our family was my grandfather's Ford. He called it a "machine."

I never had a telephone in my room. The only phone in the house was in the living room and it was on a party line. Before you could dial, you had to listen and make sure some people you didn't know weren't already using the line.

Pizzas were not delivered to our home. But milk was.

All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers. I delivered a newspaper, six days a week. It cost 7 cents a paper, of which I got to keep 2 cents. I had to get up at 4 AM every morning. On Saturday, I had to collect the 42 cents from my customers. My favorite customers were the ones who gave me 50 cents and told me to keep the change. My least favorite customers were the ones who seemed to never be home on collection
day.

Movie stars kissed with their mouths shut At least, they did in the movies. Touching someone else's tongue with yours was called French kissing and they didn't do that in movies. I don't know what they did in French movies. French movies were dirty and we weren't allowed to see them.

If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren. Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it?

sofiya · Post by **sofiya** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:11 am

"Every day I see at least one person who is struggling or having a hard day, and I try to smile or say, 'Hi,' even if I don't know them. Sometimes that simple 'Hi' — that reaching out to them in a friendly way — could change how they're feeling. Someone once wrote, 'Make yourself a blessing to someone. Your kind smile or pat on the back just might pull someone back from the edge.' I live by that."

Author:Sara, high school student

sofiya · Post by **sofiya** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:37 pm

For those of you who haven't heard this lately in news.

Families steamed over winning Tim Hortons' cup
Mar. 8, 2006. 10:22 PM

MONTREAL (CP) — Two families are fighting over a vehicle valued at almost $29,000 after their daughters discovered a winning Tim Hortons coffee cup.

The dispute began after a 10-year-old girl named Marilou found the cup in the garbage bin of her elementary school in St-Jerome, north of Montreal.

Remembering the coffee chain's popular contest, she tried to roll up the rim but was unable to do so. Her small fingers were unable to loosen the cardboard so she asked the help of a 12-year-old school mate.

The older girl rolled up the rim and found it was a winner. The prize is a Toyota RAV4 SUV with a base price of $28,700, one of 30 vehicles being given away as prizes in the roll-up-the-rim contest.

"They took the cup to the school's day care service, and a teacher called both parents," said Nathalie Prevost, mother of the 12-year-old girl. She declined to name her daughter.

"The first parent to arrive there was Marilou's father, so he took the cup," Prevost said.

Prevost thought her daughter's helping hand deserved some recognition and she decided to call a local radio station to ask for legal advice.

"I wanted the name of a lawyer who could tell me if my daughter is entitled to some of the prize."

Tim Hortons spokesman Greg Skinner couldn't confirm if the cup is a winner because the prize had not been claimed. But he said the winner of the prize is whoever submits the cup's tab.

"If I buy you a coffee and you get a winning cup, it's your car," Skinner said. "I might be mad at you as your best friend but you're the winner."

However, because the girls are minors, Skinner noted, neither of them can claim the vehicle as a prize.

Marilou's father, who remained anonymous, said in a televised broadcast he wanted to give some money from the sale of the car to Prevost's family.

"But this morning they said they wanted everything, so now they'll lose it all because they went too far," he said.

But Prevost said she's not seeking a specific amount.

"It's not for me. It's for my daughter's education. I never wanted this to blow up the way it has."

Prevost said she doesn't plan to go to court but hopes the other family will find it in their hearts to recognize her daughter's part in their luck.

"At least I hope the parents save the money for their daughter's education and don't spend it for themselves," Prevost said.

As for the girls, they had a bit of a spat at school but their teachers got them speaking to each other again, she said.

"They weren't very close friends to begin with."

While the two families have not resolved the matter, the situation could get more complicated.

CBC-TV's The National reported Wednesday that a staff member who may have thrown the cup away is said to be considering legal action.

But it would a tough battle.

"The person who threw out that coffee cup, they gave up on it. It's gone, you cannot find who it was," lawyer Jordan Charness told The National.

sofiya · Post by **sofiya** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:25 am

Priorities:
"Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Problems:
The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them"
- Albert Einstein

"Every problem has in it the seed of its own solution. If you have no problems, you don't have any seeds."
- Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

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Serenity:
"The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom."
- James Allen

sofiya · Post by **sofiya** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:13 am

Some people live closely guarded lives, fearful of encountering someone or something that might shatter their insecure spiritual foundation. This attitude, however, is not the fault of religion but of their own limited understanding. True Dharma leads in exactly the opposite direction. It enables one to integrate all the many diverse experiences of life into a meaningful and coherent whole, thereby banishing fear and insecurity completely.

-Lama Thubten Yeshe, "Wisdom Energy

sofiya · Post by **sofiya** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 12:49 pm

"Never a lip is curved with pain That can't be kissed into smiles again."
--Bret Harte

Pain is life--the sharper, the more evidence of life."
--Charles Lamb

"Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other."
--Laurence Sterne

"The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body."
--Publilius Syrus

maheroonPradhan · Post by **maheroonPradhan** » Wed May 03, 2006 9:06 am

"Since karma is meeting self, we acquire karma as we meet self in our many attitudes and emotions; when we serve in loving kindness and patience or hold resentful malicious thoughts… What we do to our fellow man we do to our Maker… our karma or problem is within self."
- Edgar Cayce

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