12 November 2012

A living conscience !

Conscience is the human's subconscious and inner balance that drives him to every good thing. It is his ability to discriminate between good and evil.Also it is the feeling of regret when a human's actions are inconsistent with his values and ethics.
Here is a true, funny story that happened to me and showed me that conscience is playing a valuable role in my life.
When I was a little kid who hadn't joined school yet.My parents used to send me to my uncle's house near us, then they go to their jobs and my brothers go to school.
One day at the early morning, we all went to uncle's. I started playing everywhere with my brothers and cousins spending nice time before school.
While playing, my eyes fell on a shining little thing that impressed me and I admired a lot. I got closer and closer, then I held it. At that time my cousin saw me, he immediately told me to leave it as it was. BUT I never minded him, and secretly put it in my little pocket. Then I quickly went home to hide it in my drawer, and returned back to my uncle's. 
After my family had left, I started to play again happily because I got a lovely thing without being noticed.
As time passed, the feeling of guilt started to grow in me gradually, and dozens of questions and wondering established in my mind as a revolution. " Oh! Damn me what have I done ?!! "," Am I a thief ? ", "Will I go to hell !", " Allah won't love me anymore ". I had no solution except to CRY, and so; my uncle's family started to round me as a conference, asking, wondering, and begging me to say the reason behind my crying, wishing they could help me. But I wished only to go home. I completely refused to say the cause of my suffering.
That pain continued until my elder brother got back from school. I had a new hope that they might forgive me for committing such a crime. I ran as quickly as I could to reach my home to open my drawer to return that little thing back to my uncle. 
Once I showed it to them, they were shocked, surprised then they died laughing to find me giving them a small pack of SHAMPOO ! . My uncle told me laughing, " Is this the cause of the whole problem? Take it young girl !".
They told me to take it but I punished my self by refusing their offer.
      So, what I want to say is that: you and no one else but you is responsible for your actions. And as ALLAH said in the holy Qor'an ".ALLAH won't change people's status unless they change what they do" .

[إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّى يُغَيِّرُوا مَا بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ]

09 November 2012

Be satisfied.. BE YOU !

On hearing the word "satisfaction", we directly look forward to what we have from positives.
So, satisfaction is a positive energy that brings inner peace and a great power of self confidence which has an effective role on the human being and his presence in the society.
And to be satisfied doesn't need to be perfect because no one is totally perfect. It means to believe in your self and your qualities.. EVERYONE has a great charge of energy and power if he makes use of it, he'll be a positive successful person. But we have always to avoid dissatisfaction because it only brings mind disturbance, suffering and might lead to great failure.
The dissatisfied person always feels that something is missing he couldn't ever reach. and he keeps wishing to have what others have.
Actually I liken it to the hyena that attacks on its prey but leaves it alive. Same does the dissatisfaction to the dissatisfied person, It confuses him but doesn't heal.
That's why we have to be aware of that.
I must admit it, I used to think and complain, " why am I not white skinned like many of my friends are ? Why am I not beautiful as this girl or that lady? I would be more beautiful if I had blue eyes like my friend's,... " And many others of these negative thoughts. And actually I refused to think that maybe someone had wished to be like me; and that's why i was always frustrated and feared to meet new people because they might be more beautiful than me or more intelligent than me or bla bla bla..
Until the moment that my father saw me comparing my complexion to my mother's saying: " See mama! your complexion is whiter than mine.", he called me in a very serious tongue," Come here, girl !! ".[Actually I wanted to say " See mama how beautiful I am !" just to avoid my father then :D ].
He told me," Why do you have a problem with you complexion color?! Who told you that your skin color is bad? .. Don't you know that most of the blond people go to the beach to get tanned so as to get skin color same as yours?.." and he continued saying: "Beside that, the beauty isn't just the external appearance, the true beauty stems from the inside, the manners are important. To have presence amongst people and to be loved by everyone is never related to the outer look".
And actually he was right. No one is perfect, " everyone is 24 kirat" <-- [As Alshaikh Alshaarawi said_may ALLAH show mercy upon him]. Someone has the beauty but isn't acceptable through people. Someone's rich but not happy. In a contrast, someone is very poor but happy and satisfied with what ALLAH granted him with.
Allah created every single creature on earth for a specific reason. So, be certainly sure that Allah has granted you with what if you realize, you'll thank him as long as you're breathing.
When you see someone beautiful, you can see what Allah favored him\her with. But the mystery and the wondering comes when you see someone who is not granted with beauty. You don't know what ALLAH has specialized him with, Be sure then that he's got a very good and special talent.
So, If you're not beautiful, don't be upset and frustrated,But feel easy and start seeking in your self that mysterious talent you're given.
Beside that, no one is ugly. As I wrote before that the pure beauty gets from the inside.
If you want to know how to be satisfied, follow these tips:-
1- Never compare your self with someone else or you'll humiliate your self.
2- Don't get influenced by others' opinions. Because not all of them wish you the best.
3- Be sure that what ALLAH gave you is the best and the most suitable for you.
Last but not least. If you pursue pure happiness, Be satisfied.. BE YOU.