TAKE A BREAK!

"The happiest people in the world are not those who have no problems, but those who learn to live with things that are less than perfect."

A group of graduates, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the simple and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases, it is just more expensive and some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups... Then you began eyeing each other's cups."

Now consider this, said the professor, "Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us. Enjoy your coffee!"

The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything. Four things to take note in life:

1. Live simply 2. Love generously 3. Care deeply 4. Speak kindly

Addendum by writer: 5. Being honest - down to earth (kejujuran top most)

Another good say: "Happiness must come from doing your life's work and the money that comes is only a by-product" - Adam Khoo - Singapore's youngest millionaire

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FINGERPRINTS

RAHSIA DI SEBALIK UJIAN

Apakah rahsia di sebalik ujian yang ALLAH S.W.T. berikan kepada kita? Dan bagaimana cara yang paling baik menghadapi ujian itu?
Setiap manusia akan mengalami berbagai-bagai ujian. Tidak kira orang kaya atau orang miskin, tua atau muda, semuanya pasti akan menempuh ujian seperti sakit, miskin dan sebagainya. Malah harta kekayaan ini juga adalah ujian dari ALLAH. Manusia yang paling hebat menerima ujian ialah para Rasul, Nabi dan orang orang Salih. Dengan ujian, dapatlah di ketahui siapakah orang yang benar benar beriman. Antara tujuan ALLAH timpakan ujian kepada manusia ini ialah: (l) sebagai satu cara ALLAH hendak tingkatkan darjat kita di sisiNya. (2) sebagai penghapusan dosa. Jika dapat, hadapilah ujian ini dengan sabar, tanpa keluh-kesah, reda dan jangan mengadu kepada orang lain. Insya ALLAH, kita akan terlepas dari seksaan di Akhirat nanti. Sebalik, kalau kita tidak sabar dan tidak reda dengan ujian daripada ALLAH itu, kita akan kecewa. ALLAH tidak suka dengan orang yang mudah kecewa atau pun berputus asa dengan ujian daripadaNYA.