LIFE IS SHORTER THAN YOU THINK

Success bases our worth on a comparison with others. Excellence gauges our value by measuring us against our own potential. Success grants its rewards to the few but is the dream of the multitudes. Excellence is available to all living beings but is accepted by the ..... few. - DALE CARNEGIE

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Dale Carnegie related a story of a man who had an ulcer that became aggravated to a dangerous level. Doctors informed him that he had very little time left to live. They insinuated that it would be wise for him to make funeral arrangements. Suddenly, Hani - the patient - made a spontaneous decision. He thought to himself that if he had such little time left to live, why not enjoy it to the utmost? He thought, "How often have I wished to travel around the world before I die. This is certainly the chance to realise my dreams." He bought his ticket and when the doctors became aware of his plans, they were shocked. They said to him,"We most strongly remonstrate with you and warn you: If you go forward on this journey you will be buried at the bottom of the ocean." Their arguments were in vain and he only answered, "No, nothing of the sort will happen. I have promised my relatives that I will come back to be buried in the family plot."

He thus began his trip of mirth and joy. He wrote to his wife saying, "I eat the most delectable of dishes on the cruise ship. I read poetry, and I eat tasty fatty foods that I have hitherto refrained from. I have enjoyed life during this period more than I have in my entire previous life."

Dale Carnegie claimed that the man became cured of his sickness and that the energizing path he took is one that is successful in defeating disease and pain.

The moral: happiness, cheerfulness, and calmness are often more efficacious than doctors' pills.

Dale Carnegie said:

"Statistics have proven that stress and anxiety are the number one killers in America. As a result of the last world war, one third of a million of our soldiers were killed. In the same period, heart disease was the cause of two million deaths. And from this latter group, stress, anxiety and nervous tension were the source of sickness for one million people."

Yes, heart disease is one of the main reasons that prompted Dr. Alexis Carlyle to say:

"Working people who do not know how to deal with stress die prematurely."

Though the reasoning and logic that prompted Carlyle to say this are sound, we must still remember:

*(And no person can ever die except by Allah's Leave and at an appointed term)*

(Qur'an 3: 145)

Black Americans and the Chinese rarely fall prey to diseases of the heart. They are people who live with tranquility and calmness. On the other hand, you will find that the number of doctors who die of heart attacks is twenty times more than the number of farmers who die of the same cause. Doctors live a tough and stress-filled life, for which they pay a heavy price.