WATER - 3 DAYS OF RAIN......

3 DAYS OF RAIN! BERSYUKURLAH - cool here.....

WATER covers four-fifths of the earth's surface and has the most fascinating cycle. Wind moves the clouds from say, the Pacific basin to deposit their water in the Mediterranean region. The water falls to the ground and goes back into the oceans through a multitude of routes, only to evaporate again into the atmosphere and begin a fresh cycle. The Qur'an says: "And We sent down water from the sky in due measure, and lodged it into the earth, but We are perfectly capable of taking it all away" (al-Mu'minun: 18). Indeed, He provides and He takes away! "We could turn it bitter; if only you would be thankful" (al-Waqi'ah: 70).

The will of God is the only power capable of creation and destruction. Water, being the natural catalyst for life here and in the hereafter, is totally under the control of the absolute divine will. Water is the essence of life. God sends down the rain in a drizzle to nourish the earth and the human body. Rain water is purified in the atmosphere by certain chemical and electrical processes known to physicists, and these processes are also determined by the will of God Almighty.

FLY...FLY...LIKE A BIRD IN THE SKY...ABBA

WHITE DOVE

LISTENING WITH THE SILENCE OF THE HEART

Listen with no judgements. Listen without answering with the voice in your head.

Go beyond outer appearances and listen to the message within. Listen lovingly with the silence of your heart.

DANCE LIKE NOBODY'S WATCHING,
LOVE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER BEEN HURT,
SING LIKE NOBODY'S LISTENING,
LIVE LIKE IT'S HEAVEN ON EARTH

Mark Twain

MY BUTTERFLY COLLECTION.....

SPEAKING WITH FULLNESS OF THE HEART

Speak the gentle truth and with fullness of the heart.

Speech is a powerful human tool and the tongue is sharper that the sword.

Use love, kindness and sincerity in your speech and it will return to you a thousand-fold!

Author Unknown

Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.

Democritus

MY ICON... SPRING FLOWERS

MY LIFE IS AN EXPRESSION OF MY TALENTS AND ABILITIES - Anonymous






WE ARE WHAT WE REPEATEDLY DO. EXCELLENCE, THEREFORE, IS NOT AN ACT BUT A HABIT - Aristotle

IN THE HOPES OF REACHING THE MOON MEN FAIL TO SEE THE FLOWERS THAT BLOSSOM AT THEIR FEET - Albert Schweitzer (I remember, I read his book in my teenage years "All Men Are Brothers", he was a Doctor, if I am right, who served in Africa)

THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS MASTERPIECE OF MAN IS TO KNOW HOW TO LIVE TO PURPOSE - Michel de Montaigne





IF YOU DO NOT HOPE, YOU WILL NOT FIND WHAT IS BEYOND YOUR HOPES - St. Clement of Alexandra

YEAR 2011 - HAVE FUN!

This is a "forward" article: subject Mathematical Fun: This Year. Thank you cousin Sulaiman Ahmad

QUOTE

"As you can see some people have fun working out things"










THIS YEAR we will experience 4 unusual dates:

1/1/11, 1/11/11, 11/1/11, 11/11/11....

NOW go figure this out .... take the last 2 digits of the year you were born, plus the age you will be on your birthday this year and it WILL EQUAL TO 111.... Does it work for everybody? INTERESTING!!!

UNQUOTE

Maths class was nightmarish during my student days. YES correct, = 111 Made my DAY!

Writer

NOTE OF APPRECIATION .....

Dear All,

Thank you for sparing your time reading my blog. Also many thanks to those of you who have posted your comments and acknowledged through emails. I would also like to thank my followers and I noted the changes made.

Wishing all, the very best in year 2011. I am taking a short break. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Wassalam
AISHAH SAID

LIVING IN HARMONY ....

EXCERPT FROM SURAH 5 * Al-Ma'idah

Religion is a serious matter and has to be treated with dignity and respect. It is difficult to see how anyone who does not show such respect can be treated as a friend or an ally.

Islam is a tolerate and accommodating religion, and when it comes to religious conviction and matters of belief it specifically forbids coercion and compulsion. Muslims are permitted to go into business and trade partnerships with non-Muslims on the basis of mutual honesty and trust. Muslim men are permitted to marry non-Muslim women and raise families built on mutual love and affection. Positive and constructive interreligious dealings and cooperation in all fields are to be encouraged to avoid intercommunal strife and promote tolerance, trust, and respect among all people. Islam has clearly defined the circumstances in which Muslims can shun followers of other religions or boycott them, because differences between various religions are inevitable. Nevertheless, Muslims are also taught to respect their religion and reflect that respect in dealing with others on an equal basis. That should not be very difficult, except for some, such as those fanatics who consider other people inferior to themselves, or bigoted agnostics and cynics who cannot tolerate people with convictions and strong beliefs different from their own.

One of the basic teachings of Islam is to love or hate for God's sake; love that is pure and unselfish and a rejection that is free of malice and injustice and bears no grudges towards those who are rejected. Islam also teaches forbearance and the need to overlook the minor mistakes of others and their shortcomings, while being firm and severe when the situation demands it.

LAT - MY FAVOURITE CARTOONIST

NO KOMEN???!!!

LAT "buat de' aje"

"curi tulang" watching SEA Games

HIDDEN TALENT - "BAKAT TERPENDAM"

It was said that Malaysian young are encouraged to read the life of Cat Stevens to Yusof Islam

Islam, Yusuf (b. 1948) The former Cat Stevens, at one time a pop singer, now an Islamic organizer and educator. After his conversion to Islam, his interest in educating Muslim children led him to found the Islamiah School in Brent, London in the late 1980s. Was a founder of the Muslim Council of Britain and a fundraiser for Muslim charities.

* The Oxford Dictionary of ISLAM - by JOHN L. ESPOSITO

I loved singing "Morning Has Broken" during my younger days under the shower....(much to the chagrin of my mother, as I took my own sweet time in the bathroom)....

Morning has broken, like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for the springing fresh from the word (brrrr... no water heater)

Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where his feet pass

Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light, Eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God's recreation of the new day

I had no notion that "Morning Has Broken" is a hymn those days in the 1970s. But today translated in bahasa "Pagi Telah Merekah" is "lagu dakwah" or "nasyid."

KEKUATAN SEDEKAH DALAM MEMANJANGKAN UMUR DAN MENYEMBUHKAN PENYAKIT

Pada pandangan kita sebagai orang Islam, sedekah adalah amal kebajikan. Orang yang bersedekah umpama orang yang menanam benih kebajikan. Pada hari akhirat kelak, orang yang bersedekah itu pasti merasa buah ataupun hasil daripada amalan sedekahnya di dunia ini. Dengan demikian, hari-hari yang kita lalui dalam kehidupan di dunia adalah hari-hari bagi beramal yang tiada batasannya kecuali kematian.

Nabi Muhammad pernah berkata, ada tujuh orang yang mendapat naungan Allah pada hari yang tidak terdapat naungan kecuali naungannya iaitu hari kiamat. Tujuh orang itu adalah:

* Raja yang adil.

* Pemuda yang rajin beribadah pada Allah.

* Orang yang hatinya selalu berpaut pada masjid.

* Dua orang yang saling menyayangi semata-mata kerana Allah, bukan kerana dunia. Mereka bersama dan berpisah kerana Allah.

* Orang yang digoda oleh wanita cantik dan berkata "Aku takut pada Allah."

* Orang yang bersedekah dengan bersembunyi hingga tangan kirinya tidak mengetahui apa yang dilakukan oleh tangan kanannya.

* Orang yang mengingati Allah dalam kesunyian hingga menitiskan air mata.

Walaupun Nabi Muhammad melalui kata-kata beliau menunjukkan sedekah itu dapat memanjangkan umur, pada hakikatnya kita melihat tidak semua daripada kita, keluarga kita, saudara mara kita dan masyarakat di sekitar kita benar-benar mengamalkan sedekah sesuai dengan ciri-ciri yang perlu ada padanya.

Kita perlu memahami, sedekah adalah doa sekali gus amalan yang konkrit. Jadi, kekuatan yang terkandung dalam sedekah adalah lebih dahsyat daripada kekuatan yang terkandung dalam doa.

Berkenaan doa, beberapa penyelidik dan pengulas yang mengkaji doa dalam penyembuhan penyakit mempunyai bukti yang menyokong penemuan mereka. Stanley Krippner, pengarah pasca sarjana di Institut Saybrook di San Francisco adalah salah seorang penyelidik terkemuka dalam bidang kaedah penyembuhan yang menyimpang daripada kaedah biasa yang digunakan di dunia. Beliau mengatakan:

"Selepas meninjau secara mendalam, saya dapat menyimpulkan data penelitian berkenaan penyembuhan yang menggunakan doa jarak jauh. Ia memberikan harapan tetapi ia masih tidak mampu menghasilkan kesimpulan yang kuat .... Apabila kesan penyembuhan doa itu memang kuat, kesan itu perlu dapat diulang oleh para penyelidik lain tetapi hingga ke hari ini, data penelitian berkenaan penyembuhan jarak jauh belum menunjukkan pola yang berulang...."

Ahli psikologi, Lawrence LeSham banyak mengkaji penyembuhan jarak jauh berbanding orang lain. Selama beberapa dasawarsa, LeSham meneliti para penyembuh yang mempunyai kekuatan batin. Sebahagian besar daripada mereka menggunakan doa. Memang di tanah air kita sendiri, ramai orang yang menggunakan amalan penyembuhan menggunakan doa. Mungkin di setiap bandar di negara ini ada orang yang membuka pusat penyembuhan menggunakan kekuatan doa. Oleh itu, ia adalah fakta yang diperakui ramai. Apabila doa dapat menyebuhkan penyakit, bagaimana pula dengan sedekah?

Sedekah adalah pemberian yang dilakukan secara sukarela, ikhlas ataupun tanpa mengharapkan balasan. Ia adalah tindakan yang semata-mata dilakukan kerana mengharapkan keredaan Allah. Ia memiliki nilai sosial iaitu menolong orang lain yang sedang mengalami kesusahan.

Orang yang bersedekah memiliki rasa kasih sayang kepada orang lain. Ini adalah sesuatu yang pasti. Orang seperti ini mempunyai empati spiritual. Maksudnya, dia merasa sedih dan terluka apabila melihat orang lain dalam kesusahan sedangkan dia mampu memberikan bantuan. Dia merasa tenang dan bahagia apabila dapat memberikan bantuan kepada orang lain yang memerlukan. Dengan demikian, sedekah menenangkan dan membahagiakan jiwa. Kebahagiaan jiwa itulah kuncinya.

Jiwa yang bahagia adalah jiwa yang jauh daripada penyakit. Jiwa seperti ini tidak mudah dihinggapi penyakit. Penyelidikan terbaru menunjukkan, semua penyakit itu berkaitan dengan fikiran dan saya mahu menambah, semua penyakit itu juga berkaitan dengan hati. Jiwa yang bahagia melahirkan hati dan fikiran yang bahagia. Dengan itu, penyakit turut tercegah ataupun sembuh apabila jiwa menjadi bahagia.

Itulah sebab sedekah dapat menyembuhkan ataupun mencegah datangnya penyakit. Ternyata, sedekah adalah salah satu cara yang dapat memberi kesejahteraan jiwa orang yang memberinya. Perbahasan yang sama juga boleh digunakan bagi menjelaskan hubungan antara sedekah dan umur yang panjang.

Demikianlah kajian singkat dalam bab ini yang mudah-mudahan dapat menjadi renungan untuk kita semua. Sesungguhnya, kebenaran sejati hanya milik Allah.

TEASER...

SO, WHAT DO YOU CHOOSE TO LET GO OF TODAY?

Above is in connection with article "MAKING ROOM FOR SUCCESS!"

"My destiny is written when I am 120 days old in my mother's womb."

By: Writer

MAKING ROOM FOR SUCCESS!

One cannot manage too many affairs: like pumpkins in the water, one pops up while you try to hold down the other.

Chinese Proverb









Success is more about letting go, releasing and creating space than it is about adding to, learning more and gaining.

Success Needs Space....

Too often we fill our life with "too much" stuff and there's no room for success to come in:

Things like:

1. An over-active schedule and there's no room for serendipity with a stop at a book store where your next recruit is buying a book... or a long, lingering lunch with a friend that makes you laugh so much your serotonin levels rise and you're healthier.... or a chapter in your book that you love writing... or tons of fulfillment that comes from doing a great job (because you allowed more time to do it).

2. Tons of limiting beliefs (and a voice that whispers them) that leave no room for new, empowering beliefs (and the voice that shouts them with power and confidence!)

3. A cluttered office or home that has no room for that brand new vase or picture frame waiting to be bought... or the cluttered mind that has no room for that ingenious idea waiting to be discovered.

You see, Success needs space. And you are the one who can usher in new level of success by letting go of (fill in the blank.)

What are you willing to let go of today?

Just watch what you begin attracting into your life - the velocity - when you're willing to let go, release, unlearn and create space for success.

This article written by Liza Jimenez