Archive for November, 2006

The Echo Of Life

Monday, November 20th, 2006

    One day, a  very wise and dedicated father took his beloved ten-year-old son to a mountainous resort for a vacation. It was the very first time for the kid to visit the place. The resort was so beautiful, with cool and breezing wind blowing softly. The sound of nature and birds flying around singing happily were really inspiring. It really brought tranquility and peace in mind. Tall trees and beautiful flowers grew up along the hills and mountains. The father and son enjoyed themselves with the situation. They took a walk along the road. And the kid was so happy humping and jumping here and there.
    The kid was so happy that he was not really careful of himself. Suddenly, he fell down and spontaneously screamed, "Ouch."  Suddenly, he heard a sound "Ouch…ouch….ouch…" coming from the other side of the mountain. He was surprised. He was so curious to know the source of the sound. Then, he shouted again, this time it was louder than the first one.
    "Hey, who are you…?"
    In a moment he heard the answer, as loud as his voice, "Hey, who are you you…you…ou…ou..?"
    After that, when it was calm and quiet; that the only sound that heard was the sound of the wind, the little kid became more anxious because he could not find the source of that annoying sound. It seemed like he did not like anybody to repeat what he said. Then he shouted angrily, "Hey, coward…come and show your face!!"
    And yet, he listened to the same sound again, "Hey, coward…come and show your face…!"
    With curious and upset look, he stared at his father and asked, "Dad, do you know who this person is? How could he exactly repeat all i yelled?" His father then smiled and wisely explained, "My son, watch me carefully!"
    His father then screamed loudly to the mountain, "You are great…!" In a very short time, they heard the same sound again repeated many times, "You are great…!"
    Upon seeing his son was still confused, the man shouted again as loud as he could, "You are incredible… You arethe best…!!" And then, they heard the same sound again, "You are incredible…you are the best…!!"
    The kid still did not catch what happened. He looked at his father wondering how it could happen. He was really impatient waiting for his father’s explanation. "Son, it is fine that you are puzzled. Today, it is the first time for you to be in a place surrounded by mountains. The sound that you heard was waving back sound or echo.
    His father continued his explanation, "Just like echo, whatever we give to ouir life, life then would return them to us. This means all you think, say and do will bring result to you, you yourself will get what you give to life. If you always think positively, say wise and good words, do a good thing, study hard, and be disciplined, life will echo numerous benefits to your life. Your wisdom will grant you respect. Your warmth and encouraging words will make people honour you. Your kindness will result in love and help from those who care for you. And you will certainly reach success in your life. Do you catch what I mean?"
    The kid nodded his head as the sign of understanding.

    Dear readers,
    This story is full of profound and meaningful wisdom. Its profundest wisdom tells us that life is the reflection of what we think, say and do. If we always think negatively, full of worry and suspicioun, then life will definitely bring negative outcomes on us. Our surrounding and people close to us  will be affected. They too would be negative and suspicious. They might turn to distrust us as well.
    Consequently, we ourselves would defeat and destroy our own life. On the other hand, if we are kind-hearted, full of love, always think positively, say encouraging words, treat everyone nicely, then life will react as positively. There will be people with good heart and mind that live close to us. And goodness will certainly come to visit us all the time. There is a Chinese proverb that goes to this concept. Life will turn in whatever you give. Your success today does not come only from luck, blessing or coincidence. Our success is the result of the effort that we have done before. That is the lesson that we can take from the "echo" of our life;What we get is what we give.
    Thus, the good or bad of someone’s life fully depends on his/her control of mind, speech and body action. That the environment or other people influence our life, that is true. But, our life is never determined by  others because we have the right and power to have our own choice.
    So, the message is clear, let’s fill up our life with all the positive actions. If we want to be more successful, contribute the best we have. Because, giving the best will grant the best in return and contribute the bad will reap accordingly

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Nails and Fence

Monday, November 6th, 2006
Wisdom of the day…(reminding of the
1st-syawal-atmosfer-day)
 
    In one little town there lived a young
wealthy merchandiser. He was muscular, handsome, and fair-skinned. However, he
was arrogant and uppish. He liked to insult and bully others. As a result, many
people hated him so much and secluded him. Eventually, he began to lose trust.
More and more people keep their distance off him. One by one began to leave him.
Realizing this unpleasant situation, the young man began to worry about his
life. He was upset and angry with his condition, but he just kept his anger
inside.
    One day, he decided to meet a wise teacher to
ask for his advice. Upon seeing the guru, he explained his problem and told his
wishes; he wanted people in his town to like him. The guru carefully listened to
his story. When he had understood everything, he wisely advised the young man,
"Young man, every time you do bad things or hurt other, physically or mentally,
mark what you have done by hammering one big nail on the fence of your house.
When it is full of nails, then you come back to see me again."
    The young man came home and did what the guru
advice. Anytime he did bad things; hurt or insulted others, he hammered one big
nail on the fence. After a few months, the fence was full of nails. However, the
situation did not change yet. People still kept their distance off him. They did
not want to mingle with him. They tried to avoid him as much as possible. The
young man then felt tired of the situation. He was really unhappy with his
condition. He did not understand the advice from the Guru.
    After some time, he decided to visit the Guru
again. The guru, who had known that he would come again, said, "Hey, young man,
when you come to see me now, your fence must be full of nails. Why don’t you do
the other way round now? Why don’t you do as many good things as you can, and
for each kindness that you do, pull out one nail off your fence. When you have
no more nails, you may come back to see me."
    For the second time, he followed his advice.
Everyday, he tried very hard to control his bad habits. Every time he could
control himself or did one righteous act, he pulled out one nail off the fence,
he had changed. He was more patient, tolerant and wiser. For the third time, he
visited the Guru and told everything that he had done. "You are different now,
young man. You are more patient and tolerant. You have proved to your self that
you too can do kindness. Now, is there anything you can learn from this?" asked
the Guru. "When you go home, I want you to carefully look at your fence. Now
that there aren’t any nails left, isn’t your fence is full of holes, it won’t be
as beautiful as it used to be. Think deeply about this, watch whatever you
do!"
 
    Dear readers,
    In reality, it is not easy to give
forgiveness sincerely. Sometimes, the pain really leaves scars in our heart. It
may hurt ourselves; let us down, cause a very long and deep suffering. And if
this happens, it is really difficult to give forgiveness. Bad actions really
bring hatred and revenge that cannot be easily forgotten. This is really humane,
very normal.
    At the same time, whenever we make bad
actions or mistakes, we must be gentle to admit our mistakes, then sincerely ask
for forgiveness. It is much better if we dare to promise that we will never do
the same mistake again. Asking for such forgiveness is really noble. Anyone who
dares to do that is really wise.
    However, we should know that forgiveness does
not mean we have omitted the mistakes we have created. Therefore, we know that
there is punishment for mistakes that we do. Therefore, it is much better if we
can develop a habit that controls what we say, behave and act. It surely makes
us more careful and wiser in whatever we think, say and do. This habit should be
built under an understanding that everyone has the right to be treated well. We
should try our best to respect others no matter what their social status, tribe,
race, religion, and educational background is, whether they are poor or rich. We
must treat everyone equally as humanly as possible.
    As an old proverb says: "One enemy is too many,
thousands of friends are never enough." Let’s control our words, watch our heart
and mind, behave ourselves, and never let them be the nails that will hurt
others. On the other hand, let’s make our heart, mind and words blessings for
all. If we can do this, we will become peaceful candles and make this world a
beautiful place to live in harmony
PS: In judgement day-in islam way; all of us including animals will ask for payback for our sin to them. For sin to God, it will His decision to forgive, but for man/woman to man/woman, man/woman to animals we should try to seek forgiveness from them.But How  we can find forgiveness of trillions, billions, millions people, animals from prophet adams to end day the person/animals we hurt, insult, bully to?

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