بحر العلوم
06-19-04, 10:37 AM
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
from the net...
Heba Reda...
Dear all;
I got this email and I found it extremely wonderful and profound ...it really is worth reading ... Enjoy!
Dance as if no one is watching you, Love as if you've never been hurt before, Sing as if no one can hear you, Live as if heaven is on earth
Heba
Hi all,
I am writing to you all because I have recently come across a situation that really moved me. It's not a story, it's real life stuff. I wanted to share it with you all because it made me think about who I
was and where I was going, and what purpose my life has. Difficult questions, nevertheless, crucial ones in my opinion.
My mum came up to me one day and told me the story of a little boy who goes to the same school she works for. His name is Mahmoud. It was discovered that Mahmoud has Lukemia (for those who don't know, it's blood cancer). He's eleven years old.
Mahmoud decided to write a book in English. His mum told him to try and write in Arabic, and he just told her: "I'm good in Arabic. When I write in English, it is the greatest challenge of all."
He wrote a book that is almost 100 pages long, give or take (I haven't seen it yet.). His mother told us
that the reason he decided to do this, is because he wanted to be remembered after he was gone.
Amazing! He's only eleven!
A special ceremony was held at the school he goes to in his honour! He was given a gift and a certificate from the school honouring his achievement!
I was privileged enough and honoured to have been invited to that great event! It was soooooo nice, seeing all the kids in school approach him to get to know more! Those who congratulated him, and those who teased! Sometimes, I think I miss being in school!!!
I was sitting here, and I felt compelled to write to you guys of this experience and the thoughts it triggered within me.
Sometimes we have things on mind that we want to do, that we need to do, but we don't because they seem too big a task! Well, an eleven year old boy wrote
a book! He didn't care that his English isn't perfect! Or that it was too big a task! He just did it! And he finished it!!!
What I'm trying to say is that no matter what the thing you have in mind that seems soooo big to you or so difficult, you can actually do it! If you put your mind to it!!! You CAN DO IT!!!
Another thought that comes to my mind is that we go on with our lives not realizing what's important, not knowing who is important!
Taking the people and the everyday things in our daily lives for granted!
Arguing about not parking in the place we usually do! OR just fussing about little trivial issues!
I saw what a family is when they have strong faith! When they believe in each other! When they are there for one another in the most difficult situations that life can impose on us!
I look at myself and my life, and what's going on in it.
And I think of how stupid I am at times, and how ignorant if I may say!
Sometimes we're so focused on the things we don't have and the things that annoy us most that weoverlook other stuff!
And here I count my blessings in the tough days we live today:
I am blessed with very nice loving parents!
I am blessed with a brother that I would give the whole entire world to if I could!
I am blessed with good health, even though I'm not actually slim!
I am blessed with an education that many strive for!
I am blessed with jobs that many never even get an opportunity for!
I am blessed with the prayers I get from those humbler people in my life!
I am blessed with the joke of my "menadeya" where I park each day!
I am blessed with the poor old woman who lives on the street, and who invited me for lunch on the pavement just the other day, and would not hear of an invitation decline!
I am blessed with the different physical abilities of walking, talking, chewing, tasting, holding, and all the other ones you can think of!
I am blessed with being who I am today, with all the bad and the good in me!
I am blessed with my faith that there is a God, and that He does what is best for us, even in the hardest of times!
I am blessed with believing that people are essentially good at heart and that when they behave wrong, I'm sure they have a pretty good excuse!!!
From this day forward, I promise you all that I will count my blessings each and every day!!!
I hope that you guys just think of or try one day to count your blessings!!! I bet my life on it, that you will find that you have an infinite number of blessings in your lives, just as I discovered about my life!
My love always to you all!
from the net...
Heba Reda...
Dear all;
I got this email and I found it extremely wonderful and profound ...it really is worth reading ... Enjoy!
Dance as if no one is watching you, Love as if you've never been hurt before, Sing as if no one can hear you, Live as if heaven is on earth
Heba
Hi all,
I am writing to you all because I have recently come across a situation that really moved me. It's not a story, it's real life stuff. I wanted to share it with you all because it made me think about who I
was and where I was going, and what purpose my life has. Difficult questions, nevertheless, crucial ones in my opinion.
My mum came up to me one day and told me the story of a little boy who goes to the same school she works for. His name is Mahmoud. It was discovered that Mahmoud has Lukemia (for those who don't know, it's blood cancer). He's eleven years old.
Mahmoud decided to write a book in English. His mum told him to try and write in Arabic, and he just told her: "I'm good in Arabic. When I write in English, it is the greatest challenge of all."
He wrote a book that is almost 100 pages long, give or take (I haven't seen it yet.). His mother told us
that the reason he decided to do this, is because he wanted to be remembered after he was gone.
Amazing! He's only eleven!
A special ceremony was held at the school he goes to in his honour! He was given a gift and a certificate from the school honouring his achievement!
I was privileged enough and honoured to have been invited to that great event! It was soooooo nice, seeing all the kids in school approach him to get to know more! Those who congratulated him, and those who teased! Sometimes, I think I miss being in school!!!
I was sitting here, and I felt compelled to write to you guys of this experience and the thoughts it triggered within me.
Sometimes we have things on mind that we want to do, that we need to do, but we don't because they seem too big a task! Well, an eleven year old boy wrote
a book! He didn't care that his English isn't perfect! Or that it was too big a task! He just did it! And he finished it!!!
What I'm trying to say is that no matter what the thing you have in mind that seems soooo big to you or so difficult, you can actually do it! If you put your mind to it!!! You CAN DO IT!!!
Another thought that comes to my mind is that we go on with our lives not realizing what's important, not knowing who is important!
Taking the people and the everyday things in our daily lives for granted!
Arguing about not parking in the place we usually do! OR just fussing about little trivial issues!
I saw what a family is when they have strong faith! When they believe in each other! When they are there for one another in the most difficult situations that life can impose on us!
I look at myself and my life, and what's going on in it.
And I think of how stupid I am at times, and how ignorant if I may say!
Sometimes we're so focused on the things we don't have and the things that annoy us most that weoverlook other stuff!
And here I count my blessings in the tough days we live today:
I am blessed with very nice loving parents!
I am blessed with a brother that I would give the whole entire world to if I could!
I am blessed with good health, even though I'm not actually slim!
I am blessed with an education that many strive for!
I am blessed with jobs that many never even get an opportunity for!
I am blessed with the prayers I get from those humbler people in my life!
I am blessed with the joke of my "menadeya" where I park each day!
I am blessed with the poor old woman who lives on the street, and who invited me for lunch on the pavement just the other day, and would not hear of an invitation decline!
I am blessed with the different physical abilities of walking, talking, chewing, tasting, holding, and all the other ones you can think of!
I am blessed with being who I am today, with all the bad and the good in me!
I am blessed with my faith that there is a God, and that He does what is best for us, even in the hardest of times!
I am blessed with believing that people are essentially good at heart and that when they behave wrong, I'm sure they have a pretty good excuse!!!
From this day forward, I promise you all that I will count my blessings each and every day!!!
I hope that you guys just think of or try one day to count your blessings!!! I bet my life on it, that you will find that you have an infinite number of blessings in your lives, just as I discovered about my life!
My love always to you all!