     Waryaa | Unrecorded Date
Salama....
Have it and Enjoy it Immensily!!
A man found a cocoon of an emperor moth. He took it home so that he could watch the moth come out of the cocoon.
On the day, a small opening appeared, he sat and watched the moth for several hours as the moth struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could go no farther. It just seemed to be stuck.
Then the man, in his kindness, decided to help the moth, so he took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The moth then emerged easily, but it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the moth because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be bale to support the body, which would contract in time.
Neither happened! In fact, the little moth spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.
What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the moth to get through the tiny opening were a way of forcing fluid from the body of the moth into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon. Freedom and flight would only come after the struggle. By depriving the moth of a struggle, he deprived the moth of health.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we are allowed to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been.
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Quite Peace!! |
| Cabdi Madoobe | Unrecorded Date
Waryaa
Thanks bro. It really goes deep down.
Here is another one:
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Famous Amos was walking along the beach (in Mexico) when he came upon an old man picking up starfish that had washed up on the beach. The man was flinging them back in the water.
Famous Amos asked the man, "Why are you doing that?"
The man replied, "I'm saving the starfish - they will die up here on the beach."
Famous Amos looked at the starfish all over the beach and said, "You can't possibly expect to save all these starfish, so why are you bothering?"
The old man simply picked up another starfish, flung it in to the water, and said, "Well, it sure made a difference to that one, didn't it?"
Never underestimate your ability to make a difference. You seemingly small actions may make a large difference in the lives of others. Measure yourself not by the intensity of your effort, but by the impact of your deeds.
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Jack Canfield (adapted). |
| Waryaa | Unrecorded Date
Salama....
Cabdi Thank you very much.
Here, I have another an anecdotal ones, and I think it is a true story.
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Zakariyya came to Imam Ja'fer As-Sadiq (as) and said: "I was a Christian but have now become a Muslim." "It was the Qur'an that convinced me!"
Imam told Zakariyya:
"Indeed Allah has guided you to Islam and made your heart shine with its light."
"But my parents are not Muslims, Ya Imam!" Zakariyya said.
Imam replied, "Take care of your mother. Be good and kind to her..."
When he returned home he looked afetr his mother being even more gentle and kind to her than before. His mum noticed the change in her son's behaviour and said, "What is the reason of you honouring me so much after you have become a Muslim?"
Zakariyya told her what Imam Ja'fer As-Sadiq (as) had said.
She replied, "My son! Your religion is better than mine. Guide me so that I may become a Muslim."
Zakariyya taught her the basis of Islam and she bacame a Muslim. She offered the Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib abd Isha Salads of that day as taught to her by her son and died a Muslim at midnight on that day.
Quite Peace!! |
