Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Sunday, May 09, 2010
Angels Talk
Abd Mubarak was on his way to Mecca when one night he dreamed that he was in heaven and heard two angels having a conversation.
“How many pilgrims came to the holy city this year?” one of them asked.
“Six hundred thousand”, answered the other.
“And how many of them had their pilgrimage accepted?”
“None of them. However, in Baghdad there is a shoemaker called Ali Mufiq who did not make the pilgrimage, but did have his pilgrimage accepted, and his graces benefited the 600,000 pilgrims”.
When he woke up, Abd Mubarak went to Mufiq’s shoe shop and told him his dream.
“At great cost and much sacrifice, I finally managed to get 350 coins together”, the shoemaker said in tears. “But then, when I was ready to go to Mecca I discovered that my neighbors were hungry, so I distributed the money among them and gave up my pilgrimage”.
Paulo Coelho
Abd Mubarak was on his way to Mecca when one night he dreamed that he was in heaven and heard two angels having a conversation.
“How many pilgrims came to the holy city this year?” one of them asked.
“Six hundred thousand”, answered the other.
“And how many of them had their pilgrimage accepted?”
“None of them. However, in Baghdad there is a shoemaker called Ali Mufiq who did not make the pilgrimage, but did have his pilgrimage accepted, and his graces benefited the 600,000 pilgrims”.
When he woke up, Abd Mubarak went to Mufiq’s shoe shop and told him his dream.
“At great cost and much sacrifice, I finally managed to get 350 coins together”, the shoemaker said in tears. “But then, when I was ready to go to Mecca I discovered that my neighbors were hungry, so I distributed the money among them and gave up my pilgrimage”.
Paulo Coelho
BUDGET CORNER
Everything costs money. The food you eat, the clothes you wear. Everything comes with a price. The more expensive it is the better. People will think the money they spent was well worth it. The branded cars, the gadgets they carry, the bags they bought. It gives them the mind to think that's they are of a higher status. It's called materialism. They worked really hard for it to maintain the lush lifestyle they felt were better off than what they did not have in the past. They will also work doubly hard to be even better off than what they currently have now. It's called discontentment. How does one truly be happy? How does one truly UNDERSTAND being in poverty also does have happiness? How does one BELIEVE contentment brings joy to the tiniest thing that has happened, be it good or bad? Have FAITH and TRUST that life, is celebrated on its own, not by products.
How about buying a friendship?.
How much is a friendship? 5years worth of time is maybe much more worthy compared to 10yrs. It's quite worthless because it depreciates over time. First impression is always the most expensive because one has to do up all the superficial presentation one can get. As the friendship proceed in years, there's basically nothing to be shown. Since the friendship now becomes free, one can be free to betray, free to exploit or even free to reign the friendship over one's benefit. Manouvering this friendship to one's favour. If it doesn't work out, make more new friends and be merry! We are rich anyway! Years wasn't the issue, the issue is ; one's words can kill years of friendship. Words are free by the way. Freedom of speech. Freedom to choose your friendship. How much does yours cost?
Everything costs money. The food you eat, the clothes you wear. Everything comes with a price. The more expensive it is the better. People will think the money they spent was well worth it. The branded cars, the gadgets they carry, the bags they bought. It gives them the mind to think that's they are of a higher status. It's called materialism. They worked really hard for it to maintain the lush lifestyle they felt were better off than what they did not have in the past. They will also work doubly hard to be even better off than what they currently have now. It's called discontentment. How does one truly be happy? How does one truly UNDERSTAND being in poverty also does have happiness? How does one BELIEVE contentment brings joy to the tiniest thing that has happened, be it good or bad? Have FAITH and TRUST that life, is celebrated on its own, not by products.
How about buying a friendship?.
How much is a friendship? 5years worth of time is maybe much more worthy compared to 10yrs. It's quite worthless because it depreciates over time. First impression is always the most expensive because one has to do up all the superficial presentation one can get. As the friendship proceed in years, there's basically nothing to be shown. Since the friendship now becomes free, one can be free to betray, free to exploit or even free to reign the friendship over one's benefit. Manouvering this friendship to one's favour. If it doesn't work out, make more new friends and be merry! We are rich anyway! Years wasn't the issue, the issue is ; one's words can kill years of friendship. Words are free by the way. Freedom of speech. Freedom to choose your friendship. How much does yours cost?
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)