Nature teaches us.....

Praise be to the Lord of the worlds...the Beneficent and the Merciful. Nature is God's gift of His everlasting love towards us...the sun,the moon,the rain,the flowers,the animals,the mountains and so on....are all the ambassadors of beauty... in its pristine perfection...within these creations of God .....peace,decorum and sanctity lies ...the more we admire nature,the more curious we are to learn about its perfection...Nature is a minute detail of God's creation...that we rarely take time to appreciate and sometimes take for granted its tendency to constantly make the world beautiful..Praise the creator of nature ....these beautiful scenes are universal natural wonders that relaxes the human eye....nature has so much beauty ..so much to teach us..

Watch the moon rise with its silvery light....spreading its moonlight..



or watch the waves....



or feel the silence....



or sharing quiet moments of care and togetherness...



or watch the beautiful flowers bloom...



or admire the calm and serene mountains.....

I'll leave it now for you.....to get into the world of your dreams and imagination ....and enjoy the pleasantness and the beauty of nature that the Almighty has blessed us with.
Praise be to the Lord of the worlds...the Beneficent and the Merciful.

Daily conflicts ....

Now a days,we are used to hearing this famous line from our friends or anyone whom we meet, ''I'm not in mood today since I had a quarrel with so and so'', we term this notion as''misunderstanding between them ''and continue on with life, treating this as a normal behavior between two individuals.But,according to me this is a problem ....and has far reaching effects on them as well as others,especially when there are children around.
If you disagree with someone about something,then-by definition-you have a conflict. And conflicts of one sort or another happen every day, so if we don't handle them very well they can very easily make us feel bad.Even the smallest of conflicts can chip away at our self-esteem if they are not managed carefully. And when I say small,I mean small: looking into issues like this... a couple who were really struggling to get along and you'd never guess what was highest on their list of their many current issues - they squabbled every single day about whether a partly-used food can should remain in a convenient spot or neatly stored away in the cupboard so as not to offend the eye!
To most of us this sounds like a trivial problem, and indeed it is - on the surface at least. But these two people squabbled about it every day,often in front of their children,always with a display of irritation. They could not see a way to resolve the issue without one or other of them simply giving way and feeling diminished by having "lost" the argument.
If you'd like to discover a healthy style that would resolve ANY conflict - not just where to put partially-used food cans -But also ,a way to end the daily squabbles and arguments,giving a 'HOME ' a healthy atmosphere, especially to children.We first need to understand that these conflicts brings us nothing but-failure......failure to deal with such issues in a responsible manner,failure to have a focus in our lives .....failure to understand that children are meant to stay in a peaceful environment.....failure to understand the true meaning of happiness....failure to understand the love of our loved ones ....failure to understand that there is only one life which will soon be a past....resulting in giving ourselves and others 'a disturbed environment'.Do you think we are heading towards the right approach of living a happy life ....I guess all of us will agree in unison that its ''NO''.For every problem there lies a solution,it only depends on how we deal with it and the priorities we need to set to live a happy life,rather than living a life full of conflicts.
Please give a deeper thought to this .......

"You can't solve a problem with the same level of thinking that created it."- Albert Einstein.

Point of view of reality

Recently i had a telephonic conversation with my friend ...she seemed to be very disturbed and unhappy on what was going on with her life .....which she's usually not ...and as she was narrating to me ...i felt very sorry for her....she told me ''I am starting to feel that everything is drifting away from my life''.....I continued my conversation by consoling her and carefully listening to what she was saying,at least she can spill out her sorrow this way...I know i am not a professional in dealing with such issues ...and neither have i taken the liberty to solve everyone 's problems ....but deep within myself i thought i would share something.. ...that would make her feel good ..or at least distract her mind from her present situation ..... from a human perspective what i comprehend is that there are certain facts in our lives,the moment we start ignoring them by not incorporating them in our lives,these facts strike us back when we are down ...one of them according to me is having a purpose in one's life- A person with a purpose in this world always looks ahead to the future ....and will never be haunted by anything getting drifted away from one's life ...This person always thinks of long lasting consequences rather than temporary or momentary satisfactions.Always looking at things not from personal gains or selfish desires,but from the point of view of reality .The reality is making use of God given freedom by incorporating all the good things into our lives .... by having the dedication to achieve a good reputation ....to live with honor and dignity without any sense of humiliation ...not to deal others with suspicion and ill feeling ....not to betray anyone's trust or deceive others ....realise that the actions of this life are provisions for the Hereafter .... ..These simple things when practiced regularly ...will help us in achieving our inner happiness ...True state of happiness comes from 'being good' and 'doing good '.One should prepare zealously.

Sandstorm in Riyadh

Last week ,Riyadh witnessed a severe sandstorm .The Headlines from a local newspaper appeared ''Sandstorms blanket Riyadh, Dammam'' (Arabnews).This is what one experiences living here ..and its quite common... Sandstorms are sudden and unpredictable. Within minutes, desert winds of moderate strength can whip up enough sand to close down all outdoor activities.Small grains of sand are tossed into the air by the wind and then it usually falls back down to the ground after a few hours....no rain and fierce winds combine a nasty environment that can drop to low visibility......causing major traffic jams ...usually it ends up in with a few drizzles of rain....remaining indoors is equally unpleasant,minute particles of sand all over the place ...for one would wish the sand storm would get over fast ..because of the irritating dust ...(This was the limited knowledge i had on the sand storm ...)I was curious to know what exactly happens when a sand storm occurs ...while browsing to get more information on this subject ,I crossed through an article that fully changed my opinion....I was thrilled to learn the facts about the sandstorm and how nature takes its own course of action,and resolved not to complain and grumble whenever a sand storm occurs.

'' But Soviet Meteorologist have - in Karakoram desert- made investigations into properties of dust storms and found that they are Nature's way of controlling extreme climates. The strong winds raise the dust up to form a screen in the atmosphere,guarding the earth from the intensity of the sun's heat.The surface of the desert ,scalded by the summer sun,is considerably cooled when it erupts in a dust storm. Sometimes the resultant change of temperature can be felt ,say,in America and the Arctic as far afield as from Arabia,and central Asia .Such is the order of nature''(Simple Wisdom -April 26)

Lets imagine,the region without sand storms ......Imagine the scorching heat under the blistering sun......its hard to imagine ....(Sometimes before deriving at a conclusion....getting full information and knowledge on a certain fact is important ....if not we'll land up complaining unnecessarily ,that in turn can be hidden boon which we don't realise.)

Trimming a child's personality

As I was glancing through my dairy ...I found a newspaper cutting that I had preserved it with much care ....It was an extract of a letter written by Abraham Lincoln to the Headmaster of his son's school.The values and ideals he speaks of continue to be relevant even today .....laying emphasis on personality building in a right direction is very important for a child's growth...The values and ideals are not exaggerated ones but achievable by every child with the help of its mentors ,firstly parents then teachers and so on ....These values will benefit children by empowering themselves to plan,organize,manage,improving self -confidence and freedom from their fears to succeed in their future life....Enabling them to be responsible future generation to come.Teaching them to live a principled life is one of the best thing that we can impart to a child.
Here is the extract .......

''He will have to learn I know ,that all men are not just,all men are not true .But teach him also that for every selfish politician ,there is a dedicated leader and for every scoundrel there is a hero...Teach him that for every enemy there is a friend .It will take time,i know ,but teach him,if you can ,that a dollar earned is of far more value than five found..Teach him to learn to lose ....and also to enjoy winning.Steer him away from envy;if you can,teach him the secret of quiet laughter.Let him learn early that the bullies are the easiest to lick...Teach him if you can,the wonder of books...but also give him quiet time to ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky,bees in the sun and flowers on a green hill side.'

''In school teach him it is far more honorable to fail than to cheat...Teach him to have faith in his own ideas,even if everyone tells him he is wrong...Teach him to be gentle with gentle people and tough with the tough.Try to give him the strength not to follow the crowd when everyone is getting on the bandwagon.Teach him to listen to all men ...but teach him also to filter all he hears on a screen of truth.''

''Teach him if you can ,how to laugh when he is sad..Teach him there is no shame in tears .Teach him to scoff at cynics and to be beware of too much sweetness...Teach him to sell his brawn and brain to the highest bidder,but never to put a price tag on his heart and soul.Teach him to close his ears to a howling mob...and to stand and fight if he thinks he is right.''

''Teach him gently but do not cuddle him,because only the test of fire makes steel.Let him have the courage to be impatient . Let him have the patience to be brave .Teach him always to have sublime faith in himself,because then he will always have sublime faith in humankind''.

My Favourite Quotation

One of my most favourite quotation that has always inspired me right from my school days is from the sayings of our Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).I also recollect myself putting it on my class bulletin board which i was in-charge .This saying was an inspiration to most of my class mates ... studying in an convent school and was quite skeptic and hesitant about putting this quote of the Prophet,because of the fear of any discouragement or criticism from my teachers or principal since this was run by the missionaries,gathering all my courage and when i put it up ....I was in fact well appreciated for my efforts .....as something which had a lot of importance to the students as well as teachers....the lesson that i learnt was not to have any pre-conceived ideas about anything or any individual (especially negative ones ),having them definitely hampers future prosperity in case something really good is in store .I would love to post my favourite quotation which i think would be of some help to those who are presently reading my blog.

"Acquire knowledge:
it enables its possessor to distinguish right from the wrong,
it lights the way to heaven;
it is our friend in the desert,
our society in solitude,
our companion when friendless -
it guides us to happiness;
it sustains us in misery;
it is an ornament among friends and an armor against enemies."

Motherhood

An amazing feeling generates in me after stepping into motherhood on the seventeenth of July 2007,a baby in my arms... words fall short to describe this feeling .....from then when ever i look at my baby smiling at me.....it feels as though rewarding for all the efforts.....indeed a pleasant smile as radiant as ever ....makes me forget of all the hardships one has to face in life ...experiencing motherhood to me cannot be defined ....its just enjoyed ...and I am fortunate to be one among those who enjoy this blessing ...I thank the creator for having me experience His miracles of creation .