The Burnt Biscuits

When I was a kid, my mom would prepare special breakfast every now and then. And I remember one night in particular, after a long, hard day at work. On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage and extremely burned biscuits in front of my dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed! Yet all my dad did was reach for his biscuit, smile at my mom and ask me how my day was at school. I don’t remember what I told him that night, but I do remember watching him smear butter and jelly on that biscuit and eat every bite!

When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom apologize to my dad for burning the biscuits. And I’ll never forget what he said: Honey, I love burned biscuits.

Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy good night and I asked him if he really liked his biscuits burned.

He wrapped me in his arms and said, Your Momma put in a hard day at work today and she’s real tired. And besides – a little burnt biscuit never hurt anyone! You know, life is full of imperfect things…..and imperfect people. I’m not the best at hardly anything, and I forget birthdays and anniversaries just like everyone else.

What I’ve learned over the years is that learning to accept each others faults – and choosing to celebrate each others differences – is one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and lasting relationship.

And that’s my prayer for you today. That you will learn to take the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of your life and lay them at the feet of God. Because in the end, He’s the only One who will be able to give you a relationship where a burnt biscuit isn’t a deal-breaker!

We could extend this to any relationship. In fact, understanding is the base of any relationship, be it a husband-wife or parent-child or friendship!

Don’t put the key to your happiness in someone else’s pocket – keep it in your own.

The Most & The Greatest

The highest aim in life – To know Allah and do His will!

The most enriching good habit – Complimenting others

The most destructive bad habit – Worry

The greatest joy – Giving

The greatest loss – Loss of self-respect

The most satisfying work – Helping others

The ugliest personality trait – Selfishness

The most endangered species – Dedicated leaders

Our greatest natural resource – Our youth

The ugliest look – A frown

The greatest “shot in the arm” – Encouragement

The greatest problem to overcome – Fear

The most effective sleeping pill – Peace of mind

The most crippling failure disease – Excuses

The surest way to limit God – Unbelief

The most powerful forces in life – Love

The most dangerous piranha – A gossiper

The Greatest Life-Giver – The Creator

The worlds most incredible computer – The brain

The worst thing to be without – Hope

The deadliest weapon – The tongue

The two most power-filled words – “I Can”

The greatest asset – Faith

The most worthless emotion – Self-pity

The most beautiful attire – A SMILE!

The most prized possession – Self esteem

The most powerful channel of communication – PRAYER

The most contagious spirit – Enthusiasm

The most urgent need – SALVATION

The greatest attribute of ALLAH – Obedience

Hazrat Owaise Qarni (RAA)

Hazrat Owais Qarni was born in the village of “Qaran” in Yemen. Owais Qarni’s father Abdullah, was a very religious and God-fearing person. He passed away leaving Owais an orphan at a young age. The family was so poor that there was no money to send him to Maktab or a teacher. The miracle here is that Hazrat Rasule Karim (SA) became the spiritual guardian of this child and though they never met, Hazrat Rasullullah (SA) guided him at all times – such was their bondage.

This is the reason why Rasullullah (SA) would often look toward Yemen, and say : “I am getting the beautiful fragrance Allah’s blessings in the breeze. It is for Owais Qarni.” Hazrat Owais Qarni (RA) could never meet Rasullullah (SA), primarily because he used to take care of his sick mother. She would not allow him to go anywhere. After the battle of Uhud, when Owais Qarni came to know that the Prophet had lost a few teeth during the encounter, he broke all his teeth one by one till none was left – as he did not know exactly how many or which ones were lost by the prophet (SA). Such was the bondage of divine love between the two men, who never met each other.

Although lived during the lifetime of Muhammad SAW, even though he could not see him personally. His name entered the list of Sahaba only because of his strong intention to see the Allahs Beloved Messenger (Peace & Blessings upon him).

Years after the Prophet’s demise and only after the passing away of his mother, he could pay respects to Rasullullah’s holy grave. Such was pre-ordained for the greatest lover of Allah and his Prophet.

Owais RA once said, “I wanted a high position in life, I found it in modesty. I wanted leadership; I found it in giving advice. I wanted dignity, I found it in honesty. I wanted greatness, I found it in poverty. I wanted lineage, I found it in virtue. I wanted majesty, I found it in contentment. I looked for peace and found it in asceticism.

The Importance of ‘Delete” Key

A geisha girl was going for a very important programme, decked up in her best attire. On the road to her venue, there was a big puddle, and she was afraid that her dress would get soiled. Suddenly, she saw two monks coming that way, but since the Buddhist vows do not permit them to even look towards women, she did not expect anyhelp from those ascetics. To her great surprise, the elder of the two celibate men came over to her. Without talking a single word, he picked her up and carried her across that water obstacle. His younger colleague was shocked beyond words, but since they had taken a vow of silence for ten days, he said nothing.

In due course, when their ‘silence period’ ended, the younger disciple went to his senior, and gave vent to his anguish and dismay at the incident which seemed to bother him night and day. What the older monk said in reply is of great importance:
“Yes, I did touch her, but I dropped her as soon as possible. You seem to be still carrying her!”

Ensconced in this parable is a great deal of wisdom. The older monk had taught two lessons to his younger friend: One, ‘if a rule prevents you from doing a good turn, its violation is not a sin’ and two, ‘it is good to deliberately forget whatever is not worthy of remembering’

Soar Beyond Your Fears

Once there was a king who received a gift of two magnificent falcons from Arabia . They were peregrine falcons, the most beautiful birds he had ever seen. He gave the precious birds to his head falconer to be trained.

Months passed and one day the head falconer informed the king that though one of the falcons was flying majestically, soaring high in the sky, the other bird had not moved from its branch since the day it had arrived.

The king summoned healers and sorcerers from all the land to tend to the falcon, but no one could make the bird fly. He presented the task to the member of his court, but the next day, the king saw through the palace window that the bird had still not moved from its perch. Having tried everything else, the king thought to himself, “May be I need someone more familiar with the countryside to understand the nature of this problem.” So he cried out to his court, “Go and get a farmer.”

In the morning, the king was thrilled to see the falcon soaring high above the palace gardens. He said to his court, “Bring me the doer of this miracle.”

The court quickly located the farmer, who came and stood before the king. The king asked him, “How did you make the falcon fly?”

With his head bowed, the farmer said to the king, ” It was very easy, your highness. I simply cut the branch where the bird was sitting.”

We are all made to fly — to realize our incredible potential as human beings. But instead of doing that, we sit on our branches, clinging to the things that are familiar to us. The possibilities are endless, but for most of us, they remain undiscovered. We conform to the familiar, the comfortable, the mundane. So for the most part, our lives are mediocre instead of exciting, thrilling and fulfilling.

So let us learn to destroy the branch of fear we cling to and free ourselves to the glory of flight.

– From the Book “Why walk when you can fly”

Leadership

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men [and women] to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

The only sacred cow in an organization Should be its basic philosophy of doing business.

The fundamental task of leadership should be to achieve Smallness within large organization

One of the fundamental aspects of leadership is the ability to instil confidence in others, when you yourself are feeling insecure.

Good Quotes

Michael Paul said..

I wrote on the door of heart, “Please do not enter”
Love came smiling and said: “Sorry I am an illiterate.”

Einstein said..

“I am thankful to all those who said NO to me. Its Because of them I did it myself.

Abraham Lincoln said..

“If friendship is your weakest point then you are the strongest person in the world.”

John Keats said..

“It Is Very Easy To Defeat Someone, But It Is Very Hard To Win Someone.”

Beautiful One-liners

1. Give Allah what’s right, not what’s left.

2. Man’s way leads to a hopeless end, Allah’s way leads to an endless hope.

3. A lot of kneeling, will keep you in good standing.

4. He who kneels before Allah, can stand anyone.

5. In the sentence of life, the devil may be a comma, but never let him be the full stop.

6. Don’t put a question mark where, Allah puts a full stop.

7. Are you wrinkled with burden? Come to the mosque for a face lift.

8. When praying, don’t give Allah instructions, just report for duty.

9. Don’t wait for six strong men to take you to the mosque.

10. We don’t change Allah’s message, His message changes us.

11. The mosque is prayer-conditioned.

12. When Allah ordains, He sustains.

13. Warning: Exposure to Allah may prevent burning.

14. Plan ahead It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.

15. Most people want to serve Allah, but only in an advisory position.

16. Suffering from truth decay? Brush up on your Qur’an.

17. Exercise daily Walk with Allah.

18. Never give the devil a ride He will always want to drive.

19. Nothing else ruins the truth like stretching it.

20. Compassion is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back.

21. He, who angers you, controls you.

22. Worry is the darkroom in which negatives are developed.

23. Give Satan an inch and he will be a ruler.

24. Allah doesn’t call the qualified He qualifies the called.

25. Read the Qur’an It will show u how simple life can be.

IN SERVICE OF DEEN FOR THE PLEASURE OF ALLAH!

Say: “Truly, my prayer and my service of sacrifice, my life and my death, are (all) for Allah, the Cherisher of the Worlds:
No partner hath He: this am I commanded, and I am the first of those who bow to His will.

Al Quran Surah 6,Verses 162:163

Friendship

Friendship is like a BOOK. It takes few seconds to burn, but it takes years to write.

Old Friends are Gold! New Friends are Diamond! If you get a Diamond, don’t forget the Gold! Because to hold a Diamond, you always need a Base of Gold!

The Knots Prayer