Small And Simple Things
1.It is the norm for us to ignore things that are small and
simple. We prefer the complex and big things. We assumed complex and big things
has got class and come with challenges. Simple and small things has got no
excitement and are of no issue. Every other person can do it. As
a result we overlooked things and am not interested in re-doing it again.
2.Success in life is closely related to our strengths. We need to have at least two main strengths.
The strengths that cover all aspects of life i.e. economic strength, social
strength and political strength. The strengths that cover all aspects of health
i.e. physical strength, mental strength, emotional and spiritual strength.
3. When we and our family live comfortably without any debts
then we have economic strength. When we are comfortable mixing with society,
career and family life then we have social strength. When we have the freedom
to choose a responsible government to
care for us and the country then we have political strength. When we are always
energetic, not overweight or obese then we have physical strength. When all the
time our thinking is fresh, active and alert then we have mental strength. When
we are able to control our emotions and not the other way round then we have
emotional strength. When we are determined to always be positive and do good
deeds to achieve null bad behavior then we have spiritual strength.
Reality in Life
1.Our desires are the ones controlling us. We are under
influence to buy a bigger house on credit basis. We are under influence to
purchase household equipment on credit basis. We are under influence to buy
motor vehicle on credit basis.
2. We no longer practice the culture of putting a handful of
rice grain into another container everytime we cook just like what our
grandmother used to practice. If our grandmother cooks three times a day then
she will take three more handfuls of rice grain that she intended to cook. This
culture of saving is simple but we are not practising it. This is the foundation
to the present savings culture. Our forefathers have actually taught us this ingenious
culture.
3.We are under influenced by our ego. We become self centered.
Our social circle is limited. We are too busy with our career. We have no
quality time with our family. We do not practice the smiling culture eventhough
the Ustaz reminded us that smiling is a sadaqah and part of iman.
4.We are no longer free to state our opinion. The media
has control over our political thinking despite the fact that
we knew what actually happened in the country’s political arena. We have no
other alternative but to submit to what
the media has influenced us as to the
choice of our leaders. We have no strength in politics since we are not able to
determine the rightful person to be our leader that will care for our development
and wellbeing, our religion and our country. A leader who is trustworthy
without any personal and family’s interest.
5.We are too comfortable being in our chairs be it at home
or office. We are too engrossed in work and glued to our TV set. We are not
practicing a healthy culture at home and in the office. We allocated too little time to strengthen our physical being
eventhough in reality we have all the time in the world to do it.
6.We are now in the working environment, there is no need to
read books, make references or memorised any facts. Those activities were
confined to our school days. Now we hold a high position in society. We see no
necessity to exercise our brain and to strengthen our mental capability. We
have become lazy to think seriously on any area we are involved in.
7.We are successful now. We are the big boss, the successful
entrepreneur. Our emotions go up and down according to our mood. We usually
hear phrases like “ boss is not in a good mood today”, “boss is in a bad mood,
don’t disturb him” from staff having successful bosses.
8.Our house is just about 100 meters from the surau or
mosque. Our office eventhough is on the 40th floor has a surau at
the ground floor in the same building. Eventhough we have plenty of free time,
we gave too many excuses not to visit Allah SWT’s house. Our thoughts and
discussion on economics, social and political issues within and outside of the
country is enough justification for us
not to have time to think of Allah SWT.
We may have other strengths but spiritually we are weak, fragile and easily challenged.
Tips
1.In actual fact
all of these strengths are built through
simple and small practices. Practices mean we do it all the time in a
consistent and continuous manner. Putting aside 10% of our income a month in
ASB is simple. We can start right now. Smiling and making someone else’s happy
is simple. Having a friendly attitude will reflect our positive aura and this
will make it easier for all those who interact with us. We can start right now.
2. Firmly stating
our choice as to the leader we trust to take care of our welfare is actually
simple. We can decide ourselves the leadership criteria in the leader we want
to choose. If the leader fulfill the criteria we have laid down then he will be
our choice. The media only gave us a bit of information although not all true.
We make the final decision as to who we
want to choose. It is simple. We can do it right now.
3.We can every half
hour, walk around our office rather than sitting down for hours in our chair.
We can make and answer phone calls while standing or walking around our table
so that we can dispel the comfort of just sitting in our chair. We can every
half an hour go up and down the staircase during advertisement break eventhough
we are glued to our favourite TV programme. We can also walk at most 10 minutes
from the parking lot to the place we want to visit. However, our instincts tell
us to park right at the front door of the place we want to go. We can actually
make use of the staircase to go to the 2nd or 3rd floor
of our office building.
4.During school
days, our PE teacher used to instruct us to squat, jump/skip or do on the spot
running, push up etc. every morning. It is simple and there is no need to get
out of the house to do it. We can start doing it right now. No need to wait for
free time to exercise at the gymnasium. That time will never come.
5.Allocating time
everyday to read 10 lines of the Al-Quran does not even take 5 minutes of our
time. Allocating time every night to read an extract of the Al-Hadith does not
even take 5 minutes of our time. Memorising the Al-Quranic verses of our choice
every day is not as difficult as we thought. All these are exercises that can
strengthen our mental and capability to think. It is that simple. We can start
doing it now.
6.We have reached
the top level of our career and
successful. It is not wrong for the boss to be friendly with the staff.
It is easy to control our emotions for the sake of brightening up the office
environment. The boss can also joke once in a while with all the staff.
Smiling, laughter and jokes are the effective medicine for our mood swings. It
is also the prescription to maintain one’s youthfulness. That is not difficult
to practice. It is simple. We can start doing it now.
7.A person’s level
of faith is closely related to their spiritual strength. Always thinking of
Allah SWT all the time is not something difficult to do. While driving, we can
zikir. During exercise we can zikir. Reduce browsing time in the office for
about 5 minutes and substitute it by performing solat dhuha will not make our
boss dislike us. By waking up at about 5
am in the morning will allow us sufficient time to be with Allah SWT and perform
solat tahajud and witir. Practising these daily rituals is actually easy.
8.As the saying goes,
“Practice makes perfect” and Money grows on the tree of patience”. There is
nothing wrong with making lots of money until it accumulated to the size of a
mountain. The problem is we are not even doing it bit by bit. This is actually
very simple. We can start doing it right now but before that we need to always
think big dream high and have strong heart.
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