Be Kind To Others~ =)

Have you ever received emails that make u ponder hard about life?? The other day i received one! I love this kind of emails, as they not only tease my thoughts,but they trigger me to thorouhgly think of things that i typically don't think about (WOW, A NEW TOUNGE TWISTER!)

Anyway, the first part of the email asked me to answer three simple (i wish!) question. Why don't u answer them with me, agree?

The question are:

1: Name the five wealthiest people in the world.

2: Name any ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.

3: Name the last half dozen Academy Award for best actors and actress.

Yikes! Goodness, i think I'm an experiencing not only a major blonde moment here but probably brunatte, black, red and

brown too!

Tottaly dazed, i decided to read to the second of question. They are:

1: List a few people who aided your journey through school.

1: Name three of freind who have helped u through a difficult time.

3: Think of a few people who have made u feel

appreciated and special.

Now, these i can answer! Alhamdulillah..My heart smiled as i reflected on their names of the individuals who had touched my life in their own wonderful ways.

This was when it suddenly hit me- BAM!

These name not only merely names. These name represent something more significant, something greater than the person themselves. Yes! They do!

A chinese proverb once said:

"A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you the roses."

Sniff.....snifff......hmmmmm...yup3...they absolutely have the perfect right rose scent on their hands! Do u want to know the kind of the roses they held and gave me?

In many words - compassionate, sympathethic, thoughful, concerned, caring, considarate and emphatetic.

In one words -kindness! Absolutely!

They truely understood the word of our prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him):

" Allah is kind and loves kindness"

(Declared as Hadith Hasan by Al-Albani)

Wow..Ths way what they have been doing to others in their lives. And i was fortunate to be bless having people like them around me....Alhamdulillah........

Ah - Yes! I agree with u, Lao Tzu.

Have u meet these kind of people? My freinds? The one who always say the right think , think the the right way and make u feel anything is going to be right again? The ones who act of kidness we never could forget?

Frederick L. Collins summed it up really well when he said:

"There are two type pf people - those who came into a room and say, "Well, Here I am!" and those who came it and say " Ah,

There u are."

I chuckled when I read he said the first time. Somehow, thet UB40 song " Here I am Baby" started humming in my head!

How do I make it stop?

Focus, Atiqah ! Focus !

Okay...Okay....Where was i?

So, I absolutely love the name Mr. Frederick gave - Here-I-Am Versus There-You-Are!

During the times when we are freezing cold, they come with a blanket and say Here-I-Am. When we are hungry, they have food on their hands and say Here-I-Am. when we need support, they lend their shoulders and say Here-I-Am. When we are limping in pain, they hold our hand and say Here-I-Am. They say Here-I-Am and share the only biscuit they have with us. They pick up our phone cells at midnight and say don't worry, Here-I-Am. During momments when we fell all alone and lonely they come knocking on our doors and say Here-I-Am. And sometimes , when they see us teary from far, they come closer and say Here-I-Am, darling, don't worry about a thing.

They made me ask my self - Am I living a life as a Here-I-Am person or There -You-Are Person? Which one are u, my freinds? my brothers and sisters?? =))

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