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Another year gone !!
Nomi
06/24/03 at 12:19:16
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Thump! Thump! Thump!... yes today my heart completed 24 years of beating!! seems like a special birthday coz i turned 24 on 24th. Ah! but whats there to celebrate as i failed in deen numerous times in the past year.

How should i spend this day islamically ?? repent on my failures and buck myself up to do better from now on ?!

Ah!! but i wont be able to celebrate this day, did i fulfill all my duties towards my family! how many salaahs have i missed! how many times i failed to lower my gaze! what good have i done for the ummah ?!!!!

whats there to celebrate...
06/24/03 at 12:22:06
Nomi
Re: Another year gone !!
salaampeaceshalom
06/24/03 at 12:54:59
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hey i hear u bro.  At least u have the intelligence/this moment to be having these thoughts, and now u can insha'Allaah try to improve on where u know u've gone wrong.

Just think of it as being a day closer to ur death, and as an opportunity to better yourself.

We're all I'm sure in the same boat as u.  There is always room to self-improve and our 'birthdays' are the biggest reminder of how we've wasted out past yrs.

 So dude have a  [] and insha'Allaah work on urself, so that next yr, u wont have as many 'failures' to reflect on.

Whats there to celebrate? That u have this awareness and at least have this day to start changing your ways.

wa'salaam  :)
Re: Another year gone !!
Caraj
06/24/03 at 14:06:56
Happy Birthday Nomi
WOW you're my youngest sons age, he just turned 24 this month also.

On my birthday I reflect (without dwelling on it) the previous year and make plans for what I want to inprove on the year to come.

Re: Another year gone !!
a_Silver_Rose
06/25/03 at 00:39:52
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happy birthday bro.
Alhumdulilah Allah (swt) gave you 24 yrs to live and may you have many many more years

all the above advice is gr8 :)
Re: Another year gone !!
chiq
06/25/03 at 10:20:34
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Thump, thump, thump! As your heart pumps away your life, be sure to keep it healthy…

Remarkable vessels, these hearts of ours. Recently I pondered one of the most startling feature of the long journey to their purification – amid mundane acquisition of good dhikr habits, unbidden (and often curious) inspirations come, like light illuminating things that were dark and unfathomable before, another piece fitting neatly into the puzzle of life after a long struggle…

But people don’t trust instinct much, or trust it too much…

And I wondered - how many righteous inspirations are thus thrown aside in haste? Like rare and precious metals beneath a ton of rock – imagine how much they could give to the world if someone took the time and trouble to separate from the stock…

…when a person learns to extract these jewels and use them to their fullest, that day he will learn to maximize his potential in serving Allah…and then the world will never be the same.

That’s what I think about when reflecting on years gone by anyway…soz if it makes no sense ;D

Wasalaam

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[i]It is the fire that lights itself
But it burns with a restless flame
The arrow on a moving target
The archer must be sure of his aim

It is the engine that drives itself
But it chooses the uphill climb
A bearing on magnetic north
Growing farther away all the time

It is the rocket that ignites itself
And launches its way to the stars
A driver on a busy freeway
Racing the oblivious cars

Young enough not to care too much
About the way things used to be
I'm young enough to remember the future
The past has no claim on me

I'm old enough not to care too much
About what you think of me
But I'm young enough to remember the future
And the way things ought to be

What kind of difference can one person make?
[/i]
Re: Another year gone !!
muahmed
06/25/03 at 14:36:15
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Chiq if you wrote that poem, hats off to you! It's beautiful.
Re: Another year gone !!
chiq
06/26/03 at 17:33:52
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Bro Muhammed Ahmed, it [i]is[/i] beautiful and veery tempted to claim credit for it...  

...but no, I didn't write it. ;D
06/26/03 at 17:34:26
chiq


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