Travel story Gold Coins

A smart look while sitting contemplate a piece of his gold coins, "For what I continue to keep this coin?, It not be more useful if I gave one more I need it?" Thinks in his heart.

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A few moments later he stood up and walk around. On the trip he met and chatted with a little girl. Then he gave gold coins to the little girl. The little girl's eyes did not blink when you receive the gold coin, the coin he did not believe it now belonged to him. He went home with a determination, "this coin will be given to the mother, she would be happy kerana can buy necessities of life of our day."

The little girl's mother was very happy to receive the gold coins and he was getting ready to go into town for shopping. On her journey of compassion when he saw a poor man who crouched leg coolness five. "Maybe it's better coin given him. God still blesses my family with a house, clothes and decent food, "he thought. He also took the gold coin and handed it to the poor are.

The poor feel very lucky, he's like getting a windfall. He took the gold coin was tight and he limped toward his dump. In the slums he found new occupants, a man who maimed and blind, who sat with a sad face.

"I'm much more fortunate than this guy. Earlier I did not have anything before accepting this gold coin. If I gave it to this guy, actually I did not lose because I too have got for nothing. God must still take care of even without this gold coin, "Think of the poor who was generous, handing the coins into the hands of the blind.

The next day the poor man had to walk to the slums and talk with the blind owner of the gold coin. He treated the blind as his best friend, so that the blind man's heart is warm cold. The poor to embrace the blind and said, "Friend, now I do not have anything valuable to give to you other than friendship." To which the blind now know that in this world there are people who care about him, even seeing him as a friend. She cried with happiness, friendship revealed that the poor have now been expelled the darkness from his heart. He gripped his friend's hand and slipped his gold coins, saying, "Here, take it as a sign of our friendship."

The story above I took from a blog Malaysia (http://emaskini.com) and translated into English. So what the moral behind this story? Morale is not stingy to give. Give nothing to them any more than we need for one when we will receive a reply from Him.

8x3 = 23

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Yan Hui was Confucius's favorite disciple who likes to learn, good nature. On a day when Yan Hui was on duty, he saw a fabric store was surrounded by many people. He approached and found that buyers and sellers of cloth were arguing.

Purchaser shouted: "3x8 = 23, why did you say 24?
"Yan Hui fabric buyers approached and said:" My friend, 3x8 = 24, do not argue anymore ".

Fabric buyers are not happy and pointed nose and Yan Hui said: "Who asked your opinion? If not ask for opinions to be asked to Confucius. Right or wrong is right Confucius say".

Yan Hui: "Well, if Confucius says you're wrong, how?"

Fabric buyers: "If Confucius say I was wrong, I cut my head for you. If you are wrong, how?"

Yan Hui: "If I was wrong, my position for you".

Both agreed to a bet, then went looking for Confucius. After sitting out the problem Confucius, Confucius said:
to Yan Hui said, laughing: "3x8 = 23. Yan Hui, you lose. Give your job to him." Yan Hui forever will not argue with the teacher. When he heard Confucius say he is wrong, then he lowered his cap to the buyer gave the cloth.

The man took his hat and passed Yan Hui with satisfaction. Although Yan Hui received his assessment of Confucius but did not agree. He was Confucius's old and senile that he does not want to learn from him. Yan Hui asked for leave of absence for reasons the family business. Confucius knew Yan Hui's heart and gave him leave. Before leaving, Yan Hui and Confucius asked him goodbye quickly returned after the business was complete, and Hui Yan gave two advice: "When the heavy rains, do not take shelter under a tree. And do not kill."

Yan Hui said okay and went home.

On the way sudden strong winds accompanied by lightning, seemed to have come down heavy rain. Yan Hui wanted to take shelter under a tree but suddenly remembered the advice of Confucius and the liver thought to obey the teacher said once again. He left the tree. Not long ago he left, lightning struck and destroyed the tree. Yan Hui surprise, the first teacher's advice has proven.

Am I going to kill someone? Yan Hui arrived at home late at night and did not want to disturb her sleep. He used his sword to open the room. Arriving in front of the bed, he felt and found no one on the left side of the bed and another on the right side. He was very angry, and wanted his sword. At the time of going to thrust his sword, he remembered advice of Confucius, do not kill. He then lit candles and turned out that his wife was sleeping beside his wife's brother.

On the next day, Yan Hui returned to Confucius, knelt and said: "Teacher, how teachers know what will happen?"

Confucius said: "Yesterday is extremely hot days, is expected to rain lightning, so the teachers tell you to not take refuge under a tree. You go with anger yesterday and carried a sword, then warn teachers not to kill".

Yan Hui said: "Teacher, you expect great, students are very impressed."

Confucius said: "I know you asked for leave of absence is not due to family matters. You do not want to learn more from me. Try you think. Yesterday teachers say 3x8 = 23 is correct, you lose and lose your job. But if the teacher says 3x8 = 24 is correct, then the buyer loses the cloth and that means lives will be lost 1. Do you think your job is more important or lose 1 life is more important? "

Yan Hui was aware of his mistake and said: "Teachers are more concerned with the main, students actually think teachers are old and senile. Disciples really embarrassed."

Since then, wherever Confucius went Yan Hui is always followed.

This story reminds us:

Even if I bet and win the whole world, but I lost you, whatever that means.

In other words, you bet to win what you think is the truth, but instead lost something more important.

Many things there are levels of importance. Do not bet because of the death to the principles of truth, but ended up sorry, never mind too late.

Many things really do not need to stake. Step back, instead obtained a good for everybody.

Insisting against customers. We won, but really lost too.

Insisting against superiors. We won, but really lost too.

Insisted against her husband. We won, but really lost too.

Insisting against friends. We won, but it also loses

Victory is not about the medal, but first is the triumph of the self and more important victory in the liver.

BE A WINNER!

(Source from Bungacerita)

Unfortunately my son ....

"Can I make your child a model?"

One afternoon, in the park Jiyuugaoka, unexpectedly greeting is suddenly stopped. Standing in front of me a young man, holding a camera with a rope hanging around his neck.

Seeing me pause, the young man took out a business card. Of the profession that I started writing can guess. He may be a photographer from a magazine. "I'm need some model child" Return the young man continued.

"Moshi yokattara, renraku kudasai ... (If you wish, please contact ....)" With a little bow, then say goodbye. I left with a business card in hand.

From a few meters, I noticed the little one laughing like running a small catch wild pigeons. Her eyes are round, her cheeks flushed and her little head scarf fluttering breeze blowing in the winter, add a 'cute' appearance of the new baby even a year old.

Looking at the little, my mind drifted back to the past. Almost twelve years of marriage, I look forward to welcoming baby. Some therapy and medication have traveled. Sometimes exhausting, boring and sad with a few failures. The presence of the small in the long wait is the greatest gift in my life. Like an excited little boy when he got a gift toys, as well as with my feelings when he managed to get the baby. It seemed, wanted to keep the gift in order to stay beautiful.

Bids to be a model? This is not the first time little was offered. A few months back, when me and my child was walking at the mall, suddenly someone who claims agent approached the model. With questions about the same, I receive a business card and asked to contact if interested.

Honestly, the first time your child got an offer to be a model, my heart jumped cheerfully. So a child model? In Japan? Well ... A great opportunity! Besides the potential foster child who might be appropriate in the world of modeling, can also be additional revenue that would be a little savings. As soon as I originally thought.

But my mind was far away when on one occasion, I saw the unexpected events. Little can start waving their arms and bowed to imitate body position. Two new skills your child that I never taught before. Little had studied two movements from the surrounding environment, which may absorb it when I take shopping, playing in the park, or evening stroll. Habit "bye-bye" and "ojigi (respectfully bowed)" is copied from the Japanese public.

Little in the current age it is good to imitate and absorb a lot of things. What if your model been eating little and then became violent to adults? Modeling absorbed as part of life. style in front of the camera, on stage to admire the people become the norm. Stumbled in the glittering world of life, following the four seasons fashion Japanese state, grows into an adult figure that apart from the grip of Islamic closely. I seek refuge in Allah from such things .... I shudder to think of it.

I'm getting goose bumps when considering a quatrain from the book "25 Ways of Life and Mind Affecting Child" which reads like this, "Are you going to cry over children who actually have you killed? He was already dead, and now what can you do ...? "

No, I did not or do not want to kill the child's development. But involving children in the modeling world that may be far from the Islamic ordinances, the same as ready to open the gates to 'kill' the Islamic generation. I do not want to cry, regretting that the child will already living outside the Islamic aqidah (faith) order.

My dear boy ....

Twelve years of waiting, hoping the mother to maintain the mandate given it the best. Until the time comes, Ummi (mother) can return the same mandate as the first time to accept it. White, Spotless, awake nature.

Believe me boy, a model, not the only way to develop the potential, creativity and achievement.

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A reflection, et aishliz Japan (by LIzsa Anggraeny/eramuslim )

The Story of a Grasshopper

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A grasshopper has long been locked in a box. One day she got out of the lock box. He happily enjoying jumping freedom.

On the trip he met with a different grasshoppers. But he was puzzled why the grasshopper can jump higher and farther from it.

With curiosity he went to the grasshopper, and asked, "Why are you can jump higher and farther, but we are not much different from the age or body shape?".

Grasshoppers were also answered with the question, "Where you been living? Because all the grasshoppers that live in the wild must be done as
I do ".

When the locusts had just realized that for this box that makes the jumps are not as far and as high as other grasshoppers that live in the wild.

Reflection:
Sometimes we as human beings, unconsciously, had also experienced the same thing with the grasshoppers.

A bad environment, insults, traumas of the past, successive failures, the words of a friend or neighbor's opinion, as if to make us shut up in pseudo box
restrict our strengths. More often we categorically believe whatever they voniskan to us without ever thinking you are really that bad?
Even worse, we would rather trust them than trust themselves.

Do not you ever questioned the conscience that you can "jump higher and farther" if you want to get rid of "box" is? Do not you want to free yourself so you can achieve something far beyond the limits you consider your ability?

Fortunate as we are given God's man's ability to fight, not just give up on what we experienced. Because of that friend, keep on trying to achieve whatever you want to achieve. Ill indeed, exhausted it, but when you've reached the top, all the sacrifices that must be paid.

Your life will be better if you live with your choice of way of life. Not how to live as they chose for you.

A Little Girl and The Golden Box

In a poor family, a father looked annoyed at his daughter who was three years old. His daughter had just spent the money to buy gold wrapping paper to wrap a gift box.

The next day, the girl was given the gift as a birthday gift to his father.

"This is for dad," said the girl child.

The father was so angry. But when he opened the box and get it empty, the burst of anger.

"Do not you know, if you presented a gift to someone, you have to give an item in this box!"

The little girl looked at him with tears in her eyes. She said sobbing, "Oh my father, actually I've put something into the box."

"What you put into this box? Did not you see this box empty? "Shouted his father.

"Oh dad, really I have put nearly a thousand kisses to my father into the box," whispered the girl.

The father was shocked to hear her little girl. He then hugged tightly to her daughter and apologized.

It is said, people tell me that, he always put a gift box is on the edge of his bed until the end of life. Whenever he experienced disappointment, anger or a heavy burden, he thought there were thousands of kisses in the box that reminds her daughter love.

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And indeed we have received a gold box filled with unconditional love from parents, wife / husband, child, spouse, friends and our friends. Nothing is more beautiful and valuable in life than love.

Adapted from: Ana Lucia, A Little Girl and The Golden Box

Shopping in Stores''Happiness''

A restless young and restless to see a wise man and asked,''How long do I need to get happy?''The wise man looked at the young man then replied,''about ten years.''

Hearing this young man was surprised,''so long?''He asked in disbelief.

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''No,''said the wise man,''I was wrong. You need 20 years.''
The young man was getting confused. Teachers''Why turn down two?''He asked in astonishment. The sage then said,''Just think, in this case you might need 30 years.''

What comes to your mind when reading the story above? Do you know why more and more young people were asked, the longer the time needed to achieve happiness?

So, how do we find happiness? As I have often conveyed in this section, happiness will only be achieved if we want to search inside. However, it's all you can not get for nothing. You must be willing to pay the price.

For convenience I'll use the analogy of a shop. Store name is''Happiness shop.''There were no items called''joy''for''happiness''itself is not for sale. However, this shop sells all the goods that are the building elements of happiness, among other things: patience, sincerity, gratitude, compassion, honesty, resignation, and willing to forgive. This is the''stuff''you need to achieve happiness.

However, different from ordinary shops, this store does not sell the finished product. Sold here is the seed. So, if you're interested in buying''patience''you'll get''the seeds of patience.''Therefore, as soon as you get home you should strive to cultivate those seeds until he had the patience to bear fruit.

Every seed that you buy at the store contains a number of issues you need to solve. Only if you are able to solve these problems, you will reap the fruit. Seed is sold in the store also vary in degree. level 1''patience,''for example, is facing a traffic jam, or a bus driver reckless. Patience''level 2''means facing boss arbitrary, or friends who like to slander. Patience''3''level, for example, is facing child affected with autism.

Other menus such as''grateful.''''1''level Gratitude is grateful for the good times, while grateful for the''2''is grateful for the hard times. Level 1''Honesty,''for example, honesty in normal conditions, as''honesty''is a 2 level of honesty in a threatened condition. These are some products that can be purchased at the store''Happiness''.

Every product sold in the store the price varies according to the quality of the resulting character. The most expensive it is''patience''because patience is the raw material of all kinds of products sold there.

A philosopher Thomas Paine once said,''What we obtain too easily we esteem certainly less. Only mahallah price that gives value to everything. God knows how to put the right price on the goods.''

In this way we will deal with the problem differently. We will be friends with the problem. We also would welcome any existing problems with joy because in every problem is always contained''''drugs and vitamins which we need.

Thus you will be''grateful''to the people who have trouble you because they are''sent''to help you. Driver reckless, evil neighbors, boss arbitrary is an opportunity to establish patience. Income which is barely a chance to grow a sense of gratitude. The atmosphere is noisy and the noise is an opportunity to develop concentration. The people who ungrateful is an opportunity to foster feelings of unconditional love. The people who hurt you is the opportunity to grow the quality willing to forgive.

In closing, let us consider the following expression:
''I begged the power, and God gave me difficulties to make me strong. I begged wisdom, and God gave me problems to solve. I begged prosperity, and God gave me the body and brain to work. I begged courage, and God gave me a variety of hazards to overcome. I beg of love, and God gave the people with problems to me please. I beseech the blessing and the Lord gave me many opportunities. I do not get anything I want, but I got everything I need.''