Clouds

In a place far away from the city, was a young man rushed into a small mosque. His face showed anxiety and uncertainty. He is like looking for something in the mosque.

"Assalam Alaikum, Teacher!" he said to an old man who looks busy sweeping the room mosque. Spontaneous, the old man to stop busy. He turned to the boy and his smile was expanding. "Wa'alaikumussalam. My son. Come in!" he said, putting a broom in the corner. After that, he and his guests sat cross-legged.

"What, my son?" he said with a smile that was too furl. "Teacher. I accepted employment in the city!" said the boy later. "Thank God," said the grandfather happy. "Teacher, if you do not mind, give me advice to succeed!" said the young man, looking down. Saying he was waiting for his grandfather before him.

"My son. Be like water. And do not follow the trail of clouds," a string of short sentences glide quietly from the mouth of the grandfather. The boy had not reacted. He thought hard as word meaning teacher. But, to no avail. "I mean, Professor?" he said later.

"My son. Water teaches us to always humble. Despite coming from a high place, he always wanted to go down. The bigger, more numerous; water so excited to move down. He was always looking for gaps to be coursing beneath the world," certainly the grandfather quietly. "Then with the clouds, Teacher?" asked the boy wonder.

"Do not even like clouds, my son. Look! Clouds come from low places, but wanted to quickly be in high places. The lighter, the more he is not weighted; cloud rose more anxious," explained the grandfather was so wise. "But my son," he added later. "The height of the cloud was just a game material wind." And the young man seemed to nod slowly.
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One thousand one hope is often addressed for the good activists. They are hoping is the weak who need protection, the poor who want help, and lay people who desire guidance.

Arrangement hope it leads to one point: that good quality good activists not just stop at the person of the perpetrator. But, can flow to the bottom: wet basin hope that increasingly dry, and turn green seeds that begin to turn yellow.

Unfortunately, not all the good quality of activists such as the water is always flowing and the constant flow of fresh life below. Because there are some people who just the opposite, like a cloud of the earth farther away. As if anyone wants they express: good-bye to the underworld; sorry, we were busy chatting with the wind. (mnuh / eramuslim)

So Stop Glasses

A Sufi teacher when a student came to her face lately always seem depressed. "Why are you always sad, son? Not many beautiful things in this world? Where are you thankful face?" The Teacher asked.

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"Teacher, lately my life full of problems. It's hard for me to smile. The problem comes as no end," replied the young student.
The Master chuckled. "Son, take a glass of water and two handfuls of salt. Bring here. Let's fix your mood."
The students also went quietly without enthusiasm. He carried out his teacher's request, then back again with glasses and salt as requested.
"Just take a handful of salt, and put into a glass of water," said the teacher. "After that let you drink a little water." The student did. Her face had a grimace because drink salt water. "How does it feel?" asked the teacher. "Asin, and my stomach was sick," replied the student, his face still grinning. Teacher chuckled see the grinning faces keasinan pupil. "Now you come with me." The Teacher brings students into the lake near where they were. "Take the remaining salt, and scatter into the lake." The disciples spread the remaining handful of salt into the lake, without speaking. Salty taste in the mouth has not disappeared. He wants to spit out the salty taste of his mouth, but she did not commit. It is hardly polite in front of his teacher spit, so he thought. "Now, let you drink the lake water," said the teacher looking for a fairly flat stones for the occupation, right on the edge of the lake. The students clapped his hands, take the water of the lake, and took it to his mouth and gulped it down. When cold water lakes and fresh flowing in his throat, the teacher asked him, "How does it feel?" "Fresh, very fresh," said the student as he wiped his lips with the back of his hand. Of course, the lake is derived from the flow of water source up there. And the water flows into the creek below. And certainly, this lake water also removes the remaining salty taste in his mouth. "Terasakah taste of salt that you scatter that?" "Not at all," said the student, taking water and drink it again. The teacher just smiled at it, let the students were drinking water until satisfied. "Son," said the teacher after the students finished drinking. "All problems in life are like a handful of salt. No more, no less. Only a handful of salt. The many problems and suffering experienced throughout your life haruskau was dikadar by God, according to you. There remains, So much, So much alone, no less, and not increased. Every human being is born into this world too. Not a single man, although he was a prophet, that is free from suffering and problems. "The student was silent, listening. "But boy,` salty taste 'of suffering depends on the size of' the heart '(heart) that hold it. So dear, so do not feel pain, stop for a glass. Make the heart in your chest is so for the lake. " (From: Suluk - Blogsome)

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.''

Focusing On Self Pros

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"The kids, try writing three strong suit," said a teacher who was a mentor day retreat for children of primary school.

Minutes passed, but the kids still seemed confused.

With a half-acting, the teacher and loud: "Come on, write! If the guns, I'm torn your paper. "Cute kids immediately became uneasy.

Some of them, do seem to start writing. One of them write on paper, "Sometimes by mother said. Sometimes help the mother. Forkful sometimes younger eat."

Full of curiosity, the teacher asked him: "Why he writes sometimes? ". With a face full of innocence, the boy simply said: "It's just sometimes, the teacher"

When all the children had written her strengths, the teacher then continued the next instruction: "Now children, let's write down three weaknesses or things that are bad in you."

Instantly the room became noisy classroom. The children seemed excited. One of them raised his hand and asked: "Three course, the teacher?". "Yes, three-course!" Replied the teacher. Children were directly connect: "Mr. teachers, let alone three, ten too!".

What lessons can we learn from this simple story? I caught at least there are some important things we can learn. One of them, we often do not realize what the pros ourselves because the environment and the people around us far more often to communicate to us our flaws and shortcomings.

Recently, my wife and I watched on a television show of art from private persons with disabilities. We were really touched. There was a blind man who was so good at playing the piano or the harp. Men with no arms and deaf young woman who can dance so beautifully. "Unbelievable, she can dance with a full appreciation. Which makes me wonder, she's deaf but how come the rhythm of the song very well? ", Said my wife was amazed.

A blind man who sings with a melodious voice had said, "Brother, I have two eyes like you. But in front of me was just darkness. My mom said I could sing, and he gave me the spirit to sing. "

It is true what Alexander Graham Bell: "When one door closes, another door opens, but often times we are too old looking and regretted that the door had closed, so we do not see the door has opened for us."

Focus attention on our strengths and not our weakness.