you have the power to either save your brother from the sinking ship, or save all of the other people on the boat except your brother.

discuss.

The Bull Auction
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A couple go to an agricultural show way out in the countryside on a fine Sunday afternoon, and are watching the auctioning off of reproduction bulls. The auctioneer announces the first bull to be auctioned off:

"A fine specimen, this bull reproduced 60 times last year."

The wife nudges her husband in the ribs, and comments: "See! That was more than 5 times a month!"

The second bull is announced: "Another fine specimen, this wonder reproduced 120 times last year."

Again the wife bugs her husband: "Hey, that's some 10 times a month! What do YOU say to that?!"

Her husband is getting really annoyed with this comparison.

The third bull comes up for sale: "And this extraordinary specimen reproduced 360 times last year!"

This is the worst form of pride, when you give it a religious justification, you think you can speak condescendingly to other people, you think you have a God given right to look down on people. If You really are concerned work on the brother/sister, be nice....

Nobody in 1400years, has the entire ummah agreed on one way, never, not even in the same time of the Sahaba - so why are you shoving your opinions down other peoples throats and causing disunity and discord in the Muslim Ummah?

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We all think about stuff, worry about the who/what/where/when/why's, sometimes it's rational, sometimes the situation is controllable; changeable.

Other times we can't do anything about it, or we're over-thinking and worrying unnecessarily. Like when you leave the house empty and you think "those people who were watching you get out the house will rob your house" (someone said that to me today! lol)

During those times the best thing to do is stop worrying.

I've said "It's hard to switch off your emotions" and "you can't just stop!".

But that's not true.

You can do things to take your mind off it, keep yourself busy, but that isn't facing the problem.

A lone figure she sits
By the window she gazes
Her story unknown
and the hour comes
The screaming it starts
Throat raw
Eyes glazed
The cries wrenched from within
Her insanity, a shroud
from the cold of evil, the bite of the devil
and the people whisper
Will she ever be sane again...

I shouldn’t really be writing this, I should be doing something a little productive (although this could be seen as productive as I’m pretty much just writing everything down so I can find an answer – writing helps, I think I’ve said that before)

This time, I racking my brain thinking of what to do with myself – lifewise. I want to do something great but somehow don’t have all the resources for them – so I’m probably going to settle and work with what I have – distracting my focus from the things I don’t have. Oh and here, this isn’t me not being grateful for the things I own or have, I’m talking about opportunities.

Marilyn Davenport is resisting calls for her resignation from the Republican party's central committee after sending out the 'family portrait' with the statement: 'Now you know why – No birth certificate!'

She said it was a 'joke' made in reference to the conspiracy theory that Mr Obama is ineligible to be president because he was born outside America.

Scott Baugh, chairman of the Republican Party of Orange County, where Ms Davenport is an official, is calling for an ethics investigation.

'It’s just highly inappropriate, it’s a despicable message, it drips with racism and I think she should step down from the committee,' he said.

Ms Davenport has since apologised to party members in an email.

The eternal debate is whether to rent or buy. Currently, the purchase side is getting some points because nationwide rent prices are going up. Declining vacancies have been observed for months, as home sales get slower and slower. Landlords countrywide are only too happy to raise the rates, as the scarcity of the resource demands it be done. Article source - Rent beginning to rise nationwide as fewer buy homes by MoneyBlogNewz.

Get the apartment rented with no troubles

If you are kind, people may accuse u of selfish ulterior motives - be kind anyway.

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered - forgive them anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and true enemies - succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank people may cheat u - be honest anyway.

What you spend years building, someone may destroy it overnight - build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, others may be jealous - be happy anyway.

Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough - give the world your best anyway.

The good you do today people will often forget tomorrow - do good anyway.

You see in the final analysis, it is all between you and Allah.

Assalaamu'alaikoum!

one of the first surahs we learn as a child, going to madrassah, is this little cute, short surah, Surah Al-'Asr. Everyone remembers the struggle of getting the right order of "Haqq" and "Sabr" is the last ayah; (i remembre struggling with it for a few years...) and it is one of the surahs we recite in our prayer when we're in a rush and we want quick quick for prayer to be over!

Remember these days? Reciting Surah Al-'Asr at fajr to go back to bed asap. or at Dhuhr to go play, or at 'Asr to go watch cartoon, or at Maghrib to go eat or at Isha to go quick to bed?

and then you grow up, and you might get the opportunity to learn Arabic, and discover that "Asr" means Time.

...and a few years go by...