A professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it.
He held it up for all to see; asked the students,' How much do you think this glass weighs?'
'50gms!' .... '100gms!' ......'125gms' ......the students answered.
'I really don't know unless I weigh it,' said the professor, 'but, my question is:
What would happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?'
'Nothing' the students said.
'Ok what would happen if I held it up like this for an hour?' the professor asked.
'Your arm would begin to ache' said one of the students.
'You're right, now what would happen if I held it for a day?'
'Your arm could go numb, you might have severe muscle stress; paralysis;
have to go to hospital for sure!'ventured another student; all the students laughed.
'Very good. But during all this, did the weight of the glass change?' asked
the professor.
'No' the students said.
Then what caused the arm ache & the muscle stress?'
The students were puzzled.
'Put the glass down!' said one of the students.
'Exactly!' said the professor.' Life's problems are something like this.
Hold it for a few minutes in your head; they seem OK.
Think of them for a long time & they begin to ache. Hold it even longer & they begin to paralyze you. You will not be able to do anything.
It's important to think of the challenges (problems) in your life, but
EVEN MORE IMPORTANT to 'put them down' at the end of every day before you go to sleep.
That way, you are not stressed, you wake up every day fresh & strong & can handle any issue, any challenge that comes your way!'
Remember to 'PUT THE GLASS DOWN TODAY!
A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he picked up a large empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks. He asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
So the professor picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the rocks. Again he asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed it was.
Then the professor picked up a bucket of sand and poured it into the jar. The sand filled up everything else.
"Now," said the professor, "I want you to recognize that this is your life.”The rocks are the important things - your family, your spouse, your health, and your children - things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full."
"The pebbles are the other things that matter, like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else. The small stuff. If you put the sand into the jar first, there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks."
"The same goes for your life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you."
"Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal. Take care of the rocks first - the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."
But then...
A young man student stood up and asked the class if they were sure that the jar was truly full. All the students and the professor agreed that it was indeed full. When they had all agreed, he reached into his backpack and pulled out a bottle of water. Opened it and poured the contents into the already "full" jar. Of course the water filled the remaining spaces within the jar making the jar truly full.
This proves that no matter how full your life is, there is always room for more.
PERSONAL BELIEF (from my pen)
As I was reading some of the amazing stories from the
Guineas’ book of world records I have chosen to share with you some of them
To support my idea which I want to talk about
But why I chose these in particular ….I will leave it till the end
A seventy (70) year old woman, who couldn’t read and write, wished one day that she could write the name of GOD (((ALLAH))). She feared that she would die before she could write the name (((ALLAH))).
So she learned to read and write and within two years she had memorized the whole QURAN and could write ((( ALLAH ))).
Her old age and her weak memory didn’t prevent her from studying and memorizing .
While many of younger age and better memory always execused themselves that they have a weak memory and slow ability to memorize .
IT IS REALY A POSITVE PERSONAL BELIEF.
In one of the Universities in Colombia, a student slept during a lecture in the Mathmatic College .when he woke the students were leaving the classroom. he looked at the blackboard and saw that the Professure had written two mathematical equations on the board .
He copied them quickly and went home trying to solve these difficult equations .
Finding them too difficult he went to the University library to try to solve them , cursing the profesure for giving such hard homework .
After four days of hard looking he managed to solve one of the equations .
The next lecture he was surprised that the profesur didn’t ask them for the homework and went to him .
The profesure was shocked and told the student that he put these equations as an example to show the students of some of the most complicated equations that science couldn’t solve .
So NEGATIVE PERSONAL BELEIFS made scientists not even try to think of solving those equations .
Just imagine : IF THAT STUDENT HAVN’T BEEN BLESSED BY HEARING THAT FACT COZ HE FELL ASLEEP IN THE LECTURE , AND NOT HEARING WHAT HAD BEEN SAID ABOUT THEM ?????
Would he have gone into the trouble of solving one of them ?????
This was one time that sleeping in class benefeted .( ^_* )
This result of this equartion is still on show in that UNIVERSITY HALL OF FAME ….
It is really all about personal beliefs
Fifty years ago there was a saying that a human being can’t run a mile for five minutes or his heart will explode.
So nobody ever dared to break that world record .
Until one day a smart athlete asked if anybody has ever had his heart exploded doing more than that time ….
The answer was NO…\
So he practiced hard and finally could do it ….and nothing happened to his heart …so he broke that world record …nobody ever dared breaking
THAT YEAR 100 RUNNERS MANAGED TO BREAK THAT GREAT ATHLETES WORLD RECORD ,,,AND IT IS STILL HAPPENING TILL YODAY ….!!!!!!
Of course negetaive personal beleife prevented many to break that record before and when that negative personl beleife was conquered they all could succeed …
IT IS REALY A MATTER OF PERSONAL BELIEF
Dear sisters and brothers in our life we have some many negative personl belief that why we always hear the words :
IMPOSSIBLE ….HARD …I CAN’T DO IT …..etc .
Only strong willed person could get rid of those words easily ….
So why we don’t break that NEGATIVE PERSONAL BELIEF …with a strong will of steal and climb to the top …
Worrying and anxiety are the true enemies of THE RIGHT DECISION …
And there is a wise saying that WORRY is like a rocking chair , it can keep you moving but it will never lead you anywhere ….
AND I COME TO THE MOST INTERESTING PART ….WHY I CHOSE THOSE STORRIES????
COZ THE HEROES OF THOSE STORRIES ARE ARAB MUSLIMS (the old woman, and the athlete) ….AMERICAN ARAB MUSLIM (the lucky sleepy student) ….
Once upon a time, there lived a fair and wise king; .he had three sons and a daughter
Who spent her days staring at the outside world through her window.
As the king watched his three strong well-educated sons growing up, he always wondered
Who will be the best to heir the thrown?
“I have a mission, “said the king to his sons one day “and my thrown will be for the one
Who fulfills that mission “.
The excited sons agreed.
“What is the best thing that makes a king that no one knows about “
After days of thinking the three sons asked their father permission to leave the
Palace searching for the right reply.
THE FIRST SON:
He reached to a village so dry and poor. As he asked for the reason, they told him
That the river that used to run in their village bringing with its waters tons of GOLD
From the mountains … suddenly stopped.
The prince told them his mission and offered to help them if in return they would
Help him too.
So everyone agreed.
The prince went up to the mountain from where the river flowed, noticing as he
Approached a huge tree trunk that was struck by lightening ….blocking the rivers
Water to the village ….
With the help of the villagers, they worked day and night to pull the trunk aside so
Allowing the water to flow with all its riches and its GOLD ….
“A BEAUTIFUL CROWN “said the villager as they offered the loveliest GOLDEN CROWN
To the prince ….” That is what makes a KING that no one knows about “
The happy prince took his prize reply and went happily to his kingdom.
THE SECOND PRINCE:
He reached to a village in the narrow valley were people lived in tents instead
Of built houses …
As he asked for the reason, they told him that the valley was too narrow for them
To build their houses and the long trees covered the mountain behind them …
Making it impossible to live there …
He told them about his mission and offered to help them and in return, they would
Help him …. So they all agreed.
He gathered the strongest hard working men from the village and started chopping
The forest trees …. And after long days and nights of hard and strong work …the
Mountain was filled with small wooden lovely houses for the happy villagers to live in.
“A GREAT THROWN “ said the villagers as they offered the biggest fanciest carved
Thrown which they made by their hands …
“That is what makes a king that no one knows about “they said.
He waved them good bye and rode to his kingdom happily pulling
His GREAT THROWN behind him
THE THIRD SON:
He reached to a beautiful village and in front of every house were piles of unopened
Gift boxes of jewels, chocolate, silk, satin linen, houses and chariots and every
Possible gift a girl could ask for ….
As he entered the village, he realized that the women were sad despite all
Of these gifts …
“They wouldn’t accept any gift we offered “said some
“They stopped being happy and nothing we do seems to please them”
Said others.
“We love them so much and we don’t know what to do to make
Them love us again “replied others.
“There is no gift in this world seems to please them “everyone agreed.
The prince told them about his mission and offered to help them
In return, that they would help him … so they all agreed.
The prince took the villagers to a beautiful field he had passed by on his
Way to their village …and pointed to the lovely rainbow of colorful flowers
“That is the gift that never fails to please a woman “said the prince.
Surprised but helpless the men gathered bunches of flowers and offered them
To their sad wives …AND LIKE MAGIC LOVE FILLED THE VILLAGE AGAIN “
“A SMART BEAUTIFUL QUEEN “said the villagers, “that’s what makes a king
That no one knows about “as the most beautiful smartest girl stepped out from
The crowds …
With his lovely future wife saddled on the horse in front of him, he waved goodbye
To the happy coupled villagers and headed happily to his kingdom.
BACK AT THE PALACE:
The wise king stood amazed and proud by the adventures that his sons took …
But He was disappointed by the results ….coz none of them could get the
Answer he desired ….
Seeing her father sad the little princess said “I have the right answer my
Dear wise father “
“But how can you have the right answer my sweet little angel when you
Never left, the castle “said the king to his little daughter.
The little princess smiled as she hugged her dad and placed a kissed on his
Lovely shiny cheeks “why go search for the answer when it is right here in the
Castle “
“And what is the right answer my dear cute child “said the king placing a kind
Kiss on his little angels face.
“The thing that makes the best king is HIS CONCERN FOR HIS PEOPLE
And no one realizes this …coz people think that your only concern is your CROWN,
Your THROWN and MOM (the queen) ^_^
NOWADAYS:
The wise fair princess (now a queen) ruled her kingdom without a crown on her
Head and never sat on the thrown ….and she stooped staring through her castle
Windows ….coz her palace doors are opened to everyone at any time.
THE MORAL
WISDOM is a SPECIAL GIFT from GOD ….it needs NO AGE …NO GENDER
Nor any traveling to have it …
THE THREE PRINCES
The villagers whom each prince helped asked from the fair wise queen to
Make each one ruler to them
I once sat beneath a tree
To write a story about the Sea
I tried to write a word or three
But no word could come to me
I wondered why that could be!!!!!
“Hey story girl please write about me “
I heard a voice calling upon me
Startled, I looked around to see
I wondered again who that could be!!!!!
“It’s only I your friend the tree “
Oh my GOD, how can that be!!!!!
“A tree is actually talking to me “!!!!
Filled with fear I tried to flee
But only to come down right on my knee.
“Why does u fear me??? My graceful child
I am only a tree that stands in the wild
Although I am big with arms spreading wide
I am full of joy, love and pride
I am the place were birds come to hide
And travelers seek comfort by my side
And long time lovers sit side by side
Watching their grandchildren swing and slide
A fruit of mine once fell down beside
And a young man found a law he couldn’t hide
I tell tales as old as time and tide
And no one can ever say I lied.
Excuse me Sea; truly you are so dear to me
BUT TODAY I’LL BE WRITING A STORY ABOUT A TREE.
