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42 Tips for a Better Life

1. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day. And while you walk, smile.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
3. Get enough sleep.
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, & Empathy.
5. PLAY more games and READ more books than you did last year. 
6. Clear clutters from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing energy into your life.
7. Make time for EXERCISE, and PRAYER. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.
8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
9. DREAM more while you are awake.
10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
11. Drink plenty of water.
12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
13. Don't waste your precious energy on GOSSIP..
14. FORGET issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
15. Don't have NEGATIVE thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the POSITIVE present moment.
16. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that     appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
17. Eat breakfast like a KING, lunch like a PRINCE and dinner like a BEGGAR.
18. Smile and laugh more. It will keep the nagative blues away.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
21. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
22. Make PEACE with your past so it won't spoil the PRESENT.
23. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
24. No one is in charge of your happiness except YOU.
25. FORGIVE everyone for everything.
26. What other people think of you is none of your business.
27. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
28. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will.. Stay in touch.
29. Get rid of anything that isn't USEFUL, BEAUTIFUL or JOYFUL.
30. Envying is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
31. The best is yet to come.
32. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
33. Do the right thing!
34. Call your FAMILY often. (or email, chat, that works too.)
35. Your inner most is always HAPPY. So be happy.
36. Each day give something good to others.
37. Lie down and think of everything in the world you have to be thankful about.
38. If you have absolutely nothing to do, jump! It'll lift your spirit.
39. DON'T OVER DO. Keep your limits.
40. Think others! Put others above yourself.
41. Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can’t change.
42. Remember Allah always and your life will be the best ever.

*Copied off another site. I added some bits. Hope you enjoyed it. =)
*why 42? there's a meaning to it. =)

Nocturnal Ramadhan

Bismillah.

Selamat pagi. Alhamdulillah, masih diteruskan kehidupan sehingga ke hari ini. Ini hari yang baru. Jadi semangat kena lah baru juga. Bangun pagi lalu menghirup udara ‘segar’ kota. Oh harunya. Sungguh kotor persekitaran di sini terus hilang semangat. Hm.

Sudah pun berlalu 21 hari di bulan ramadhan. Perasaan seakan baru bermula bulan puasa namun hakikat sebenar, sudah hampir sampai ke penghujungnya.

Benarlah, masa berlalu begitu pantas. Tiada erti penungguan dalam kamus hidup masa. (?) 

Adakah kalian semua berpuasa? Kalau ya baguslah. Mari bpuasa sama2. Meskipun timezone bbeza, juadah berbuka pun berbeza, tapi ibadah tetap ditujukan kepada Allah yang Satu. Hm, nice kan.

Dan sudah lebih kurang 2 minggu aku pulang dari luar negara, iaitu Saudi Arabia. Saudi?! Apa yang kau buat dkt sana? Hm, tekalah. Taknak jawab. Haha.. sekurang2nya bkn sekarang, nanti lah cerita.

..Oklah cerita sikit. Haha. 2 minggu berada di sana, bmula dari hujung syaaban, hingga ke awal ramadhan. Sempatlah berpuasa di Saudi. Kemudian sambung berpuasa di Mesir. Sesungguhnya aku bpuasa di 2 negara asing. Ingat senang ke nk buat mcm tu? “sekali seumur hidup.” (sg. Golok-Thailand tak kira.) 

Hmhmhm.

Sungguh seronok bpuasa di negara orang. Tak kata puasa di negara sendiri tak best. Cuma pengalaman baru ini sungguh manis. Lain tempat lain orang, lain pula suasananya. Ada yang baik dan yang buruk. Sama2 ada.  Tapi harus diingatkan, yang sepatutnya dicari bukanlah keburukan. Biarlah apabila kita berada di tempat orang, kita sebarkan khabar baik tentangnya. Dapat mendengar bacaan merdu pelbagai syeikh besar, satu penghargaan buat aku.

Oh. Sungguh, aku bermujahadah di bulan puasa ni. Banyak sungguh dugaan dan cabaran mental fizikal. Habis tenaga aku disedut dengan rakus smpi boleh pengsan. Bukan takat pengsan, wa boleh mati ooo! Makan tidur tak terjaga, mandi- eh. Biological clock seperti roller coaster. Juga mengharung badan yg berpenyakit. (anehnya ayat,yup).Kelas sampai ke pukul 2 pagi. 7 jam sehari, 6 kali seminggu. Cuba memantapkan ilmu fiqh dgn menyertai kelas tafaqquh. Malamnya tarawih. Inilah percubaan aku memanfaatkan semua saki baki masa yang ada ini, agar tidak terbuang begitu sahaja. Nak lebih, keringatnya kena lebih gaklah.

Tinggal berdua. Bosan tak ingatt. Nak bergaduh* pun tak meriah. Apatah lagi nak memasak juadah berbuka puasa. Hari2 menghadap masakan yang sama. Kari, ayam goreng, kicap. Tiada variety. Alangkah bagusnya kalau ada yang sudi masakkan. =(

Final words. Realized my malay roots. Tak guna punya orang, lupa asal usul. Buanglah bahasa mat saleh. Gantikan dengan bahasa ibunda. I’m still experimenting, see? a bit of both. Or maybe a third language, man ‘arif. :D

A little bit of sharing in this little bit of space.

Sahabat. Did ya realize we’re in the midst of a good opportunity? In Arabic its called fursah tayyibah. which means, good chance. What am I talking about? I’m describing the month of Ramadhan as a month of good chances. In it are full of rewards and promises from Allah. We just have to have the courage to grab it. “Ramadhan is a month of Allah, whose beginning is mercy, whose middle is forgiveness, whose end is freedom from the fire.” And there is this one night that is said in the Al-Quran Al-Kareem, as the night of power or the night of decree.  It is the Lailatul Qadr.

“Sesungguhnya Kami telah menurunkannya (al-Quran) pada Lailatul-Qadr.  Tahukah kamu apakah Lailatul Qadr?  Lailatul-Qadr lebih baik dari seribu bulan.”  (Surah al-Qadr: 1-3)

Seribu bulan MasyaAllah. Bersamaan 83 tahun. Jangka hayat kita pun belum tentu boleh sepanjang itu. Jadi bagaimanakah kita mesti mahu mendapatkan malam keramat ini?

Ulama’-ulama’ berpendapat bhwa Lailatul Qadar terdapat di sepuluh malam terakhir Ramadhan. Dan di malam sepuluh terakhir ramadhan ini, spesifiknya pada malam malam yang ganjil. 21, 23… 29.

Diriwayatkan oleh Ahmad dengan isnad yang sah dari Ibnu Umar radhiAllahu ‘anhu katanya telah bersabda Rasulullah sallAllahu ‘alaihi wasallam:  “Barangsiapa mencarinya, hendaklah dicarinya pada malam kedua puluh tujuh!”

Diriwayatkan oleh Bukhari & Muslim dari Abu Hurairah radhiAllahu ‘anhu, bahawa Rasulullah sallAllahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda: “Barangsiapa yang beribadah pada malam al-Qadr kerana iman dan mengharapkan keridhaan ALLAH, diampunilah dosa-dosanya yang terdahulu.”

Kita sudah pun berada di fasa terakhir Ramadhan ini, yg disertakan bersamanya dgn anugerah Lailatuh Qadr. Dengan baki beberapa hari yang tinggal ni, masih tak terlambat untuk kita tajdid kembali iman dan pertingkatkan amalan ibadah kita. Ayuh, di fasa terakhir ini, a burst of effort and one final push. bersama memperoleh janji Allah dan mendapat pelepasan daripada api neraka. Ibadah lillahi ta’la. dan siapa tahu mungkin ibadah yg kita buat semalam, malam ini, atau esok.. mendapat rahmat lailatul Qadr. Wallahua'lam.

“Ya ALLAH, sesungguhnya ENGKAU maha Pemaaf dan suka memaafkan, maka maafkanlah daku ini.”

Syukur kepada Allah, dapat aku meninggalkan coretan di ruang kecil ini lagi.  Demi keberkatan Ramadhan. Ramadhan yang penuh rahmat dan kasih saying dariNya yang tidak terhingga.

MasyaAllah tabarakallah ya Ramadhan. Moga dapat lagi dipertemukan pada tahun hadapan. InsyaAllah.