Facts of Life

Last Friday, I delivered a one hour talk on “The Reality of Living” to 98 people who were gathered to attend a special 2 days program in a very well maintained training camp. These people were selected by the government through its Ministry. In my talk, I touched on several pointers, elaborating and citing examples as well as interacting with the audience. Below are some of the gists of it; Fact of Life 1: WE ARE HUMAN We are HUMAN beings. We are the best ‘creation’ ever created in this universe. We are ‘Asraful Mahluqats’. What makes us HUMAN is because we are blessed with ‘Aqal & Fikir’ and ‘Nafsu’. More importantly is because we have ‘faith’ which is built through our belief system. Our mission in life is not to be ‘angels’ and definitely not to be ‘animals’ but to be humane and prove ourselves to be the human being that the creator wants us to be. As human beings, none of us (nobody) is perfect. We all have strengths and weaknesses unique to ourselves. Action Points: Learn and understand our mission in life as human being. We do have specific roles and responsibilities. Be grateful on our strengths and strive to overcome our weaknesses. Be Faith-full. If we are derailed, we need to get back on track. That’s what, life long learning is all about. Fact of Life 2: LIFE IS A JOURNEY Life is a journey and NOT a destination. The world we live in today is actually just a Transit Point to the next world popularly known as ‘hereafter’ or ‘Akhirat’. This world is just like a mirror of the next world. Whatever we can find in this world, can also be found in the next world but to a much greater extent beyond our imagination. This is faith. Action Points: Though a mere short transit time, our life in this world is crucial and is detrimental to our ‘conditions’ in the next point. We craft our ‘quality of life’ in the hereafter ‘NOW’ in this world. Fact of Life 3: CHANGE IS CONSTANT As said by many prominent management gurus, scientist, spiritual leaders, CHANGE is one of the most glaring constant in life. Whether we like it or not, the world we live in is changing with every breath that we take. The rippling effect of change is so tremendous and when the wave of change comes about, nobody is spared. The key word for us to note here is ‘adaptive’ to change. As we all know, at one time this world was inhabited by dinosaurs that were gigantic beings but went extinct because they failed to adapt with the changing environment. Harsh as it may sound, but either we change or we could be changed. Action Points : Make a decision to change. God will NOT change our future unless we change ourselves. The fact is, we have been ‘empowered’ to bring about change in our quality of life. For better or worst. It is all up to us. Fact of Life 4: TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE Every one of us is given 24 hours a day. No more, no less. Time is not bias to gender, color, social status, rank or designation. Time wait for no one. When the sun rises or sets, no one can stop it. Not even the most powerful or wealthiest or most pious beings on earth. We are helpless as far as controlling time. Time flies at its own course. So how then can we manage time? We can’t. We can only manage activity NOT time. In today’s world, people measure distance with time not just kilometers. People demand for speed of delivery. To win over speed is not by managing the time, but by managing the activities. Action Points : Time do not wait for us. So do opportunity. Though people say that late is better than never, but the fact is, if we are late, WE are late! We are left behind. If that happens, we can just watch things happen. So, seize the day! Fact of Life 5: INVISIBLE LAW OF THE UNIVERSE The world we live in today is alive. We are not alone in this universe. There are other creations that make up the world. That is why; the universe is governed by an unseen force which some people called as the ‘Invisible Law of the Universe’. That is what that make the planets move in orbits, biological organs in our body e.g. our heart functions without will, our nail and hair grows with nature, day and nights evolves, digestive system functions etc. Some of the most popular known Law of the Universe are the Law Of Physic, Law Of Gravity, Law Of the Mind, Law Of Cause And Effect, Law Of Attraction, The Law Of Sow And Reap, Law Of Reverse Effort and many more. There is a system or formula that has been programmed for this world to function. If we go against it, inevitably there will be problems, repercussion and other side effects. Why? That is the Law of the Universe. Action Points : Live in harmony with the universe. Live in harmony with nature. Fact of Life 6: ALL PROBLEMS HAVE SOLUTIONS Nothing in this world happens by coincidence. There are reasons and meanings to everything that happens in this world. As much as this world operates in an unseen system, they are also programmed to provide solutions. These solutions, once found, not only relieve us from the problems, but would pose as invaluable lessons that carve wisdom into us. We just need to discover them. Action Points : Do not ever give up. There are solutions to every problem. In fact, there could be opportunities behind the problem we encounter. Work on it; don’t sit on it, because ignoring a problem won’t solve the problem. The remaining pointers on the Facts of Life will be up in my next post. Salam and Peace be with you.