The World we live in

Placing your your self in high regard is very important. Thinking of yourself in high regard boosts your self-confidence and faith in yourself as an individual. It makes you feel proud of your self and that you have the ability and capacity to keep on moving forward. Our lives is affected by our mental state, if our mental state has doubts of our self-worth and who we are as individuals then we shield ourselves from progression and the motivation to present the real us.  Having high self-regard does not mean that you are arrogant and proud because arrogance and pride are usually used to cloak lack of confidence and hidden weaknesses. Placing yourself in high self-regard means that you do not wait for people to compliment you after completing or achieving something, rather you know that the person that needs to take pride in their achievement and hardwork is you. It means that if someone questions yourself credibility and worth you that it is not them who decide if you are a fa...

As people we love to talk with those around us and have a good chat. We like to engage in exciting conversations and have a good laugh and present our views and opinions. However, at times we let our tongues slip and slide and they utter things that they should not. Our tongues utter things that can destroy a person's self-esteem, confidence or create conflicts between others and this is why it is important for us to guard our tongues. Guarding our tongues is a compulsory act as our tongues, although having the ability to make other's feel good about themselves and can motivate them, it also can cause damages that can never be erased. When we are struck with a painful blow, it hurts and aches but the pain eventually subsides and down the track we will probably forget that we ever got hurt. However, when say things that can hurt an individual we leave them with a permanent scar, a scar no matter how much they try to forget that will remain, even if they have forgiven you. Th...

Giving good advice is one of the best things we can do for the people around us. Giving good advice helps improve other's situations and gives them tips on how to do things in an easier manner. Giving good advice is very helpful but for many of us we feel that we may be interfering in someone else's business or 'dictating' them on what to do. Advice giving is not like that but it is a tool that helps us improve someone else's circumstance. People come to each other seeking advice or a situation is calling on someone to make the call and give advice. This means that we always have to keep in mind that are aim is to improve the situation of another and that we should be able to give them advice, whether they ask for it or not . Sometimes we may question ourselves and think what happens if the person does not take the advice or becomes hostile but we should not let such ideas cloud our judgement. Our job is to give the advice and it is up to the individual if ...

Being optimistic is very key in our lives it gives us the strength and will power to move forward. Optimism is very important in our daily lives as it helps us overcome the challenges in our daily lives. Challenges whether small or large are bound to occur in our lives and we need to have the spirit and will power if we intend to move forward and make the most out of our lives. As humans we need a positive attitude to endure the challenges that we face and negative emotions only fuel the hard challenges that we are facing and make it difficult for us to overcome and tame the challenge. Negative emotions and a lack optimism makes the slightest hardship or challenge unbearable and makes us to question why are we in such a position and believe it is destroying our lives.  However, positive and optimism make our life challenges bearable and even enjoyable. When we realise that no challenge is complicated we enjoy knowing that we have the strength and confidence to keep on...

Being helpful and helping those around us is something we are taught since we were small. We were taught to help out by picking up our toys, taking out the garbage, cleaning our rooms and so forth so we can be helpful to others lighten and lessen their load. Helping eventually becomes part of our daily life and we see that we help without even knowing. Whether we give someone a pen when they ask, holding the door or giving the right of way we always help others in some way whether big or small. Being helpful is very important because it shows people we care about them and have complete respect for them. When we offer our service and assistance to someone we acknowledge that we care about them want to help out of their difficult situation and make things easier for them.  Islam rewards acts of kindness whether they be small or large, the prophet (s.a.w) said that removing something harmful from the road or smiling and giving a cheerful face to the people around us it is a c...

As humans we often define life by the good times we have experienced and our day ending up the way we plan. Life is complex and sometimes it does not end up the way we plan and unexpected things always happen. Everyone has experienced a moment in their lives where a planned day, event or moment takes a completely differently turn from what was originally planned. This sometimes leads to sadness, feeling heartbroken and thinking that your life has come to a complete stand-still depending on what the unexpected thing that is effecting you is unexpected things or events are part of our lives and it is vital that we recognise this to be able to move forward. Since life changes that we do not plan on occur everyday in our lives, one of the key things that can make this an enjoyable unexpected experience is by keeping a smile.  Keeping a smile not only helps you but those around you and sends a positive picture to the world around us. It allows one to be able to attain a calm heart ...

As people, we want the best things in life. We strive to have them and reach them as much as we can as they are what we want. But people around us also have similar desires and goals and also want to achieve them. The question is that do we accept the same for those around us that we call close or not. It is an inner desire that we have to be the best and aim towards over achieving those around us. However, that should not be a means for us not to acknowledge others successes and congratulate them for their successes and achievements. Just we love to be credited for our efforts and hard-work, others do to and if we acknowledge this then we would develop envy to people we hold so dear Orto people we do not even know. Also think of others as you do yourself, if someone asks for a lending hand or for a piece of advice, the best thing you could do is give it. As people we love to always be on the receiving end but not on the giving end and this can be a problem because if we all ...