#life teaching

[justbeingnamaste]

Life is truly a boomerang. What you give, you get.

[living2soul]

Appeasing Thoughts

Ibn Al Qayyim, may Allaah have mercy on him, said: “One day I came with good news for Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allaah have mercy on him, about the death of his biggest enemy, who bore the most enmity and harm toward him. He rebuked me and reproached me, then he immediately went to the deceased’s parents house to condole them. He said:

 'I am here for you replacing him. If you have any problem and you need help I am here to assist you.' They were very pleased and made supplication for him."

-Reported by Ibn Al-Qayyim in his book Madaarij As-Saalikeen (345/2).

[living2soul]

Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) life as a teenager when he kept his promise.

A The Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) had promised to meet a friend at the corner of a street in Makkah. The friend came at the agreed time and told the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) he had an errand to perform and to wait for him as he would be back shortly. The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) waited at that place for three days and nights. On the fourth day the friend was passing by that corner and saw the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.). He asked the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) what he was doing there. In reply the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) told him that he had promised to wait till he (the friend) returned and he was keeping his promise. The friend said he was sorry to have the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) waiting there so long as he had forgotten to return.

[deathelegy]

establish a rhythm for your walk on your own. no one's gonna tune your life for you.

- apollo

[vevamotivation]

“All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life. Then, even the holiest of words are only words.”

– Ming-Dao Deng

[vevamotivation]

“If there's a single lesson that life teaches us, it's that wishing doesn't make it so.”

Lev Grossman

[crimentales]

Screw the box

It sometimes feels like life is trying to fit you in a box. School is putting you in a box. Your job is putting you in a box. Your insurance company is putting you in a box.

Maybe you don’t fit in this box, maybe you don’t want to be in this box at all and the only way out is a dark road.

It’s not an easy decision to take, it’s not an easy road to walk, but the feeling of being trapped in a box is just…

So you venture into the dark and it turns out the dark doesn’t hurt.

Your eyes adjust and you see where the road is leading. It often leads to a point where you have to take a leap of faith or go back to the box.

So you jump. The faith bit is not so much in the leaping. It’s in the landing. The space between them can feel forever, but when you land – and you will, you learn that the landing teaches you to fly.