The Woodcutter

Once upon a time, a very strong woodcutter asked for a job in a timber merchant and he got it. The pay was really good and so was the work condition. For those reasons, the woodcutter was determined to do his best.

His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area where he supposed to work.

The first day, the woodcutter brought 18 trees.

“Congratulations,” the boss said. “Go on that way!”

Very motivated by the boss words, the woodcutter tried harder the next day, but he could only bring 15 trees. The third day he tried even harder, but he could only bring 10 trees. Day after day he was bringing less and less trees.

“I must be losing my strength”, the woodcutter thought. He went to the boss and apologized, saying that he could not understand what was going on.

“When was the last time you sharpened your axe?” the boss asked.

“Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to cut trees…”

Our lives are like that. We sometimes get so busy that we don’t take time to sharpen the “axe”. In today’s world, it seems that everyone is busier than ever, but less happy that ever.Why is that? Could it be that we have forgotten how to stay “sharp”? There’s nothing wrong with activity and hard work. But we should not get so busy that we neglect the truly important things in life, like our personal life, taking time to get close to our Creator, giving more time for our family, taking time to read etc.We all need time to relax, to think and meditate, to learn and grow. If we don’t take the time to sharpen the “axe”, we will become dull and lose our effectiveness.

Author: Stephen Covey

From: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, it seems that everyone is busier than ever, but less happy that ever.

Manifestasi Cinta

Ada sorang perempuan tua yang tinggal dengan anaknya di bandar. Perempuan ini menghidap alzheimer. Memang agak menyusahkan. Perempuan itu kadang kala terlupa nak basuh najisnya, lupa nak kunci pintu rumah, biarkan dapur gas dan lampu bilik mandi tak ditutup dan mcm2 lagi. Hari2 anaknya kena bg full attention dekat mak ni. Mcm2 perkara dia lupa. Anaknya makin sedih dan luntur kasih sayangnya pada orang tua tuh hari demi hari. 

Satu hari perempuan tua tuh nak keluar rumah .Waktu tuh anaknya tiada. Dia pon amik kunci dan drive kereta anak die ke menuju ke destinasi yg tak dapat dikenalpasti. Bila si anak balik dan tengok maknya dan kereta dah takde, anaknya menggelabah dan terus call polis. Tak lama kemudian, maknya pulang bersama kereta. Tetapi ditemani oleh 2 orang lelaki. Apabila di tanya, 2 lelaki ckp cmni.

Kereta makcik ni td stop tgh jalan. Minyak habis. Kami pon tolonglah. Dia ckp dia pon lupa jalan balik. Address pon tak ingat. Tapi dia cuma ingat first dan last name anak kesayangan dia. Kami pon google dan dapat cri alamat nih. Anaknya pon speechless.

Moral of the story : Jangan putus harapan. Cinta tu still ada tapi mungkin tak dapat nak manifest sbb anak tuh yang tak rasa soul die. Baginya, cinta itu hanya terbukti kalau maknya buat baik dan terus menerus dapat sumbang something dalam kehidupuan die. Sama macam kita. Kalau Allah uji kita mcm2, kita doa kaw2 dan expect Allah akan permudahkan tapi Allah mcm tak respond. Jangan expect yang kasih sayang Allah hanya ada ketika dia bg kat kita kebaikan. Ingatlah yang cikgu2 kita time exam pon tak bagi jawapan kat kita. Dan mungkin hikmahnya Allah nak kita ubah hati kita sebelum Allah ubah situasi kita. Kasih sayang Allah lebih hebat daripada kasih saang ibu kepada anaknya. Jgn berhenti berdoa dan berusaha! #BOOSTER

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Lagi-lagi masalah !

Apsal aku tak jawab jawapan ni tadi? *tepuk dahi kuat2

Serabut giler arab ni ! @#$%^&*

Duit aku hilanglah !

Adik ade maslah eh? :p 

Sometimes, we faced a lot of unberable problems. Those problem are test from Allah. We need to go through this test asking Allah to help us. When you go to school, the more test you have, the more the question you have,  the more difficult the question you have , the more the qualification. Whenever a person had a good results in A-level exam, he is more than qualified to enter any of those well-knowed universities. So Allah test us in order for us to have a better palace in heaven. He put more difficulties in it. Some of us are bancrupt, some of us loss his legs, some of us failed in exam and a lot of any other problem just to test, are these tests will shatter our faith?  - Mufti Menk

Masalah yang timbul boleh datang dari pelbagai angle. Kengkadang time balik main futsal, kedang time tengah tidur dan dll. Masalah2 ini juga yang boleh buat kita terjaga dari tidur sambil berpeluh2. Sehingga jauh di sudut hati tak mampu nak hadapinya lagi.. Seringkali kita bila berhadapan dgn masalah tak mampu nak bersandar pada Allah. Ramai orang yg namapak hebat dalam amalan2 fardhu tapi bila itimpa masalah mengamuk melempar pasu. eh?  

Boleh jadi masalah yg Allah turunkan boleh jadi kifarah dosa/menghapuskan dosa2 kecil kita yg lampau. Mungkin juga Allah jadikan masalah kerana Allah ‘rindu’ pujuk rayu hambaNya. Sedangkan Rasulullah S.A.W yg maksum itu diuji. Baginda dilempar najis, diuji dengan kematian isteri dan bapa saudaranya dan mcm2 lagi, tetapi adakah baginda merungut dan lupakan Allah? Terpana seketika pabila terkenang kita yang baru kena kacau sket dengan arab2 terus melatah dan marah tahap dewa. Huhu.

“Adakah manusia mengira bahawa mereka akan dibiarkan berkata: “Kami telah beriman”, sedang mereka tidak diuji?”(Quran 29:2)

Mehlah kita bersabar dan seek guidance from Allah tatkala senang dan susah. Allah uji kita untuk lihat mcm mana kita rebounce dan capai ‘tangan’ Allah kembali. May Allah grant us his blessing in this world and hereafter =)

Ikan Todak Goreng Tepung

Salam. Ikan ada banyak jenis. Ikan apa yang lg besar dari ikan bawal? Jawapannya ikan bawal goreng salut tepung. :P

Tatkala Singapore ketika dahulu dikatakan dilanggar todak, orang2 di sekitar pesisir Dangan Bay agak heran mengapa ikan2 todak tersebut bila digorang tidak terasa masin. Sedangkan sudah ma’aruf habitatnya itu sudah sedia masin. Maka dibuat macam2 usaha utk memastikan ikan itu pabila dimakan terasa masin. Akhirnya timbullah idea untuk marinate ikan tuh selepas kematian beliau.

Cerita ni tak jauh beza dengan kita. Ikan tuh tak terpengaruh dengan keadaan sekeliling sebab beliau masih hidup. Masih ada mekanisma penyingkiran garam dalam insangnya. Kalau manusia, kalau kita hati kita hidup, konpem susah nak bagi buasir2 anasir2 berhaluan kiri invade hati kita. Tp kalau mati? hmm.. mcm mana nak jaga?  Maka perhidupkan hati dengan amalan fardhu dan hiasilah ia dengan amalan2 sunat. Renung-renungkan dan selamat beramal!