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[Noor]

Cradle away in my arms
Hush your scalding tears
Silent soothing words to hear
You won't come to any harm

Open your eyes and your ears
See the world before you now
Don't question why and how
And today forget your tears


:o Noor

[Ruqayyah]

alhamdulillah

[AbuMubarak]

A TASTE OF WISDOM --

A sheikh grew tired of his apprentice complaining, and so, one
morning, sent him for some salt.

When the apprentice returned, the master instructed the unhappy young man to
put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then to drink it.

"How does it taste?" the master asked. "Bitter," spit the apprentice.

The master chuckled and then asked the young man to take the same handful of
salt and put it in the lake. The two walked in silence to the nearby lake,
and once the apprentice swirled his handful of salt in the water, the old
man said, "Now drink from the lake."

As the water dripped down the young man's chin, the master asked "How does
it taste?"
"Fresh," remarked the apprentice.

"Do you taste the salt?" asked the master. "No," said the young man.

At this, the master sat beside this serious young man who so reminded him of
himself and took his hands, offering:

"The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The amount of pain in life
remains exactly the same. However, the amount of bitterness we taste depends
on the container we put the pain in. So when you are in pain, the only thing
you can do is to enlarge your sense of things. Stop being a glass. Become a
lake."

[.: Anna :.]

Originally posted by AbuMubarak
A TASTE OF WISDOM --

A sheikh grew tired of his apprentice complaining, and so, one
morning, sent him for some salt.

When the apprentice returned, the master instructed the unhappy young man to
put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then to drink it.

"How does it taste?" the master asked. "Bitter," spit the apprentice.

The master chuckled and then asked the young man to take the same handful of
salt and put it in the lake. The two walked in silence to the nearby lake,
and once the apprentice swirled his handful of salt in the water, the old
man said, "Now drink from the lake."

As the water dripped down the young man's chin, the master asked "How does
it taste?"
"Fresh," remarked the apprentice.

"Do you taste the salt?" asked the master. "No," said the young man.

At this, the master sat beside this serious young man who so reminded him of
himself and took his hands, offering:

"The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The amount of pain in life
remains exactly the same. However, the amount of bitterness we taste depends
on the container we put the pain in. So when you are in pain, the only thing
you can do is to enlarge your sense of things. Stop being a glass. Become a
lake." mashallah....i really like that!