Peace be to all... Last week had been an active week. Alhamdulillah ... I am now reflecting and looking at it from a 3rd person view. While waiting in a dark at my daughter's sch carpark. During my previous life abt a few months ago I wld be upset and angered w my daughter for not informing me that she will b later than usual.- it is 9:30pm now and the school carpark do not have street lights.
However, I m ever in gratitude now that Allah has provided me a peaceful mind that has helped me find an alternative instead of getting angry. Alhamdulillah I was able to take the challenges; eventhough I m no longer working 9 to 5. I have the liberty to take projects that I love and feel will benefit me in my own development and so I had a dateline to meet last week and my laptop went dead twice! Yes after I sent it for service took it and it failed on me again. So I had to send it for repair again. Did I panicked - I need it to finish my project. Aaargh!!!
Alhamdulillah - I was grateful still cos I had another laptop to work on and was able to take my hard disk out of my laptop to continue my work. What I did was to ask the technician about my files in the laptop, whether I can retrieve it? She then helped me to take my hard disk out. To me that was the price for not getting angry-a clear mind to think and a solution to my predicament :)) Along the way, I learned many things that I had wanted to learn and worked things out to complete my project;
In retrospective, previously when I was an executive I wld just get angry and be at lost as how to continue w my work (at least for a while until - i was calm enuf to find a solution) and continously complain but do whatever i can still, until I got it back. So very unproductive and a waste of energy and time. The challenges kept coming back because i complained a lot instead of using the time to evaluate myself.
If there is such a thing as "stress is good" well it is not so for me - pushing away the choleric I once was. I m comfortable at being peacefully phlegmatic at this stage of my life. Rush will angered me and the devil will take opportunity to pounch on me and make me look out for faults. Adrenaline is only good for me when I am exercising ... it helps burn fats...hehehe... but it does not serve me well when I m doing work or maybe it does when the energy is used positively.
Complaining, is another devil that I don't wish to get involved with. Once you like it - it will stick to you like a leech and will keep sucking up until you kill it or remove it. I don't want to waste my time and energy in it so i don't indulge in it.
So what actually help me meet my dateline as usual is the thought that Allah will ease my journey, if what I am doing is meant for me to be successful in it. If not...then there are reasons that I know not and only He knows...All praise be to Allah - Alhamdulillah - may Allah provide me the wisdom to resolve my challenges rather than complaining. Ameeen.
However, I m ever in gratitude now that Allah has provided me a peaceful mind that has helped me find an alternative instead of getting angry. Alhamdulillah I was able to take the challenges; eventhough I m no longer working 9 to 5. I have the liberty to take projects that I love and feel will benefit me in my own development and so I had a dateline to meet last week and my laptop went dead twice! Yes after I sent it for service took it and it failed on me again. So I had to send it for repair again. Did I panicked - I need it to finish my project. Aaargh!!!
Alhamdulillah - I was grateful still cos I had another laptop to work on and was able to take my hard disk out of my laptop to continue my work. What I did was to ask the technician about my files in the laptop, whether I can retrieve it? She then helped me to take my hard disk out. To me that was the price for not getting angry-a clear mind to think and a solution to my predicament :)) Along the way, I learned many things that I had wanted to learn and worked things out to complete my project;
- Challenges usually arised for you to pause and check what u r doing is right
- To evaluate your work and seek His guidance so that u will not go astray
- To provide you time to do your other 'responsibility' that u might have neglect bcos u r too engrossed
- VERY IMPORTANT - do not rush - u tend to make lots of unnecessary mistakes when u rush
- To look for altenatives to enjoy the break instead of feeling frustrated for not being able to continue with the task
- Allah is Al-Wajid (The Resourceful) - how much time u have in your hand will not allow u to complete the task lest He provides u the resources and the ability to complete your task.
In retrospective, previously when I was an executive I wld just get angry and be at lost as how to continue w my work (at least for a while until - i was calm enuf to find a solution) and continously complain but do whatever i can still, until I got it back. So very unproductive and a waste of energy and time. The challenges kept coming back because i complained a lot instead of using the time to evaluate myself.
If there is such a thing as "stress is good" well it is not so for me - pushing away the choleric I once was. I m comfortable at being peacefully phlegmatic at this stage of my life. Rush will angered me and the devil will take opportunity to pounch on me and make me look out for faults. Adrenaline is only good for me when I am exercising ... it helps burn fats...hehehe... but it does not serve me well when I m doing work or maybe it does when the energy is used positively.
Complaining, is another devil that I don't wish to get involved with. Once you like it - it will stick to you like a leech and will keep sucking up until you kill it or remove it. I don't want to waste my time and energy in it so i don't indulge in it.
So what actually help me meet my dateline as usual is the thought that Allah will ease my journey, if what I am doing is meant for me to be successful in it. If not...then there are reasons that I know not and only He knows...All praise be to Allah - Alhamdulillah - may Allah provide me the wisdom to resolve my challenges rather than complaining. Ameeen.
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