From: Tabligh Secretariat [mailto:tablighad...@raha.com] Sent: 10 July 2009 11:42 To: Sultan Govani Subject: FRIDAY SUPPLEMENT - 10th July Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem ________________________________ 10th July 2009 17th Rajab 1430 FRIDAY SUPPLEMENT An Article Address by Azim Premji in the 'Shaping Young Minds Program' (SYMP) on 'My Lessons in Life'. Azim Premji ranks 21 on The World's Billionaires 2007 - Forbes.com) I am very happy to be here with you. It is always wonderful to be with young people. As my hair turned from black, to salt and pepper and finally salt without the pepper, I have begun to realize the importance of youth. At the same time, I have begun to truly appreciate some of the lessons I have learnt along the way. I hope you will find them useful when you plan your own career and life. 1- The first thing I have learnt is that we must always begin with our strengths. There is an imaginary story of a rabbit. The rabbit was enrolled in a rabbit school. Like all rabbits, it could hop very well but could not swim. At the end of the year, the rabbit got high marks in hopping but failed in swimming. The parents were concerned. They said, 'Forget about hopping. You are, anyway good at it. Concentrate on swimming.' <http://www.dartabligh.net/mailings/images/rabbit.jpg> They sent the rabbit for tuitions in swimming. And guess what happened? The rabbit forgot how to hop! As for swimming, have you ever seen a rabbit swim? While it is important for us to know what we are not good at, we must also cherish what is good in us. That is because it is only our strengths that can give us the energy to correct our weaknesses. 2- The second lesson I have learnt is that a rupee earned is of far more value than five found. <http://www.dartabligh.net/mailings/images/breakfast1.jpg> My friend was sharing with me, the story of his eight year-old niece. She would always complain about the breakfast. The cook tried everything possible, but the child remained unhappy. Finally, my friend took the child to a supermarket and brought one of those ready-to-cook cereal packets. The child had to cut the packet and pour water in the dish. The child found the food to be absolutely delicious. The difference was that she had cooked it! In my own life, I have found that nothing gives as much satisfaction as earning our own rewards. In fact, what is gifted or inherited follows the old rule of 'come easy, go easy'. I guess we only know the value of what we have, if we have struggled to earn it. 3- The third lesson I have learnt is, in Cricket, no one bats a hundred every time. Life has many challenges. You win some and lose some. You must enjoy winning. But do not let it go to the head. The moment it does, you are already on your way to failure. And if you do encounter failure along the way, treat it as an equally natural phenomenon. Don't beat yourself for it or anyone else for that matter! Accept it, look at your own share in the problem, learn from it and move on. The important thing is, when you lose, do not 'lose the lesson'. If we persevere long enough, we can put any problem into its perspective. To Be continued next week “The friend of every man is his intellect and his enemy is his ignorance.” Imam al-Ridha (a.s) ________________________________ Tabligh Sub Committee - KSI Jamaat, DSM --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "shiagroup" group. To post to this group, send email to shiagroup@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to shiagroup+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/shiagroup?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
