AP/AR Food for thought

[Danni and Hamza 36]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF_6vubbyW8

“He that can have Patience, can have what he will”

“All good things come to he who waits”

“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”

“Patience is the key to paradise”

002.153 Al-Baqara
YUSUFALI: O ye who believe! seek help with patient perseverance and prayer; for Allah is with those who patiently persevere.

Romans 12:12
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

I was just sitting here, thinking about how horrible it is to wait, and not have a sure date to look forward to Because patience is a virtue, i need MUCH more of. Anyway, we all know this is a hard thing to do... wait, and no one likes it. When my daughter complains, about something, or about not having something I play the guilt trip on her...."Emma, you shouldn't complain. Think about children, who do not have anything. You have so much. This usually works on her, b/c she is such a thoughtful lil girl (just needs reminded sometimes) Now, I'm sitting here doing a guilt trip on myself. So, I have to wait for my fiance a lil longer. There are worse things I could be waiting for. There are worse things others are waiting for

- I could be waiting for a loved one to come back from war....will they come back?
- I could be waiting for a heart transplant
- I could be a new mother waiting for her prematurely born baby to breath through her own lungs.
- I could be someone who has survived a natural disaster, waiting for relief
- I could be an Orphan, waiting for someone to adopt me, and make me feel loved
- I could be an abused child, waiting for someone to save me!
- I could be someone with limited financial resources, waiting for the next time they can afford to feed their crying children.

I could be waiting for these things, but I am not. I am waiting for my fiance who loves me, and who I'm sure I will be with, and have a bright future with. I am lucky to be waiting for this! So I am happy, and fortunate to have Hamza to wait for...otherwise there would be nothing I am waiting for... and God might find me something else to wait for, and it might not come in the form of a handsome Algerian.


Good luck to everyone waiting. I just started waiting. SOOOOOO, gimme a couple months I might change my tune BUT...I think this thought will jump start my waiting, on a good note

Hoping everyone has a short wait!

[msheesha 548]

Very nice. Great way to have a positive attitude!

[Crossed_fingers 128]

Yes, great way to put it in perspective! I've thought to myself before in times of jealousy when I know most of my friends are doing day-to-day activities with their SO's, that I am so blessed and lucky to have found the love of my life, even if he is inconveniently thousands of miles away! As you said in your post, there are so many worse things out there than having found the man of my dreams!

[Mithra 1,185]

Agreed. Your attitude is great and it will help you get through.

Waiting is hard especially when you have no clue when it will end. I think that was the hardest part for me when I was waiting. If I was told, you'll have to wait 4 months but it will definitely be over on such and such date it would've been an easier wait.

Keep up the positive attitude and hopefully you won't have much longer to wait.

Very nice. Great way to have a positive attitude!

[msheesha 548]

One of the things in Islam I love is that, in any given situation,

we aren't to look at others who have more, or a better situation than us and ask why we don't have what they have, but rather we are to see others who have less and we thankful for our blessings.

It seems like you hit the nail right on the head with your post!

[Danni and Hamza 36]

Thanks for the feedback everyone

[mspain 1]

Way to go Danni, I am trying to find my way back to that place, too.

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

Great positive outlook Danni! Dont give up!

[moroccogirlny 100]

What a great attitude! +1 for you