Saturday, July 30, 2011

Respecting Parents


I have been observing some thing from last couple of years that hurt me a lot. Our Parents sacrifice there happiness, their needs, their comforts and above all precious years of their life for us. At each stage of life their children are their first priority. Right from the day they are blessed with parenthood their life change completely, the only thing that matters most is their Children.

But sadly when parents get old and time comes that their children support them all there dreams and hopes are shattered. For children they are burden, last priority, a responsibility from which they always tries to shy away.

This ignorant attitude towards parents is not our tradition or part of our upbringing. We all are blessed with mind that is capable to differentiate between right & wrong. When with countless efforts of our parents and blessings of Allah we get good jobs and starts earning we should always keep in mind that what we are today is only because of our parents.

When we can tolerate other people even when they are wrong, when we can listen to others without arguing, when we can respect & love others in all circumstances then why not our parents? They deserve our attention, our love, our concern more than anyone else.

It's my request to all my readers to love & respect your parents, don't shout or misbehave with them. Try to give them time, try to show them how much they mean to you, how much you love them. Start doing so now as you don't know when this precious time is over and then you will regret.

Have a nice day ahead.
Aisha Javed

Ignored Blessings!!


Yesterday I realized strongly that there are so many blessings of Allah that we never thank for and while complaining about mishaps & hardships we always tend to forget thanking for them first. We are so used to them that we started taking them for granted. Like our eye sight, ability to use our hands normally, ability to walk, ability to listen, ability to talk, ability to eat normally, ability to breath normally, ability to think and so many others. We are using most of them in each minute of our life but when it comes to thank for blessings most of us sadly say “I am not blessed like other”. They don’t even count these as blessings.

Just imagine if anyone of these is not working for sometime due to some injury or any other medical reason our whole routine is disturbed and we are not even able to carry out our daily task properly.

It’s my request to all readers to stop complaining about hardships and start thanking for these small blessings and you will see the difference and peace in your life.

Even Allah Himself explained this in Quran in Surah Ibrahim Ayat 7 that:

“(Recall the time) when your Lord declared, .If you express gratitude, I shall certainly give you more, and if you are ungrateful, then My punishment is severe”