What we can learn from a donkey….Bir eşekten neler öğrenebiliriz….

One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn’t worth it to retrieve the donkey. He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly.

 Then, to everyone’s amazement he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up. As the farmer’s neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

Moral: Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up. Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

 1. Free your heart from hatred – Forgive.
2. Free your mind from worries – Most never happens.
3. Live simply and appreciate what you have – Avoid “Israf” (extravagance, waste).
4. Give more – Charity purifies the soul.
5. Expect less from people but more from yourself – Practice “Ihsan” (perfect goodness).

Bir gün, bir çiftçinin eşeği kuyuya düşer. Adam ne yapacağını düşünürken, hayvan saatlerce anırır. En sonunda çiftçi, hayvanın yaşlı olduğunu ve kuyunun da zaten kapanması gerektiğini düşünür ve eşeği çıkartmaya değmeyeceğine karar
verir. Bütün komşularını yardıma çağırır. Her biri birer kürek alarak kuyuya toprak atmaya başlarlar. Eşek ne olduğunu fark edince, önce daha beter bağırmaya başlar.

Sonra, herkesin şaşkınlığına, sesini keser. Birkaç kürek toprak daha attıktan sonra, çiftçi kuyuya bakar. Gözlerine inanamaz. Eşek, sırtına düşen her kürek toprakla müthiş bir şey yapmakta, toprağı aşağıya silkeleyerek yukarı çıkmasına basamak hazırlamaktadır. Bir süre sonra, komşular toprak atmaya devam edince, herkesin şaşkınlığı altında eşek, kuyunun kenarından dışarı bir adım atıp, koşarak uzaklaşır!

Kıssadan hisse; Hayat üzerinize hep toprak atacaktır; her türlü pislik ile. Kuyudan çıkmanın sırrı, bu pisliği silkeleyip bir adım yükselmektir. Sıkıntılarımızın her biri bir adımdır. En derin kuyulardan bile yılmayarak, usanmayarak çıkabiliriz. Silkelenin ve biraz daha yukarı çıkın.

Mutluluğun 5 basit kuralını unutmayınız:

1. Kalbinizi nefretten arındırın – Affedin.
2. Düşüncelerinizi endişelerinizden arındırın – Çoğu zaten hiç gerçekleşmez.
3. Basit yaşayın ve elinizdekilerin kıymetini bilin. – İsraftan kaçının.
4. Daha çok verin – sadaka vermek ruhu arındırır
5. İnsanlardan daha az bekleyin ama kendinizden daha fazla şey bekleyin. İhsan et.

A real beautiful story…. Gerçek güzel bir hikaye…..

 

A man married a very beautiful girl and he loved her very much. One day she developed a skin disease. And slowly she started to lose her beauty. It so happened that one day her husband left for a tour. While returning he met with an accident and lost his eyesight. However their married life continued as usual. But as days passed she lost her beauty gradually. Blind husband did not know this and there was not any difference in their married life. He continued to love her and she also loved him very much.

One day she died. Her death brought him great sorrow. He finished all her last rites and wanted to leave that town.
A man from behind called him and said, now how will you be able to walk all alone? All these days your wife used to help you.
He replied, I am not blind. I was acting, because if she knew l could see her ugliness it would have pained her more than her disease. So I pretended to be blind. She was a very good wife. I only wanted to keep her happy.

Moral:

– Some times it is good for us to act blind and ignore one another’s short comings, in order to be happy.

No matter how many times the teeth bite the tongue, they still stay together in one mouth. That is the spirit of FORGIVENESS.

Even though the eyes don’t see each other, they see things together, blink simultaneously and cry together. That’s UNITY.

May Allah grant us all the spirit of forgiveness, unity and togetherness.