Apa ertinya menjadi miskin

 

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Suatu hari, seorang bapa dari sebuah keluarga yang kaya raya membawa anak lelakinya ke dalam sebuah kampung dengan tujuan menunjukkan kepada anaknya itu kehidupan orang-orang miskin. Mereka bermalam selama beberapa hari di sebuah ladang yang didiami oleh golongan yang sangat miskin.

Di dalam perjalanan pulang, si ayah bertanya kepada anaknya, "Macam mana percutian kita kali ni?"

Si anak menjawab, "Menarik dan hebat, ayah,"

"Kamu sudah melihat sendiri bagaimana susahnya kehidupan mereka yang tidak berharta?"

"Ya,"

Bertanya lagi si ayah, "Jadi, apa yang kamu dapat kali ni?"

Lalu si anak tadi memberikan jawapan yang agak panjang,

"Kita ada dua ekor anjing dan mereka ada empat. Kita ada kolam yang terletak di tengah-tengah taman tetapi mereka mempunyai sungai yang tidak berpenghujung. Kita ada lampu yang diimport di taman kita tetapi mereka ada bintang-bintang di langit pada waktu malam. Keluasan tanah kita sehingga ke halaman hadapan tetapi mereka mempunyai keluasan sehingga kekali langit,"

"Kita tinggal cuma di atas tanah yang kecil sedangkan mereka mempunyai padang yang sangat luas saujana mata memandang. Kita ada pembantu untuk membantu kita tetapi mereka memberi pertolongan, bukan meminta.Kita membeli makanan kita tetapi mereka menanam sendiri makanan mereka. Kita ada dinding sahaja untuk melindungi kita sedangkan mereka mempunyai sahabat handai yang melindungi mereka,"

Si ayah terdiam mendengar jawapan anaknya. Si anak tersebut kemudiannya berkata, "Terima kasih, ayah, kerana menunjukkan kepada saya betapa miskinnya kita"

Which one will you choose?

A group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one still in use while the other disused. Only one child played on the disused track, the rest on the operational track.

The train came, and you were just beside the track interchange. You could make the train change its course to the disused track and saved most of the kids. However, that would also mean the lone child playing by the disused track would be sacrificed. Or would you rather let the train go its way?

Let's take a pause to think what kind of decision we could make.............
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How do you decide?
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What is your decision?
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Most people might choose to divert the course of the train,and sacrifice only one child. You might think the same way, I guess.

Exactly, I thought the same way initially because to save most of the children at the expense of only one child was rational decision most people would make, morally and emotionally.

But, have you ever thought that the child choosing to play on the disused track had in fact made the right decision to play at a safe place?

Nevertheless, he had to be sacrificed because of his ignorant friends who chose to play where the danger was.

This kind of dilemma happens around us everyday. In the office, community, in politics and especially in a democratic society, the minority is often sacrificed for the interest of the majority, no matter how foolish or ignorant the majority are, and how farsighted and knowledgeable the minority are.

The child who chose not to play with the rest on the operational track was sidelined. And in the case he was sacrificed, no one would shed a tear for him.

The friend who forwarded me the story said he would not try to change the course of the train because he believed that the kids playing on the operational track should have known very well that track was still in use and that they should have run away if they heard the train's sirens.

If the train was diverted, that lone child would definitely die because he never thought the train could come over to that track!

Moreover, that track was not in use probably because it was not safe. If the train was diverted to the track, we could put the lives of all passengers on board at stake! And in your attempt to save a few kids by sacrificing one child, you might end up sacrificing hundreds of people to save these few kids.

While we are all aware that life is full of tough decisions that need to be made, we may not realize that hasty decisions may not always be the right one.

"Remember that what's right isn't always popular... and what's popular isn't always right."

Everybody makes mistakes; that's why they put erasers on pencils

Note: Allah knows best.. 

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Everybody is special

 

A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco. "Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend I'd like to bring home with me." "Sure," they replied, "we'd love to meet him."

"There's something you should know the son continued, "he was hurt pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mind and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come live with us." "I'm sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live." "No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us." "Son," said the father, "you don't know what you're asking. Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We have our own lives to live, and we can't let something like this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He'll find a way to live on his own."

At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing more from him. A few days later, however, they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building, they were told. The police believed it was suicide. The grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgue to identify the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didn't know, their son had only one arm and one leg.

The parents in this story are like many of us. We find it easy to love those who are good-looking or fun to have around, but we don't like people who inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable. We would rather stay away from people who aren't as healthy, beautiful, or smart as we are. Thankfully, there's someone who won't treat us that way. Someone who loves us with an unconditional love that welcomes us into the forever family, regardless of how messed up we are.

Tonight, before you tuck yourself in for the night, say a little prayer that God will give you the strength you need to accept people as they are, and to help us all be more understanding of those who are different from us!!! There's a miracle called Friendship That dwells in the heart You don't know how it happens Or when it gets started But you know the special lift It always brings And you realize that Friendship Is God's most precious gift! Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always want to open their hearts to us.

Moral of the story: everybody is special...so, try to accept other as we are all are borned here because of Allah SWT...so, everybody is just the same...