dOn't wE alL..?
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I was parked in front of the mall wiping off my car. I had just come from the car wash and was waiting for my wife to get out of work. Coming my way from across the parking lot was what society would consider a hobo, street beggar, tramp or vagabond. From the looks of him, he had no car, no home, no clean clothes, and no money.
There are times when you feel generous but there are other times that you just don't want to be bothered. This was one of those "don't want to be bothered times." "I hope he doesn't ask me for any money," I thought. He didn't. He came and sat on the curb in front of the bus stop but he didn't look like he could have enough money to even ride the bus.
After a few minutes he spoke. "That's a very pretty car," he said. He was ragged but he had an air of dignity around him. His scraggly blond beard kept more than his face warm. I said, "thanks," and continued wiping off my car. He sat there quietly as I worked. The expected plea for money never came. As the silence between us widened something inside said, "ask him if he needs any help." I was sure that he would say "yes" but I held true to the inner voice.
"Do you need any help?" I asked. He answered in three simple but profound words that I shall never forget.
We often look for wisdom in great men and women. We expect it from those of higher learning and accomplishments.
I expected nothing but an outstretched grimy hand. He spoke the three words that shook me. "Don't we all?" he said.
I was feeling high and mighty, successful and important, above a hobo in the street, until those three words hit me like a twelve gauge shotgun. Don't we all?
I needed help. Maybe not for bus fare or a place to sleep, but I needed help. I reached in my wallet and gave him not only enough for bus fare, but enough to get a warm meal and shelter for the day. Those three little words still ring true. No matter how much you have, no matter how much you have accomplished, you need help too. No matter how little you have, no matter how loaded you are with problems, even without money or a place to sleep, you can give help. Even if it's just a compliment, you can give that. You never know when you may see someone that appears to have it all. They are waiting on you to give them what they don't have. A different perspective on life, a glimpse at something beautiful, a respite from daily chaos, that only you through a torn world can see.
Maybe the man was just a homeless stranger wandering the streets. Maybe he was more than that. He was sent by a power that is great and wise, to minister to a soul too comfortable in himself to teach him a lesson. Don't we all?
There are times when you feel generous but there are other times that you just don't want to be bothered. This was one of those "don't want to be bothered times." "I hope he doesn't ask me for any money," I thought. He didn't. He came and sat on the curb in front of the bus stop but he didn't look like he could have enough money to even ride the bus.
After a few minutes he spoke. "That's a very pretty car," he said. He was ragged but he had an air of dignity around him. His scraggly blond beard kept more than his face warm. I said, "thanks," and continued wiping off my car. He sat there quietly as I worked. The expected plea for money never came. As the silence between us widened something inside said, "ask him if he needs any help." I was sure that he would say "yes" but I held true to the inner voice.
"Do you need any help?" I asked. He answered in three simple but profound words that I shall never forget.
We often look for wisdom in great men and women. We expect it from those of higher learning and accomplishments.
I expected nothing but an outstretched grimy hand. He spoke the three words that shook me. "Don't we all?" he said.
I was feeling high and mighty, successful and important, above a hobo in the street, until those three words hit me like a twelve gauge shotgun. Don't we all?
I needed help. Maybe not for bus fare or a place to sleep, but I needed help. I reached in my wallet and gave him not only enough for bus fare, but enough to get a warm meal and shelter for the day. Those three little words still ring true. No matter how much you have, no matter how much you have accomplished, you need help too. No matter how little you have, no matter how loaded you are with problems, even without money or a place to sleep, you can give help. Even if it's just a compliment, you can give that. You never know when you may see someone that appears to have it all. They are waiting on you to give them what they don't have. A different perspective on life, a glimpse at something beautiful, a respite from daily chaos, that only you through a torn world can see.
Maybe the man was just a homeless stranger wandering the streets. Maybe he was more than that. He was sent by a power that is great and wise, to minister to a soul too comfortable in himself to teach him a lesson. Don't we all?
posted by a friend, thanX taru..
mnusia..x bleh idup sndri..(ye..?)
teap2 1 prtnyaan tu pling2 x, msti ada bngkangn, ye x..?
+ plak lps xperience duk dklilingi bbudak law tu..hu3..
ye la..bnatang pn tawu nk brinteraksi..
ne kn pulak mnusia y dkrnia otak dsokong akal y waras, bijak, bistari, cerdik, pandai, n mcm2 lg..
hurm, tp kalo da x reti nk bkwan, brhbgn, brkmnikasi, g la duk dlm gua srang2,..mkn batu..
huk3, mna boley..
org melayu kna mkn nsik..
penin tgk sgolongn umat mnusia y snggp x mkn nsik smata2 jg bdn..
dah tu, sggp plak telan sgla mak nenek supplment n vitamn y ntah hpe2 tuh..
oren ngn kangkung pn ada vtamin apa..nyushkn dri btoy..!
ups, balek pd prsoalan...
nk mkn nsik..kna ada beras, beras dtg dr psawah..(eh, msin padi kot..?)
pastu, sawah ngn bendang tu...meh dr sapa..?
patut2 la...
nk mkn nsik y bley dpt 7 kupang kt kdai sbungkus pn kna prtlgan org jgk...
ingt jtuh dr langit ka..?
tp, ssah sgt nk memberi..nk mnerima, hurm, bla2 msa steady..seap mminta lg..
no matter how much you have, how much you have achieved...you still need help..
no matter how hard life pushed you, how less you got..you can give help...
even a compliment,..even just a smile..we can give it..
saddaqa is baraqa..
ssahnye kita nk pcya jnji2 Allah...
ssahnye kita nk ingt dlm stiap sen kita ada hrta org laen..
snangnye kita lupa, apa y kita x patut lupa..
sume bnda y ada ne pn, Tuhan y bg..nk blagak hpe la sgt..
bla2 Dia bley tarik balek..
chup..!miss 1 point, dlm memberi tu plak kna ikhlas..
bkn memberi ntuk blsan..
cba bygkn stiap blsan hari depan y lg bgnda..
ish3, x trkira bnyknya..
pnday memasak, nk bg org kenyang ke nk duit smata..?
suka senyum, nk bg org senang ke sndri puny senang..?
rngn tulang, kalo xder org y mnonton..?
rajin ibadah, ntuk Allah ke showing off..?
to conclude,
Allah have given everything..
food, health, mind, soul, life, love, world, people...
wUt we got for Him..?
do wUtever He command us, left wUtsoever He prohibit us..
we have faith..de only things that sees de invisible,
n by believing de incredible, n insya Allah..receive de impossible..
for a place THERE that never been reach our sights, all ears never heard, n never thought by de mind n heart..
strive for Jannah..
