#7

My brother, since Friday (two days ago) I came in class in UINSA (Islamic State University of Sunan Ampel) Surabaya for postgraduate program. Alhamdulillah I get new friends and lecturers. In the first meeting we as students get duty from our lectures to make a paper. 

Do you know my brother, how many referance that we must use for this paper? 15 referances. Among of it must be there English and Arabic language. The paper must be written minimally in 15 pages.

I still remember what one of lecturer (Prof. Dr. Ali Aziz, MA) said. Make this duty as a challenge, not burden. If we think this duty is burden we will get pressing, stress, and we will feel that we are forced. But if we think it is challenge we will do it happily and enjoy.

Hm..may be I will increase it. We also should do this duty sincerity, because of Allah, because of paradise.  Is it right? :)

Surabaya, September 14, 2014

#6

My brother, just now I joined playing football with my friends. I am sure that it will give many advantages. The advantages are; making body health, making spirit higher, for “deleting” boring, make brotherhood strong, etc. Yeah, those are advantages that will be gotten. I think, There are other advantages that I mention here but I still don’t find it.

O  yeah, we also can get reward from Allah. But the requreiment is we must intend it for Allah, for  i’dad (preparation of jihad). J

Okey, keep spirit brother. May Allah always gives us blessings and merciful. Ameen.

Surabaya, September 6, 2014

#5

My brother, just now my friend told me that he was refused by his candidate wife to get marriage. For the first time, the woman said that she is ready  to get marriage with him.  So my friend apply her for marriage. She received it for the fors time. But after several times, she said that there is not suitable thing both of them, so she cancel it.

I suggested him that inshaAllah he will get better woman than her. May be if he get marriage with her, they will not get happiness. Yeah, Allah more know about it. Allah love to His creature and give best decision to His lovely servant.

May Allah give my friend good and shalehah wife. Ameen.

Surabaya, September 5, 2014

The True Meaning of Focus

My brother, for reaching success we need focus. But many people get wrongness in understanding of focus. If we have dream they suggest us to choose only one dream. We are not allowed to own many dreams. Why? Because according to them, it for making us focus in reaching our dream.

But in my opinion, the meaning of focus is not like that. We are allowed to own many dreams. We also can be focus in all of our dreams. We can do all of activities that can reach our dream. But, when we do one activity (one dream)  we are focus and we don’t think about aother activity (dream). When we change our activity we should be focus in that activity and we don’t think about others.

So, eventhough we have many dreams it does’n matter. We can be focus in all of our dreams. The most important we don’t do activities that doesn’t bring us to get dreams.

Okey, keep spirit. :)

Surabaya, September 4, 2014

Are We Still Sad?

My brother, many people feel sad if there are anythings that are not suitable with their heart. We know that it is natural. I mean sadness, happiness, etc are things that must happen in our life.

But in Islamic teaching, we are forbidden by Allah to be sad. Allah said in al-Quran, “Laa Tahzan”. “Don’t be sad”. So, if we are often sad in our life, we don’t obey to Allah command. He forbid us in order we are not sad, but we are still often sad. It is signs that our faith is not srong. Our faith is still weak.

A good moslem will be always happy in his life. If he get something good he will thankfull to Allah. But if he get something bad, he will be patient. Both of them are good and create happiness.

Okey, it is the last statement for me in this writing as conclusion:

“We are commanded by Allah to do maximally and effort as possible as we can. But we are also forbidden to be sad. If we do but we are sad, so we still don’t obey to Allah”.

Okey, thank you. May this writing can give advantage for us. :)

Surabaya, September 3, 2014

For Keep Motivation

My brother, I only want to say to you that we need motivation for reaching success. But, how the way to keep our motivation?

One of the way is we write motivation words on a paper. Then we put the paper in places that we can look it easily. It can be mirror, wallet, dekstop of laptop, or in other places. So when we are not spirit and we look that words motivation we will get high motivation again.

The other way is we often speak affirmation words loudly. What is the example for this one? The example is like this: 

“I am the special...

I am the winner...

I must be able...”

Say it loudly frequently. If we can, say it loudly in the morning after waking up from sleep.

How about us? Can we?

Surabaya, September 2, 2014

The Most Dangerous Barrier

My brother, just now I joined motivation training that is held by STAI Luqman AL-Hakim Surabaya. The motivator is Faqih Syarif, a spritual motivator.

He told about the way to get success. The formula is HIT. H= “Hancurkan penghalang”. The meaning is, destroy the barrier. I = “Impianmu tuliskan”. Write your dream. T =”Tingkatkan kemampuanmu”. Improve your abilty.

He said that the obstacle or barrier that must be destroyed there are two. Visible barrier and invisible barrier. The example of invisible barrier is negative thinking, fear of failure, and destructive character.

But I think, there is one more barrier that we must destroy. It is sin or immoral, especially caused by eyes (immoral/sin of eyes). Really,  in my opinion, it is the most dangerous barrier in this life. I said like that based on my experience.

May we can be safe from this barrier. Ameen.

Surabaya, September 1, 2014