The importance of Rukun Islam and Rukun Iman.
If you're a muslim, these two elements are the most basic foundation you must understand and practice. It really does make a difference and without it, life can never be complete.
Being humble and patient
Often said but hardly practiced. You have no idea how important are these two attributes. It is needed everywhere, anywhere, all the time. At work, school and home. It'll keep you out of unnecessary troubles and regrets. And it builds a good impression on you.
There's no stupid question
Always keep your mind working and explore new grounds. One of the ways to achieve that is to ask questions. No matter how silly it might sounds. However, do not go to the extremes and entertain unnecessary doubts; that's not seeking knowledge, that's playing around with the devil inside of you.
Don't dull over past regrets
Leave the past alone, take the lessons learnt with you and move on. It's not worth taking anything more than that. It's tiring, stressing and you'll waste a lot of time. It's part of life so learn from it and move on.
Be thankful and content
We're always looking at extreme ends of life - the past or the future but never the current. For every little thing, even just having a drink or getting a few paper work done, Thank God for it. At the end of the day, take some time, look at yourself today; what have you done, how have you helped yourself and how have you helped the people around you . Give it a thought - then you can see the good and bad. However, do not regret about what's done and do not play the blame game. Learn from the day and let it go. Take the good with you and Thank God (Syukur Alhamdullilah) for everything.
You can't achieve anything without God's will
La hawla wala quwata illa billah (There is no change/transformation nor power/strength
except through Allah s.w.t). If you yearn for something (achieveing a change or ambition for example), always do it with du'a to Allah s.w.t and followed by hard work.
Note: This is just from my personal experience, if you have any feedbacks, please do share it with me.
Better not be a buggy one!
I think there's a equal amount of bad and good things associated with starting up your own business. The good part includes being your own boss and stuffs like that. The bad part is the stress level.
There's so many relationships you have to maintain. The customers, workers and suppliers. So many politics, dishonesty and just plain bad attitude around. I pray that I don't and won't have any of these attributes. Seeing and learning from my mum's experience running her own stall is a good eye-opener. It really shows you what kind of people are out there. You'll be very surprised.
I could go to very specific details but what's the point? It doesn't matter who they are or what race they belong to. It is just disappointing that there are people like this. Sometimes I try to put myself in their shoe but there's a limit to that, when you've promised so much and can't fulfill those words later on and lie to cover up those things. I'm left with little options.
All I can say, these kind of things can really bring you down. You're not even angry anymore just sad. The stress is just tiring. The doubts in your head go crazy. Your iman is being challenged at great heights.
MashaAllah, if this is what doing a business is like, I pray that my iman (so as my family's) will stay strong all the time and my passion to always be strong.
