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Muhammad Ali’s advice to his daughters

An incident transpired when Muhammad Ali’s daughters arrived at his home wearing clothes that were quite revealing.

Here is the story as told by one of his daughters:

“When we finally arrived, the chauffeur escorted my younger sister, Laila, and me up to my father’s suite. As usual, he was hiding behind the door waiting to scare us. We exchanged many hugs and kisses as we could possibly give in one day.

My father took a good look at us. Then he sat me down on his lap and said something that I will never forget. He looked me straight in the eyes and said, “Hana, everything that God made valuable in the world is covered and hard to get to.

Where do you find diamonds? Deep down in the ground, covered and protected.

Where do you find pearls? Deep down at the bottom of the ocean, covered up and protected in a beautiful shell.

Where do you find gold? Way down in the mine, covered over with layers and layers of rock. You’ve got to work hard to get to them.”

He looked at me with serious eyes. “Your body is sacred. You’re far more precious than diamonds and pearls, and you should be covered too.”

 

Courtesy: Black Dads Rock.

A love that never dies

I was on the bus on my way to the mall, when a homeless man sat next to me. He saw that I was looking at the bouquet of flowers he held, and told me that they were for his wife because today is her birthday. As he got off the bus, he walked into the cemetery and placed the flowers on his wife’s grave.

A love that never dies GMH. – LoveGivesMeHope.

What to do when children fight: Five Guidelines

Parents usually fail to intervene in escalated sibling conflict, according to a study recently published in “Developmental Psychology,” even though they think they should intervene. And this lack of parental action often results in life-long psychological problems, often severe, especially for the younger children who were victimized.

Here’s how parents can help:

1. AVOID TAKING SIDES, because it may spur feelings of jealousy or increased hostility.
2. ACKNOWLEDGE children’s feelings, encouraging them to learn to communicate with one another.
3. SUGGEST ways that children might learn how to solve problems independently.
4. DON’T PUNISH children without an explanation – and don’t threaten them.
5. SET LIMITS by clearly identifying the types of behavior that are not acceptable.

(Laurie Kramer,in “Developmental Psychology”)

“Forgotten” Quotes

I never deny, I never contradict. I sometimes forget. – Benjamin Disraeli

Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it. – Laurance Peter

What I hear, I forget. What I see, I remember. What I do,  I understand. – Confucius

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you. – William Arthur Ward

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Accepted Supplications

The Prophet (s.a.w) is also reported to have said: Three supplications are assured of acceptance without doubt:

• the complaint of a wronged one
• the prayer of a traveller, and
• the prayer of a father for his child

(Tirmidhi)

The Roots of Violence

The Roots of Violence:

wealth without work,

pleasure without conscience,

knowledge without character,

commerce without morality,

science without humanity,

worship without sacrifice,

politics without principles.

– Mahatma Gandhi

Marriage and Divorce

One was never married, and that’s his hell; another is, and that’s his plague. – Robert Burton

Getting divorced just because you don’t love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do. – Zsa Zsa Gabor

Do We Care Who?

When they came for the Jews, I did nothing, for I am not a Jew. When they came for the Socialists, I did nothing, for I am not a Socialist. When they came for the labor leaders, the homosexuals, the gypsies, I did nothing, for I am none of these, and when they came for me, I was alone, there was no one to stand up for me. – Martin Niemoller, a Lutheran pastor from Nazi Germany

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Whatever misfortunes the unlucky ones are facing, do we have to know who they are? what they believe in, what colour is their skin?  Isn’t the same red blood is running in them? Aren’t they God’s creation? So make your stand and lend a helping hand in whatever way possible.

This thing called beauty

Everything beautiful has its moment and then passes away. (Luis Cernuda)

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty dies. (John Donne)

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think. (Unknown)

Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it. (Confucius)

For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it. (Ivan Panin)