Where do you see yourself in five years?

recently  friend of mine went through a job interview

of course we all have been through such things

asking typical questions

and asking quite the challenging ones

which extract and show the interviewer 

the depth of the interviewee's personality

it can range from simple questions like

(What best describes you?)

or it can be quite deep like

(What would you do if you were put in this certain situation and faced with certain issues?)

it may not seem like a deep question

but in general asking questions 

at a varying levels can show the depth of personality

but one questions stands outside the crowd 

its somewhat simple 

but in our story, our hero found it a bit challenging 

or more accurately made him think

and the question was

(Where do you see yourself in five years from now?)

some may have the answer to this question some may not have the answer 

some of us have that plan of what to do after those five years

and some don't 

and its not something bad not to have the plan for after five years

its because one cannot simply predict

what he could be doing within five years from now

based on where he is at in the present

some do have an idea based on his visioning,

but one forgets the present and how it has its effect too !

Dear Readers , DON'T PANIC !

just don't over think it

i know i have mentioned this as a topic to think about

however don't lose the grip of it all

the proverb states clearly

to neither dwell in the past nor the future 

in a way that we lose the present

rather live the present in order to build and progress

towards the future.

a festive Eid to think of things !

Greetings and happy eid al fitr 

to all Muslim brethren 

my god accept your good deed 

and your faithful duties 

now this eid has a bit of a twist to it

as i was enjoying my time with my family

i have just reflected on certain things

and thought about many issues

of course one thing remained in my mind 

the whole process 

and i thought to myself

i should be thankful 

yes with many bad things occurring and with all that is happening in the world   

one cannot help but think thankful

its enough to be thankful for the fact that one can spend 

this time with the people he cares for the most

that is one thing

and its true quite a lot of bad things are happening now a days

but it only makes us think of how we take things for granted

we don't realize it until it hits us

and yes all the rest just follows in perfectly

how the fact that you are alive and well

and you are spending a nice time with the people you love the most

so yes ... in the spirit of eid al fitr

and in accordance to my last article that i wrote

about being thankful

i am this eid thankful for all that i am having at the moment

and for all that i am getting !

Rebirths

at certain points in life
we all experience that moment

of when we start all over again
or start with a clean slate

or more accurately
start anew with a (Rebirth)

recently we all had quite a shock
when my father has gotten his retirement process speed up

we were all at shock
although now that all is settled
we all see that
this is just a another moment in life
when we experience a rebirth

a new situation
a new life
a new scenario

all this telling us that life is ever chaining
and in every second there is something new

and that it is never ending
and at any minute you can have
a moment of

(Rebirth)

that awful point of stagnation

well ... talking from a personal point of view

have you ever reached that point of stagnation ?

i mean OK stagnation is a big word

it mainly means in general terms

reaching to a point where you are stuck in

economically 

that prolonged period of slow economic growth

in other terms 

(Stuck in a rut) 

that is painful isn't it ?

(talking personally)

feeling as if you are stuck in a position you dislike

with no sense of direction

and certainly no hopes for a better tomorrow

i know it hurts 

knowing that you are filled with dreams and hopes 

for that better tomorrow

you feel that you are stuck in a current situation that dose not

help you to achieve that better tomorrow

but you know what?

its time to stop !

to stop all that

and to begin again

yes you can all get out of that evil thing called (stuck in a rut)

and achieve the better tomorrow you dreamed of 

first you have to know the situation that you are stuck in

it can be stuck in a job, or that your life has become into a rhythmic systematic routine 

in order to break the cycle that you are in

secondly you have to believe in yourself

its a key important thing to do, one needs to believe that he is capable

of adapting a thought and believing that he can achieve it

add to that a positive mind set which can help you to continue with your thought

then we start with the tricky part

what you should do next !

its a perfect opportunity to see where you are in life

meaning to set for yourself goals and objectives to be achieved

this way it will make your 

recalling what you really wanted to achieve 

or wanted to do which in turn will get you moving

that is of course if you are moving rather than staying put

doing the latter will actually enhance your situation of being stuck in a rut

SO lets all get up and lets all get out of that awful dreaded situation 

i personally will do that !

Being thankful

first of all i would like to give a warm greeting 

for the holly month of Ramadhan to my dear readers

may it be a blessed month to all

Secondly in the spirit of this month 

i would love to just talk about this topic

where we also tend to forget quite often

and in the middle of it all we tend to sound a bit 

(ungrateful) 

its not that we are doing it on purpose 

it is because we have lost our focus on life which makes us sound bitter and eventually ungrateful 

what it is ... is that 

we look at our life and then 

we complain of what is lacking in it

we don't have (x) of a certain thing

it could be something of material procession

or a certain goal to be reached 

and in the middle of it all 

we remind our self's

how we are short out of that desire that we want

or how we are just not lucky if we did not have that certain something

in our life 

and wow ... how many times have we thought about it

that if we had that certain something 

we would be more happier people

but what we forget the most 

is to be thankful towards what we already have

yes that is true

to be thankful of what we currently have

   

for what we already are having rather than what we don't have

and what we want to have

for some it would sound just stupid and useless

since its not what they want 

but think about it

the minute you write down what you are thankful for

you then realize 

you will realize that you have quite a lot to be thankful for

of course i don't speak for all 

it may differ from one person to another

and this in no way is an excuse not to aspire for higher goals or ambitions 

but still the main idea

is to realize what you have 

to be able to see the wider image 

and to try and measure out things !

so lets start being thankful for what we have

and maybe we will see things differently 

It only takes that moment !

recently a disaster occurred locally

where a fire took out a local "open market"

 there were no casualties from the fire

thankfully no one got hurt

yes there was damage, and yes lives change

but one can only think of many things from this incident

many lessons come up 

of course we tend to not recall those lessons 

and life can have a habit of reminding us of those lessons

either in a subtle way or quite openly 

one lesson which i recall 

from this whole incident is 

how can one lose in just that moment 

think about it !

it take one minute to make a mistake and lose it all 

it takes moments

and all is gone 

all the hard work 

all of what was worked for

all what any one tried so hard to reach for

can all be gone in a matter of moments !

and one can only start all over again

one simply cannot bare the emotional burden from such incident

and it will be difficult for anyone to overcome such situation

but one can only do that in order to just overcome and move on

it will not be easy 

it will not be

but that is the only way one can ever move on

and wish that life will bring up something good along the way

happiness is not for ever, and sadness never lasts forever  

what do we really want in life ?

i wondered recently 

with life and its ever changing situations 

and with all of its ups and downs

with all the fluctuations of life

with all the different situations 

clearly at each and at every single point it seems

that we have this ever growing (need)

it could be materialistic it could be an intangible thing that we desire 

its amazing how sometimes we switch from wanting a box of chocolates to wanting love affection

and its also amazing in the same retrospect that we go and buy things 

just to feel wanted or to feel that we are within the crowd 

when all that was wanted was the need to belong 

basically speaking 

we have Maslow's Hierarchy of needs 

interpreting what we need as human beings 

what is considered to be basic 

and from it we can trace all what follows after from that 

but when you think about it

needs are changing in life 

what you used to need before is not what you need right now

something that is now rendered obsolete

and you keep on thinking of what is next 

what you really want 

and then comes the big question 

(What Do We Really want in life?) 

of course lets break this down a bit more into details

you have wants and you have needs

and basically what you need is something necessary to live by

and what you want it simply an extension of your desire 

- so to speak -

and it just is mind boggling to see mixing up of what you really need with what you want

and how people just fell into that trap (including me personally) of just buying stuff

and buying more stuff since the old stuff became useless 

(which is false since that old stuff is perfectly fine)

we have fallen into a mess ! 

of buying stuff in the name of (need) when you just do not need them

we have became something of a consuming society 

where personal possessions rule us 

and some of us are the lucky ones who survived all this 

or who are well aware of this ! 

just remember 

there is a difference (as i mentioned before) 

from what you want and what you need !