CHINESE PROVERBS

A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.

A child's life is like a piece of paper on which everyone leaves a mark .

A fool judges people by the presents they give him.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a perfect man without trails.

A nation's treasure is in its scholars .

Dig the well before you are thirsty.

Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet. 

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument.

IT'S NOT WHAT YOU GATHER, BUT WHAT YOU SCATTER

I was at the corner grocery store buying some early potatoes... I noticed a small boy, delicate of bone and feature, ragged but clean, hungrily apprising a basket of freshly picked green peas.

I paid for my potatoes but was also drawn to the display of fresh green peas. I am a pushover for creamed peas and new potatoes.

Pondering the peas, I couldn't help overhearing the conversation between Mr. Miller (the store owner) and the ragged boy next to me.

'Hello Barry, how are you today?'

'H'lo, Mr. Miller. Fine, thank ya. Jus' admirin' them peas. They sure look good' 

'They are good, Barry. How's your Ma?'
'Fine. Gittin' stronger alla' time.'
'Good. Anything I can help you with?'
'No, Sir. Jus' admirin' them peas.'
'Would you like to take some home?' asked Mr. Miller.

'No, Sir. Got nuthin' to pay for 'em with.'

'Well, what have you to trade me for some of those peas?'

'All I got's my prize marble here.'

'Is that right? Let me see it', said Miller.

'Here 'tis. She's a dandy.'

'I can see that. Hmm mmm, only thing is this one is blue and I sort of go for red. Do you have a red one like this at home?' the store owner asked.


'Not zackley but almost.'

'Tell you what. Take this sack of peas home with you and next trip this way let me look at that red marble'. Mr. Miller told the boy.

'Sure will. Thanks Mr. Miller.'


Mrs. Miller, who had been standing nearby, came over to help me.

With a smile she said, 'There are two other boys like him in our community, all three are in very poor circumstances. Jim just loves to bargain with them for peas, apples, tomatoes, or whatever.

When they come back with their red marbles, and they always do, he decides he doesn't like red after all and he sends them home with a bag of produce for a green marble or an orange one, when they come on their next trip to the store.'

I left the store smiling to myself, impressed with this man. A short time later I moved to Colorado , but I never forgot the story of this man, the boys, and their bartering for marbles.

Several years went by, each more rapid than the previous one. Just recently I had occasion to visit some old friends in that Idaho community and while I was there learned that Mr. Miller had died. They were having his visitation that evening and knowing my friends wanted to go, I agreed to accompany them. Upon arrival at the mortuary we fell into line to meet the relatives of the deceased and to offer whatever words of comfort we could.

Ahead of us in line were three young men. One was in an army uniform and the other two wore nice haircuts, dark suits and white shirts...all very professional looking. They approached Mrs. Miller, standing composed and smiling by her husband's casket.

Each of the young men hugged her, kissed her on the cheek, spoke briefly with her and moved on to the casket. Her misty light blue eyes followed them as, one by one; each young man stopped briefly and placed his own warm hand over the cold pale hand in the casket. Each left the mortuary awkwardly, wiping his eyes.

Our turn came to meet Mrs. Miller. I told her who I was and reminded her of the story from those many years ago and what she had told me about her husband's bartering for marbles. With her eyes glistening, she took my hand and led me to the casket.

'Those three young men who just left were the boys I told you about.

They just told me how they appreciated the things Jim 'traded' them. Now, at last, when Jim could not change his mind about color or size....they came to pay their debt.'

'We've never had a great deal of the wealth of this world,' she confided, 'but right now, Jim would consider himself the richest man in Idaho ...'

With loving gentleness she lifted the lifeless fingers of her deceased husband. Resting underneath were three exquisitely shined red marbles.

The Moral:
We will not be remembered by our words, but by our kind deeds. Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath. 

THE MEANING OF BEING FAITHFUL

ROME - Since his owner died two months ago, Tommy the dog has not missed a single mass in the small church in southern Italy where his mistress's funeral was held, 










His owner Maria had lived alone with Tommy and 3 other rescued dogs. They used to follow her on her daily rounds in the fields. The other dogs have been adopted by villagers .

After following his mistress's coffin to the church on the day of her funeral , Tommy has returned daily, attending masses, baptism and funerals , according to the local priest who now wouldn't do without Tommy.

CHINESE ADVICE TO 50-YEARS OLD & OLDER

 Because none of us have many years to live, and we can't take along anything when we go, so we don't have to be too thrifty...




 Spend the money that should be spent, enjoy what should be enjoyed, donate what you are able to donate, but don't leave all to your children or grandchildren, for you don't want them to become parasites who are waiting for the day you will die!!






 Don't worry about what will happen after we are gone, because when we return to dust, we will feel nothing about praises or criticisms. The time to enjoy the worldly life and your hard earned wealth will be over!




 Don't worry too much about your children, for children will have their own destiny and should find their own way. Don't be your children's slave. Care for them, love them, give them gifts but also enjoy your money while you can. Life should have more to it than working from the cradle to the grave!!


 Don't expect too much from your children. Caring children, though caring, would be too busy with their jobs and commitments to render much help.


 Uncaring children may fight over your assets even when you are still  alive, and wish for your early demise so they can inherit your properties and wealth.


 Your children take for granted that they are rightful heirs to your wealth; but that you have no claims to their money.

 50-year old like you, don't trade in your health for wealth by working yourself to an early grave anymore... Because your money may not be able to buy your health...

 When to stop making money, and how much is enough ( hundred thousands, million, ten million )?



 Out of thousand hectares of good farm land, you can consume only three quarts (of rice) daily; out of a thousand mansions, you only need eight square meters of space to rest at night.





 So, as long as you have enough food and enough money to spend, that is good enough. You should live happily. Every family has its own problems. Just do not compare with others for fame and social status and see whose children are doing better, etc., but challenge others for happiness, health, enjoyment, quality of life and longevity...


 Don't worry about things that you can't change because it doesn't help and it may spoil your health.




 You have to create your own well-being and find your own place of happiness. As long as you are in good mood and good health, think about happy things, do happy things daily and have fun in doing, then you will pass your time happily every day.

 One day passes without happiness, you will lose one day.
 One day passes with happiness, and then you gain one day.

 In good spirit, sickness will cure; in a happy spirit, sickness will cure faster; in high and happy spirits; sickness will never come.





 With good mood, suitable amount of exercise, always in the sun, variety of foods, reasonable amount of vitamin and mineral intake, hopefully you will live another 20 or 30 years of healthy life of pleasure.




 Above all, learn to cherish the goodness around... and FRIENDS... They all make you feel young and "wanted"... without them you are surely to feel lost!!

 Wishing you all the best for the years to come.

They said about mothers

Food, love, career, and mothers, the four major guilt groups.
Cathy Guisewite 

Men are what their mothers made them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson 

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.
E. M. Forster 

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.
John F. Kennedy 

If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?
Milton Berle 

Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all.
Maggie Gallagher 

Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being.
Miriam Makeba 

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.
Pearl S. Buck 

كلام جميل‏

1-
 ‏‏‏لا تعاشر نفسا شبعت بعد جوع فإن الخير فيها دخيل، 
  وعاشر نفسا جاعت بعد شبع فإن الخير فيها أصيل
 
  2-
  اغلق أذانك إذا كنت لا تستطيع إغلاق أفواه الاخرين
 
  3-
  لا تقاس العقول بالأعمار،

 فكم من صغير عقله بارع وكم من كبير عقله فارغ

  .4-
  الاحتـرام فــن ليـس كل من تعلمه أتقنــه

  .5-
  المال يجلب لك أصدقاء المصلحة،

والجمال يجلب لك أصدقاء الشهوة،
  أماالأخلاق فتجلب لك أصدقاء العمـر
 
  ..6-
  لا تتأخر بالصفح عن الآخرين فربما لايكونوا موجودين عندما تود الصفح عنهم
 
  7-
  لاتزعل شخصاً ثم تؤجل إرضاءه فقد تسبقك إليه المنيه

 
  ..8-
  إجعل خطواتك في الحياه كمن يمشي علي الرمل لا يسمع صوته ولكن أثره واضح
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  9-
  الصمت دوآء الغضب
 
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  10-
  لو تحطم لك أمل إعرف أن الله يحبك وابتسم
  ولا تقول الحظ عمره ما كمل

 لكن قل أني حاولت ولكن الله ما قسم
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  11-
  عندما يوزع الله الأقدار ولا يمنحك شي تريده ادرك تماماً أن الله
  سيمنحك شي أجمل مما تريد

THEY SAID ABOUT AGE

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.
Agatha Christie 

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
Henry Ford 

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
Robert Frost 

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
Mark Twain 

I don't feel old. I don't feel anything till noon. That's when it's time for my nap.
Bob Hope 

He said: BUDDHA

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.


Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
 

The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.


Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.


Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

أنتي وزجاجه الببسي نفس الشيء كلكم بجنيه

قصة وفيها عبر للمعامله الحسنه بين الازواج :)

تقدم شاب لخطبة فتاة

فلما وجد الأب فيه الصفات المناسبة طلب منه مهر جنيه واحد فقط...

قال الأب : أحنا بنشتري راجل ولا يهمنا المال
فرح الشاب و تم الزواج

كانت هناك حركة يقوم بها الزوج دومًا على سبيل المزاح
كلما اشترى الزوج زجاجه بيبسي يقول لزوجته :
أنتي وزجاجه الببسي نفس الشيء كلكم بجنيه

والزوجة مقهورة وتكتم غيظها
ودايمًا يناديها يا زجاجة البيبسي

طلعوا مرة يتمشون واشترى بيبسي قال لها : تخيلي ؟؟!!
أنتي خسرتيني نفس ما خسرني البيبسي ههههههه

طفح الكيل .......
طلبت الزوجة تزور أهلها واشتكت هناك لهم من زوجها

وقالت :
{ أرخصتم مهري فأرخص قدري } ...

غضب الأب وقال للزوج الذي أتى لأخذ زوجته :

خليها اليوم عندنا وتعال أنت وأهلك بكرة عازمنكم

فرح الزوج ومكنش يعرف المستخبى من العزومه

اليوم الثاني جاء هو وعائلته

فوضع لهم الأب زجاجة بيبسي !!

استغربوا الأهل لكن الزوج بدأ يشعر أن زوجته اشتكت لاهلها
ثم أتى الأب بزجاجة ثانية وثالثة

ووضعها أمام أهل الشاب وقال لهم :
أخذتوا بنتنا بزجاجة بيبسي والآن نعطيكم 3 زجاجات وعاوزنها ترجع لنا

كاد الزوج يغمى عليه من الإحراج

أما أهله فلم يفهموا شيئا

شرح لهم الأب الموقف فغضب الجميع على الزوج وقالوا !!!

أهكذا جزاء من أكرمك؟؟
حلف الأب ألا تخرج البنت من بيته
إلا بـ 300 ألف جنيه
وأيّده الجميع ...

أحرج الزوج وعلم أنه يستحق ما حصل له
وقام بدفع المبلغ مهما حصل لأنه يحب زوجته

ولكن بعد فتره بقى يناديها

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يا مصنع البيبســــــــي

Don't laugh. Be Aware.

Who are they? ----- They are Doctors 

Who is he? ------ He is an Actor 

Who are these people? They are farmers..... 

What about these guys? Who are they? Guess!!!

Any Guess !!!!!!!!!!!!
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Yeah... They are SOFTWARE ENGINEERS, BANKERS, CONSULTANTS, OFFICE EXECUTIVES, PRESIDENTS, VICE PRESIDENTS, GENERAL MANAGERS WHO WORK FOR 15 HOURS A DAY, SITTING AT ONE PLACE … 

 Don't laugh. Be Aware. It is a global issue now. So, take care of yourself and your FAT. 

To get to a good shape...try to adhere to the following 25 tips 

قوه الدعاء

قصة واقعية حقيقية فيها من العجب !! حصلت في باكستان :

خرج الطبيب الجراح الشهير (د : ايشان) على عجل الى المطار للمشاركة في المؤتمر 

العلمي الدولي الذي سيلقى فيه تكريماً على انجازاته الکبيرة في علم الطب ,

وفجأة وبعد ساعة من الطيران أُعلن أن الطائرة

أصابها عطل كبير بسبب صاعقة ، وستهبط اضطرارياً في أقرب مطار ،

توجه الى استعلامات المطار مخاطباً :

أنا طبيب عالمي كل دقيقة عندي تساوي أرواح أ ناس وأنتم تريدون أن أبقى 16 ساعة 

بإنتظار طائرة؟.

أجابه الموظف : يادكتور، إذا كنت على عجلة يمكنك إستئجار سيارة ، فرحلتك لاتبعد 

عن هنا سوى 3 ساعات بالسيارة .

رضي د / ايشان على مضض وأخذ السيارة وظل يسير وفجأة تغير الجو وبدأ المطر 

يهطل مدراراً وأصبح من العسير أن يرى اي شيء أمامه وظل يسير وبعد ساعتين أيقن 

أنه قد ضل طريقه وأحس بالتعب

رأى أمامهُ بيتاً صغيراً فتوقف عنده وطرق الباب فسمع صوتًا إمرأة كبيرة تقول:

- تفضل بالدخول كائنًا من كنت فالباب مفتوح

دخل وطلب من العجوز المقعدة أن يستعمل تليفونهآ

ضحكت العجوز وقالت : أي تليفون ياولدي؟ ألا ترى أين أنت؟

هنا لا كهرباء ولا تليفونات

ولكن تفضل واسترح وخذ لنفسك فنجان شاي ساخن وهناك بعض الطعام كل حتى تسترد 

قوتك.

شكر د/ ايشان المرأة وأخذ يأكل بينما كانت العجوز تصلي وتدعي وانتبه فجأة الى طفل 

صغير نائم بلا حراك على سرير قرب العجوز وهي تهزه بين كل صلاة وصلاة ،

استمرت العجوز بالصلاة والدعآء طويلاً فتوجه لها قائلًا:

- .... والله لقد اخجلني كرمك ونبل أخلاقك وعسى الله أن يستجيب لك دعواتك

قالت العجوز:

- يا ولدي أما أنت ابن سبيل أوصى بك الله

و أما دعواتي فقد أجابها الله سبحانه وتعالى كلها إلا واحدة ، فقال د / ايشان:

- وماهي تلك الدعوة ؟


قالت : هذا الطفل الذي تراه حفيدي يتيم الأبوين ، أصابهُ مرضٌ عضال عجز عنه كل 

الأطباء عندنا ، وقيل لي أن جراحاً كبيراً قادر على علاجه يقال له د/ايشان ولكنه يعيش 

بعيداً من هنا ولا طاقة لي بأخذ هذا الطفل الى هناك وأخشى أن يشقى هذا المسكين 

فدعوت الله أن يسهل امرى...

بكى د/ ايشان وقال : والله ان دعاءك قد عطل الطائرات وضرب الصواعق وأمطر 

السمآء ، كي يسوقني إليك سوقاً والله ما ايقنت أن الله عز وجل يسوق الأسباب هکذا 

لعباده المؤمنين بالدعآء

حينما تنقطع الأسباب لا يبقى إلا اللجوء إلى خالق الأرض والسماء

من 

الصفحة الرسمية لمحبي الشيخ  الأسير