Monday, February 05, 2007

Aim high! Reach high!

Assalamu alaykum

Haven't had the chance to write on here, because basically the psychologist in me has yet to have a chance in the big wide world,... that is til now!

Alhamdulailah I have the opportunity to start some volunteer work, but getting here has been a journey in its self. Graduates know that its always going to be a case of climbing the ladder in careers, and the goals of what you want to achieve always seem to chance and you always want more then you have. The trick is to make those first steps on that ladder and make it a firm and one which will not make you fall flat on your face.... had too much experience of that!

I never knew just having a degree isn't enough in Psychology, well a bit late now... I wounder why no one told me, but then again how would they, there is no real network system for under gradates to mix and mingle of those in the high power jobs ones which we strive and aim for.

The only way we can succeed is to persist in our dream and to have the right intention and motivation, you never know who else you may be motivating just by you striving for what you want.

I always say to those who just want to give up on heir degree why did you start doing this in the first place? We have tendency to have very short memories and very fluid intention when it comes to seeking knowledge. At the end of the day we wish to do something that we are passionate about. Think about what is it that made you want to do a degree, or more generally what mad you begin to study what you doing now.

I myself wanted just throw in the towel in my second year, but Alhamdulilah through the wisdom and guidance of firstly Allah then some precious sisters Allah enabled me to stick through it more outstandingly actually pass and get a degree, Walhamdulilah!

"Actions are but by intention and every man shall have only that which he intended..."
(Bukhari and Muslim)
The more you put into something the more you will get out of it.
One day Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, noticed a Bedouin leaving his camel without tying it. He asked the Bedouin, "Why don't you tie down your camel?" The Bedouin answered, "I put my trust in Allah." The Prophet then said, "Tie your camel first, then put your trust in Allah"
(Tirmidhi).
The tighter you tie your camel the more likely you will get that what you strive for.
What ever you choose, choose well the and put your trust in Allah, He knows all of our affairs, that which has already passed and the ones to be.
"When you have taken a decision, put your trust in Allah" (Quran 3: 159).
Remember the fundamentals of seeking knowledge firstly to have the correct intention;
* Seeking the pleasure of Allah and making our studying an act of worship in of itself
* Removing the ignorance from ourselves