Confidence and Self-Esteem were best friends.
They went everywhere together.
If Confidence bought a new dress,
Self-Esteem bought one just like it.
They were very close.
One day a new kid came to their school.
His name was Peer Pressure.
He had a friend called Hateful Words.
They decided to give Confidence a hard time.
They constantly teased her.
They forced her to do terrible things.
It was so terrible that Confidence
lost Self-Esteem.
When Self-Esteem wanted to start some classes,
Confidence said they wouldn't be any good.
Then one day, Peer Pressure introduced
Confidence to Doubt.
He wanted to ruin Confidence,
but Peer Pressure said he couldn't yet.
Self Esteem couldn't understand what
was wrong with Confidence.
Confidence now hung around with Depression,
Low Self-Esteem, and Overeating.
These girls were friends of Peer Pressure.
Self-Esteem no longer had any friends.
She no longer felt good about herself.
She went to see her Imaam Good Words.
Imaam Good Words told her how to talk to Confidence.
He introduced her to his daughter, Encouragement.
Encouragement and Self-Esteem
went to find Confidence.
Self Esteem hoped she wasn't too late.
The girls found Confidence in a stupor.
She was no longer a vibrant,
happy young girl.
There were dark circles under her eyes.
She had gained so much weight from eating
that she couldn't move.
Encouragement gasped and Self-Esteem cried.
She begged Encouragement to do something.
Encouragement began to hug Confidence.
She kissed her and loved her.
She told her that she was a beautiful young lady
who had a lot going for her.
Encouragement held Confidence so tightly
that Self-Esteem thought she would smother her.
Confidence began to cry.
As she cried, she seemed to lose weight.
Then a bright light suddenly glowed from
Confidence and she began to smile.
Peer Pressure and his friends didn't like
what Encouragement was doing
and tried to attack her.
They hit at her and pulled at her, but they
couldn't pull her away from Confidence.
Then Confidence began to speak.
"Get away from me, Peer Pressure.
Take your friends and go.
You no longer have any power over me.
" Confidence was now a glowing light.
She and her friends made sure that
Peer Pressure and his gang never
bothered anyone in their town again.
If you feel that Encouragement is not your friend,
then try to find Encouragement in yourself.
Self-Esteem and Confidence will follow.
They went everywhere together.
If Confidence bought a new dress,
Self-Esteem bought one just like it.
They were very close.
One day a new kid came to their school.
His name was Peer Pressure.
He had a friend called Hateful Words.
They decided to give Confidence a hard time.
They constantly teased her.
They forced her to do terrible things.
It was so terrible that Confidence
lost Self-Esteem.
When Self-Esteem wanted to start some classes,
Confidence said they wouldn't be any good.
Then one day, Peer Pressure introduced
Confidence to Doubt.
He wanted to ruin Confidence,
but Peer Pressure said he couldn't yet.
Self Esteem couldn't understand what
was wrong with Confidence.
Confidence now hung around with Depression,
Low Self-Esteem, and Overeating.
These girls were friends of Peer Pressure.
Self-Esteem no longer had any friends.
She no longer felt good about herself.
She went to see her Imaam Good Words.
Imaam Good Words told her how to talk to Confidence.
He introduced her to his daughter, Encouragement.
Encouragement and Self-Esteem
went to find Confidence.
Self Esteem hoped she wasn't too late.
The girls found Confidence in a stupor.
She was no longer a vibrant,
happy young girl.
There were dark circles under her eyes.
She had gained so much weight from eating
that she couldn't move.
Encouragement gasped and Self-Esteem cried.
She begged Encouragement to do something.
Encouragement began to hug Confidence.
She kissed her and loved her.
She told her that she was a beautiful young lady
who had a lot going for her.
Encouragement held Confidence so tightly
that Self-Esteem thought she would smother her.
Confidence began to cry.
As she cried, she seemed to lose weight.
Then a bright light suddenly glowed from
Confidence and she began to smile.
Peer Pressure and his friends didn't like
what Encouragement was doing
and tried to attack her.
They hit at her and pulled at her, but they
couldn't pull her away from Confidence.
Then Confidence began to speak.
"Get away from me, Peer Pressure.
Take your friends and go.
You no longer have any power over me.
" Confidence was now a glowing light.
She and her friends made sure that
Peer Pressure and his gang never
bothered anyone in their town again.
If you feel that Encouragement is not your friend,
then try to find Encouragement in yourself.
Self-Esteem and Confidence will follow.
7 comments:
An Absolutely Stunning Poem!
MashAllah!
I like the poem! I was just wondering what kind of psychology you practise and how Islam influences or inspires your work? I'm looking to get into the psychology field - either Clinical or Counselling and was wondering if you're a mainstream psychologist.
Just to be clear, I didnt write the poem, so cant take any of the credit!
Rach
It depends what you mean by mainstream.
Its difficult to classify yourself in that manner. If you are studying from western intitutes you will be learning 'mainstream' techniques I suppose. But with myself I implement what I can from Islamic prespecive. Also, because I do some work with Muslims, you need to be able to have a huge Islamic influence. As a psychologist, counsellor etc, you have to work with the problems as they are presented. As Muslims present their issues with a huge influence from their Islamic identity it calls for therapy that will be sensitive to that approach.
If you are looking into this area, read up and do your research, who do you want to work with? Where? How? What issues do you think you may be faceing. I have yet to complete all my studies I wish to do... and there is alot of ethical, and moral issues you will have to deal with.
subhaaanaaalllllllllllah.ya rabb!
touching and motivating esp for depression.
just makes one reaaaly think.
sister you mentioned in your comments reply that there are alot of things ones needs to consider when getting into the psychologist field...what do u mean? like cos of 'enlightenment' and God not being the source of Knowledge etc or/and of working opposite sex etc.
sorry i have little knowledge and take bits and bobs from culture and religion. jazakallah khayra.
sister have you read this?
http://www.islamic-world.net/psychology/psy.php?ArtID=203
Assalamu alaykum Sister Shaen
The advce I would give hen started anything would be the following
1) Ask Allah to guide you to what ever is good for you, you deen and your akhirah and take you away from anything whih is harmful to your deen dunya or akhirah. Pray Salatul Istakhara
2) Know what your goal is at the end of what you are doing. One of Steven Cove's hibits of highy effective people is to start with the end in mind. What do you want to achive in the path you are on
3) when you know what you want, know the steps to get there, is the degree enough? what else do you need to do, what else? what else?
4) Is there an alternative? If so, which is better for your deen dunya and akhrah
5) Be consistant, dedicated, driven. Know what drives your passion and remind yourself of that each day.
6) Make dua to Allah to bless your time, energy and to keep your intentions sincere.
I hope that helps, Inshallah
Jazakillah khair for posting that link, I didnt know this existed, looks like an interesting resource.
What are your thoughts?
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