Dec 30, 2010

LWT philosophy (2)... "A+"

Last time we talked that ALLAH created us for a huge purpose and for a certain mission to do on this earth which is worshiping him, building this land and to be his khalifa, and that everyone of us has a certain role to do to fulfill this big mission... A certain role for ONLY him to do.

When you are up to big match, you should be well prepared! you know all the tools you will use, you put your plans ans tactics to go for it... Same for ALLAH :)

When he created us for that big mission, He gave us some tools and not just ordinary tools! he gave us our BRAINS and HUGE potentials inside... potentials and power beyond imagination... beyond anyone can know 

A situation happened to me 3 years ago proves what I am about to say.

I had a friend who was younger by 1 year... he was facing some problems in studying. when I was talking to him, all he was saying was "It too hard... really I don't know what i can do... It's too hard, I can't study... I am gonna fail". Every time I talked to him he was saying the same words, with more belief every time! 

That was annoying me so much! and actually, every time I try to think with him to find a solution, he just keeps repeating these words! the day of the results came and guess what? HE FAILED! That situation really taught me a lot...

Everyone of us has the Potential to be genius and master at what we do, unfortunately most of us DON'T believe in that truth... but what we don't know is that Actually our beliefs are nothing more than thoughts we've repeated over and over until we've made them a personal truth!

And the sad thing is when you keep talking yourself in a negative words, your mind receives it as a truth about you and just make you work upon that... Your mind returns what you are giving to him.

A small example to clarify this :)

Your mind is exactly like The farmer land! you get what you plant! The land doesn't care if you planted a seed of carrot or bad seeds... if you keep watering those seeds, you'll get carrots or a bad plant! Same as your mind! whether you think something is possible or impossible, you'll most be certainly right! because OUR BELIEFS DETERMINE OUR BEHAVIOR...

ALLAH won't give us something to do without giving you the necessary tools for it. but the trick is NOT ALL the tools are clear, some of them are hidden.. you just have to look for them...

Just know it's all ABOUT YOU!
One of my friends said once "ONLY when you want something badly with all your guts, shall you achieve whatever you do want" 

It's YOUR CHOICE to whether use these potentials to get there or not.. it's YOUR CHOICE to whether you'll go for it with all your guts or not....

It's all about YOU and nobody else!

You may now stop me and say "That's great! but Life is not that easy... full of problems and it's tiring and it became IMPOSSIBLE to live a good life"

I'll answer "Yes, I agree" BUT..... Life is ups and downs... may be a lot of us faced so many downs in life and sometimes you just ask yourself "WHY ME?"

I'll tell you "WHY YOU!" :) Because ALLAH is raising you! Yeah, ALLAH is raising you! When he created us, he knew very well that the ummah is going to through different periods of ups and downs. And he wants the people who will make it rise again with certain qualifications... Imagine the honor! This is how ALLAH perceives you! Someone who will make the Ummah rise again!

Just like a job in a multinational company, there are certain qualifications to be accepted in that company. and that's why ALLAH created tests...

We are facing difficulties and problems in life not because he wants us to suffer... He put you in that test for 3 main reasons...

1st: To raise you... To make you a better person... to teach you... to add to you... to rebuild you in much more great way..

2nd: To remove your sins & hear your doaa.... ALLAH loves you more than anybody else... and he wants to hear from now and then your doaa and to get closer to him.

3rd: To test your faith and raise it... he won't leave us saying "we believe in ALLAH" without actually testing that .... Simply because, he wants us to be ROLE MODELS, to walk the talk and to mean really the words we say.

An important thing you have to know as well.. ALLAH put you in that test knowing very well that you'll make it... knowing very well you'll make the best out it... because it's in this time, The true YOU rises... Discovering and using those amazing potentials inside, you don't know about...

Nobody chooses for you better than ALLAH!! and it was demonstrated for me in every single thing I do.

2 years ago, I was a member in 2 activities one is ACES and one is called XPLORE ... I was an HR member in the 1st one and a trainer in the 2nd one. my heads in both activities wanted me to put preferences for the places we were going to work in. and in the same time, XPLORE was preparing for a campaign and wanted to recruit for a project manager. I decided to go for that post.

After few days, I received the results! I've got in both activities the SECOND preference! and I was rejected as the Project manager. Beside that, I've worked with a partner in XPLORE, she was still new and didn't know much about our work. I felt then SHOCKED! and I was really upset! but I said "Al hamdulellah anyway.. & I'll do my best"

At the end of the year, The AMAZING planning of ALLAH was clarified to me... Subhana ALLAH! The 2nd preferences that came to me were the BEST places ever! worked with amazing people and learned SO MUCH! and played a HUGE role in what I've reached till now. My partner in XPLORE became one of the BEST friends I've ever had... and the Big one, is that the launch of the campaign and the launch of ACES academy were in the same day!and the partner, I wished to work with in XPLORE, left it 2 weeks before the sessions of the workshop!

So truly, Nobody chooses for you better than ALLAH... So be SURE that everything happens for you is in your own good... He wants you to get that"A+" in your life! and all that's happening is part of ALLAH's PLAN for you...

Well, I want you to try something...
I want you to remember the worst situation you've ever been through... I know it's hard but go on with me please.
Now think about it with the concept we have just said... Grab a pen and a paper & write 2 columns labeled "Before" & "After" ... Example: "May Before" & "May After". Now fill those 2 columns honestly...

When you finish this table, write a title: "Lessons learned"

Think deeply when you do that paper... look at all views of the situation.

and when You are done, just look deep into it... Believe me, you'll find yourself smiling :)

But a small note while doing this! Do it with the concept of ALLAH is raising me and that he'is teaching me and let me how you felt and discovered after that...

Finally, I'm inviting you to listen to this :)

to be continued...   


LWT philosophy (1)…. "WHO AM I?"

You are sure now wondering what’s “LWT philosophy” and what does the 3 letters “LWT” stands for..

Before we go into that and start talking about that philosophy, let me ask you some questions... and please write in a paper with you and think deeply about their answers.

You are now in front of the computer, in your home… You wake up in the morning… You go to college or school or work… do some other things – if you have any – and go back home and finally end your day in bed waiting for the next morning to begin... but Have you ever stopped for a second and ask yourself…WHY AM I BORN? WHY DID ALLAH CREATE ME ON THIS EARTH? 

We all know that we were created for constructing and building this land and to be ALLAH’s Khalifa on the earth … but that’s not what I mean!

Why ME? Why am I standing now in this moment in this place? Why Egypt not India? Why Cairo not Alex? Why now not 2050? 

Will give u a small hint...

ALLAH created us to do a mission which is worshiping him and worshiping is not just praying and fasting... it’s way more beyond that.
You were created here in this place in this particular moment of time for a reason, for a mission to do... A particular mission for you and ONLY you to do.
And that’s something you have to fulfill, I have to fulfill, every single one living on this earth has to fulfill 

The important question is… Do you actually know that? Do you know what exactly your mission in life is? If I woke you up in the middle of the night asking you about your role and mission, would you tell it to me just like saying your name? 

At the 1st time to think about that question, it takes a lot of thinking, it’s hard… Yet it’s extremely important to answer...

How could I get to a place without knowing the path or the way to it? How could I climb a mountain without knowing to where I am heading?

Take your time and think! what’s my mission in life? What do I want to do with my life? ACCURATELY...

One of the most stunning discoveries I made while trying to answer that question is that NOTHING of the things I do is COMPLEMENTARY and NOT ESSENTIAL in my life! =D

Just as info, Am not just a student or focusing only on studying... I’m an HR Head in an activity called ACES (Annual Conference for Engineering Students) in our college, I’m a coach for children on Robot design competition called FLL in an organization called IHYAA and finally one of the founders of a starting company in engineering field called ESS (Engineering Support Society) 

I’m not going to lie to you and say that sometimes I didn’t feel that I’m doing some things additional to what I should be doing! But that stunning discovery I made when I attended a training called “work-life balance” changed it all...

There is nothing called “work-life balance”... Work is a PART of your life! it’s a part of your mission... so, it’s meaningless to say “Work-Life balance” it’s SIMPLY “Life balance”!

All that you do is essential for your role in life and that was a part of what ALLAH created me to do... in another word “I’M NOT DOING ANY BONUS” =)

The new voyage of discovery consists not seeking new landscapes but having new eyes... Take your time and THINK... Think of the things that make you, YOU! 

Take that decision of making that journey deep in yourself and discover it...

Know who you really are… know what you are master at… but most important is to know Why I am here... what I am doing on this earth...

And when you do that, write it down... put it in front of your eyes in every single step you make...

It makes huge difference! just like the feeling of being in a dark room searching for the “light switch” and finally found it! 

NOTHING can be more helpful and leading to success than a clear path...

It may sound hard, but it’s not when you think about it... when you want to know it and discover it... when you stay with yourself just 2 hours with a pen and a paper...

Well, enough talking =D

Go ahead, grab your pen and paper and try it on and see for yourself the sense of ACHIEVEMENT and POWER you’ll get =)

Because simply “If you don’t know where you are going, you end up somewhere else”... It’s the field of your game... it’s the golden circle of your life you need to define...

That’s the 1st step in our philosophy... an essential one to start our journey... Remember that well and keep it always on your mind...

To be continued…


LWT Philosophy

Before we start talking about that title up there “LWT philosophy”… Let me take a moment and introduce myself...

My name is May El-Dardiry, I’m 21 years old... a student in 4th year (final year) Mechatronics department- Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams university.

The journey I’m going to share with you now started 7 years ago... When I was exactly at 1st year secondary school...

I’ve been a member in the radio in our school for 2 years… it was a beautiful world to me… as I love writing and reading, it helped me so much to express who I really am… I was surrounded and supported by wonderful teachers all the way through that.

One day, one of my teachers - who was responsible about the radio - called for me!
“May, you have been now in this place for 2 years now… working and showing great passion… and it’s time to move a step forward… The school administration has assigned you as the head and the leader of this place”

I felt so excited but I had no idea how to start or even what I should do! My 1st leadership position in life… certainly I should feel lost!

Went to my head and stayed with her for more than 2 hours explaining to me every little tiny details of the work... Only then I felt a ray of light! Small thing to begin with!

Moved on, started thinking, chose my team and started working...

I have been through a lot as it was the 1st experience… You feel it’s dark, and your head is spinning, where I am going… what do I do… I don’t know!

The 1st 3 months were hard but things got better and I knew how to manage…

3 years passed, done some great work with my team that school is still till now talking about..

Graduated from school and now in the campus of faculty of engineering Ain Shams University…

WOW! Big world! Felt so small!

The 1st year was so hard... Have been stumbling in the darkness… struggling to just settle down and find my place.

By the 2nd term, things got better… wanted to do something extraordinary beside studying as I was working on activities in school… I’ve found one… I made an application but… I was rejected! So I decided to hold on as I can get to know college more and wait to see what’s going to happen next.

The 2nd year, I decided to go for it again… and unexpectedly, ACCEPTED! And this was my turning point.

I’ve made an exposure of a new world! A world of info and knowledge didn’t even know it exists!!! Felt refreshment and so much change!

Since then, I became extremely interested in Human Resources management and leadership...
I’m always looking for more… seek learning in every way… it’s so interesting… I just feel myself into it… feel so much energy and enthusiasm to go out there and just apply what I learn to help others and myself to get better…

Going into this, by time, felt same repeated in all books, same style of writing and same way of presenting info… I’ve started to get bored and stopped reading for a while!

Till one day, I’ve watched that video on youtube about leadership… it was talking about a book called “The leader who had no title”… the video was amazing! It attracted me a lot to the book.

Looked for it and finally I got it... the book came on time! 

As I started reading, a huge transformation happened within me deep inside... a stream of energy and optimism just run through my veins and I made a vow to transfer what I read to others as a part of the philosophy am going to talk to you about... 

But before we start, I want you to promise me something... something not for me but for yourself...
Promise me to think wisely and deeply about what you are going to read and to actually try it... it’s really simple and easy...

And a very important thing is to pass that knowledge and experience to others...

If you are ready to go that journey with me, then start up your engine and get ready to be inspired... get ready to change... Get ready to ride and achieve your greatness...

اللي هيعيش ياما هيشوف .... طول ما أنت داير بتطوف

اللي هيعيش ياما هيشوف
طول ما أنت داير بتطوف
ناس أشكال و ألوان
قصص و حكاوي يرويها الزمان

فيها الخير و فيها الشر
فيها الحلو و فيها المر

فيها اللي ماشي كافي خيره شره
و فيها اللي، من اللي شافه، يطول شرحه

فيها السعيد الفرحان
و فيها التعيس الحزنان

فيها اللي يقوللك " تلاقيني في أي مكان"
و التاني اللي يرد ... "لأ، أنا هنا في أمان"

تلاقي العاشق الولهان
على الشط واقف سرحان

تلاقي القصور و الوديان
تلاقي الفقير الغلبان
و الاسم في الآخر إنسان
سبحان المنان!!

و صدق اللي قال
"دوام الحال من المحال"

اللي هيعيش ياما هيشوف
طول ما أنت داير بتطوف
ناس أشكال و ألوان
قصص و حكاوي يرويها الزمان



Life lessons …. Lesson 2 & 3

I was sitting once on my PC working… I had a lot in mind… a huge amount of problems and negative emotions were overwhelming me and kept me awake for more than a week.

I didn’t know what to do or how to react… I was lost in the sea of illusions… I was deeply lost in the darkness of confusion… What if?! A question that was keeping aching my head!!! I was feeling so much disappointment in myself!!! I was losing my confidence!

What I should do?! I’ve simply had NO CLUE! Then by chance – totally by chance – I saw that sentence on “msn today” while I was signing in …. “Life in 3 words…. IT GOES ON”. I stood a longtime looking at these words and thinking… YES, it goes on! Nothing in this life stands still… Every situation, every problem, every moment… it has an end! It just GOES ON!

I left my PC and went to wash my face… I put some light music on to relax… and I started to calm down… “The BEST way to escape a problem is to solve it… every Problem has a solution, we only have to think about it” Those 2 quotes were sounding so loudly in my head… I prayed ALLAH asking for help & grabbed my pen and papers and begun….

I stayed there for 2 hours and a half… focusing and concentrating… writing, analyzing and solving….

I felt relief, so much relief … and it came to my mind ALLAH’s saying "إن بعد العسر يسرا – إن بعد العسر يسرا" & “من يتق الله يجعل له مخرجا و يرزقه من حيث لا يحتسب – و من يتوكل على الله فهو حسبه"

I Thanked ALLAH for giving me so much grace… for giving me so much strength to go on, believing that he’s always standing by my side… Believing that “men are not creatures of circumstances but circumstances are the creatures of men”

I thanked ALLAH for giving me people around me supporting, understanding, motivating, trusting and believing in me.

One of my friends once said a sentence that affected me a lot and since she did, it’s always been there with me when I do anything. She said “In your way up, you’ll find Resistance… and to overcome resistance, you must have PERSISTENCE, believing in your vision and what you want to do”

Those were my next 2 lessons :)

Lesson 2: Life in 3 words…. IT GOES ON
Lesson 3: In your way up, you’ll find Resistance… and to overcome resistance, you must have PERSISTENCE, believing in your vision and what you want to do

But that’s not all, there are so many lessons I’ve learned :)

To be continued……


Hey Miss Life

Hey Miss Life
Hear me out
a word from me
as I say it clear and loud

Pain and tears
Confusion and fears
breaking me down
emprisoning the spirit in me

This... How you thought It could be

Fool life!!!

You just couldn't see
HOW Stronger
You are making me
HOW wiser and braver
to cross the mighty sea

I'm gonna chase my fears
I'm gonna wipe my flowing tears

Release the power in me
go with spirit beyond the sky
feeling so free

Oh, Miss life
That... DON'T ever forget...
You are MY RIDE!!

I'll go for the wisdom says
I'll listen to my heart
It'll show me the way

To my destiny, am gonna ride
with a heart full of hope
and a smile so wide


Right now .... THAT'S ALL I NEED

Sitting with myself on the bed... small light... looking to the wide sky at night through my open window... Oh GOD! I feel so exhausted! not physically, it's an internal one! am EMOTIONALLY and MENTALLY exhausted... I feel so weak! I just lay down with no power to do anything... with not a single motive to get out of my room or even of my bed! just wanna be with myself... No communication with anybody but ME...

Well, I think I'll never understand... it's just too complicated!!

Some people claim they do understand human nature but I guess they are wrong... You ask me, WHY? because of 2 simple reasons.... first, you don't see all sides... it's just too complicated and exhausting for your mind to think about and understand!

second, everyone of us has a side... a HIDDEN one... that nobody sees, or may be no one will ever see!! even the people who seem so easy to know and understand...

It keeps me thinking a lot about if I ever knew the persons I know!! Do I really know who they are?! Did I really go deep in them that I could say "Oh yeah, I know that one" ?! Sometimes, the answer is just CHOCKING !! NO, I don't!!!.... And I laugh a lot at myself when I find out that some of the very close people I claim to know very well, I don't even know their favorite color or their favorite food!!! two of the simplest and most general things!!

Isn't that ironic?!!! and to be honest, sometimes I see it pathetic and I feel so much pity for myself!

Such a hard feeling....

True and trustworthy friends are not such easy to find!! to have a complete 100% trust in somebody, You go through HELL!!!... You go through ups and downs! You spend so much effort and emotions! You get hurt, you feel extreme pain! You get lost, you loose balance and feel so much confusion!!

Only then, You know who's your true friend and who will stand up for you and be there by your side till forever

Oh GOD! it hurts ... it really hurts!! How was I that blind to see and realize this?!!

Now, all I just want to do is to lay down doing absolutely NOTHING... just staying alone... In Silence.... nobody around... I wanna escape from people !!!!

Traveling away and stay on the beach....

Just watching the sunset and enjoying the water view....

Enjoying the wind blowing against my cheek.... going smoothly around me.... playing gently around my face....

Just being there with a nice story and some light music...

Closed my eyes and set my imagination free....

because right now .... THAT'S ALL I NEED

Thank you, fake people

It was all Fake!!
You made promises
you just break

You think you can come
and just say sorry
and I would reply
"Oh, no problem..
Don't worry"

But Guess what?!!!
From this moment
I won't anymore
It'll cost you so much more

why can't you realize
that promises are more than words
you just leave behind?!

I hate people who are fake
why saying things
you just can't take?!!!

and Now, am done
am not gonna stand it
am not gonna think
about what has been and gone

just have learned the lesson
won't regret my judgment being wrong
Thank you, fake people
You have just made me MORE STRONG !



Words from a broken heart...

Is it my fault? Is it about me? I don't know anything anymore... Can anyone help, please? I'm losing ME... I losing myself, my self confidence... I began to doubt ME.... I began to doubt my judgment on people....

Loosing someone agaaaaaain ?!!!! Why? Can someone answer me Why the hell is that always happening to me? I don't do anything wrong... I don't hurt people... on the opposite, I seek people happiness... So Why they hurt me? Is that what you get when you try to get close to people? and they don't just hurt! they hurt BADLY! Why? I need an answer to that question, please!! I beg you, please answer me!
Why is it so hard to understand that human feelings and emotions are a huge part of the one's life? why is it so hard to understand that saying to someone "I HATE YOU" is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more better than getting close to him and make him believe that you are close and then suddenly you just tell him "I DON'T TRUST YOU" ?!!!! WHY?!!!!!!!!! is it THAT complicated? would someone please explain to me?!

Why people always don't have answer to that "WHY" question?! huh? or we just go ahead and do actions without even thinking?! without thinking... What will be the other person feelings? or what will be the impact of what I'll do or say?!!!!! WHYYY?! Are we that stupid not to predict it or just too selfish to think of others?

I have no words to say except we, humans, are STUPID! YES, STUPID and SELFISH when it comes to others feelings... Emotionally Stupid! YES, I mean it! we truley are! but to be Honest, Except few!! and those I've rarely met till now... I can count them on my hands fingers!!
What's going on, people? What's going on?! are you enjoying seeing the people you know suffering or what?! Explain to me if you have an excuse!!

Am truley SICK of it... Why should I even care?! There is no such 100% trust... I don't believe there is anymore... I was wrong more than once and I don't have the intentions to repeat my mistake again...
You left a wound... an EXTREMELY DEEP wound... just know I've completely dropped you out of my life and you reached a point where there is no turning back!

Your credit in my life bank is now EMPTY... and it would take a loooooot to fill it again and may be it won't EVER be filled again!
just a small advice from someone who used to be your friend, Take care of that atitude and those actions... because if so, by the end of your days, you won't find anyone beside....

And at the end, just a small THANKS... you has just taught me a HUGE lesson and made me MORE stronger!


جدار الحب

كان الموقف عصيبا.... قمت بتهدئتها و طلبت منها أن تحكي لي لعل الكلام يثلج قلبها.... قالت لي و هي تبكي بحرقة:

" يصعب على الإنسان أن يجد أن ما يعينه على الحياة و يبقيه متماسكا أمام كل مصاعبها و متاعبها و مشاكلها يساعدها عليه....
يصعب على الإنسان أن يجد من يجب أن يكون عونا و سندا له عونا عليه....
أحسست بشئ ثقيل يطبق على أنفاسي... بغصة في حلقي... لم أدر ماذا أفعل أو ماذا أقول... أحسست أن الجدار القوي الذي أسند إليه ظهري قد انهار فوق رأسي و أن الأرض الصلبة التي أقف عليها قد انهارت تحت قدمي
احسست بإحساس لا مثيل له بالظلم و القهر و الذل... أحسست بنار توقد بداخلي... نار تحرق قلبي... نار تمزقه و تدميه من الحسرة و الألم... لا أعرف كيف أوصفها و لكني تألمت... تألمت كثيرا..
حاولت أن أتماسك لكن لم أستطع! سالت دموعي على خدي... دموع ساخنة تعكس ما بداخلي من مرارة... لم أحاول مسحها أو إيقافها... تركتها لعلها تهون علي
لماذا؟ لماذا؟ لا أجد إجابة لهذا السؤال... مهما فعلت أو قلت، لا أجد ما يرضيها... لا أجد ما يريها كم أحبها و أقدرها و أن كل ما اتمناه من هذة الدنيا هو رضاها و فخرها بي....
لا أعلم! في بعض الأحيان الكثيرة، أحس أنها لا تشعر بي.... لا تعرف من أنا او حتى كيف أصبحت... لا تحاول ان تعرف ما بداخل هذا القلب و لا ما يفكر فيه هذا العقل...
لا تشجعني... بل تؤنبني! لاتوجهني... بل تذمني! لا تحاول أن تكسر هذا الجدار الذي بني بيني و بينها... بل تساعد في بنيه بقوة!
لا أعلم ماذا أفعل و هذا يقتلني...
يا الله إني أستجير بك... دبر لي فأنا لا أحسن التدبير... اهدني و اهدها... إني أستعين بك... فأعني و ارحمني و اهدني يا أرحم الراحمين"

لم أستطع أن أنطق بكلمة إلا "اللهم آمين" فقد كانت متألمة بحق.... لم أستطع أن أقول شيئا... فقد مست جرحا عميقا بداخلي أحاول ان أتجاهل ألمه المتزايد بداخلي يوما بعد يوم.
ظللت أسأل نفسي نفس السؤال... لماذا؟.... جاءني الرد من صديقة عزيزة.... "هذا هو الجدار الخفي الذي يبنيه الإنسان دون قصد... يشيده دون أن يشعر و لكن لا يعرف عواقبه... إنه ذلك الجدار.... جدار الحب..


Oct 17, 2010

Heart or Mind?!

I dunno !

A conflict between the heart and mind ! that eternal conflict that keeps you awake for days thinking!

Thinking which way to go! Thinking What you should do or how to react! Thinking what is right and what is wrong!

I know that I should do as they say "Think with my heart and feel with my mind" ... but it becomes difficult when you face something that hurt you so much before and just find it repeating itself!

You just get stuck in the corner! You feel your mind is about to explode! A mind revolution happens! Should I go for it or just stay in my place keeping it inside and that's it?

I want it but I'm afraid of it! I need it but I don't want to get near it!

How I wish to take that step and do it again hoping and praying it'll go well this time but... NOTHING IS GUARANTEED !

All nights before I go to sleep, I look to the wide sky and the shiny stars and wonder... Thinking... will it be as I wish? will I ever get it if I tried again?

Looking to the sky... deeply... like looking inside yourself... it's dark! can't see where you are heading! Every single memory just comes rushing into your memory! reminding you of things you actually made a huge effort to forget! find your tears flowing on your face! can't Stop them! The truth is... It's not your eyes which cry but your heart!

A confusion badly takes place... feeling of complete lost! To whom Should I listen?! HEART OR MIND?!

HEART OR MIND?!

HEART OR MIND?!

Does anybody has an answer for that? because actually now, I DON'T!