2012 is now here and it is time to start planning for this New Year. Just what do you want from the coming year? How sure are you to achieve your New Year resolutions?[...]
Archive for the ‘Living’ Category
A Greener Deen
What is an Eco-Muslim? The Eco Muslim is part of The Eco Jihad™, a Muslim’s greener effort towards self-improvement and preserving natural resources. This means changing our behaviour to minimise environmental impact. Although many Muslims view other Eco-Muslim-Activists as something novel or no[...]
Steps to Handle Criticism
“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.” Eleanor Roosevelt “Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.” Benjamin Franklin[...]
Lessons about How to Treat People
We meet hundreds of people every day in and outside the home. How we treat them is the key to our success. Here are a few tips from an unknown person. Know the Cleaning Lady During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had [...][...]
Get the Perfect Night’s Sleep
Scientists still aren’t sure exactly what sleep is for, but we definitely need lots of it. Daniel Bennett reveals how to get a good night’s rest Get enough rest Diabetes, heart failure and obesity are just a few of the health conditions linked to a lack of sleep – we need it, even if science [[...]
Lift the Stress Out of Your Morning
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day, you shall begin it well and serenely…”[...]
What Bob Dylan says about Happier Life
All I can do is be me, whoever that is. He not busy being born is busy dying. One of the most successful and enigmatic musicians of the last hundred years must be Bob Dylan. Throughout his career, albums and awesome songs he has constantly redefined himself and both confused and enthralled l[...]
Fundamentals of an Optimistic Life
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” Winston Churchill[...]
Don’t Worry So Much
”Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.” Benjamin Franklin[...]