Showing posts with label MAIL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MAIL. Show all posts

Saturday, April 12, 2014

This is what General Salman Ali shared with me


The highest aim in life - To know God and do His will 
The most enriching good habit - Complimenting others 
The most destructive bad habit - Worry 
The greatest joy - Giving 
The greatest loss - Loss of self-respect 
The most satisfying work - Helping others 
The ugliest personality trait - Selfishness 
The most endangered species - Dedicated leaders 
Our greatest natural resource - Our youth 
The ugliest look - A frown 
The greatest "shot in the arm" - Encouragement 
The greatest problem to overcome - Fear 
The most effective sleeping pill - Peace of mind 
The most crippling failure disease - Excuses 
The surest way to displease God - Unbelief 
The most powerful forces in life - Love 
The most dangerous piranha - A gossiper 
The Greatest Life-Giver - The Creator 
The worlds most incredible computer - The brain 
The worst thing to be without - Hope 
The deadliest weapon - The tongue 
The two most power-filled words - "I Can" 
The greatest asset - Faith 
The most worthless emotion - Self-pity 
The most beautiful attire - A SMILE! 
The most prized possession - Self esteem 
The most powerful channel of communication - Prayer 
The most contagious spirit - Enthusiasm 
The most urgent need - SALVATION 
The greatest attribute of the prophets - Obedience 
The GREATEST - GOD

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Native American Wisdom

I enjoyed this mail from Prof Salman Ali, may be some others visiting this blog may take it the same way:







Before our white brothers came to civilize us we had no jails. Therefore we had no criminals. You can’t have criminals without a jail. We had no locks or keys, and so we had no thieves. If a man was so poor that he had no horse, tipi or blanket, someone gave him these things. We were too uncivilized to set much value on personal belongings. We wanted to have things only in order to give them away. We had no money, and therefore a man’s worth couldn’t be measured by it. We valued the exchange of love, so we did not deal in fear. We had no written law, no attorney or politicians, therefore we couldn’t cheat. We were in a really bad way before the white man came, and I don’t know how we managed to get along for millenniums without the basic things which, we are told, are absolutely necessary to make a current civilized society.       
-- Lakota Sage Lame Deer (from John Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions)