Specially Dedicated To my Friend Julie..Don't Be Despair

I like to dedicate this particular entry to one of my Blog Fan, Julie. Hopefully this entry will make you feel better. I know its easy to say than done, but trust me..what I am about to write is what i have been practicing.
Those who are ignorant have uttered curses at Allah, the Exalted, the Creator of all that exist, so what treatment should we, who are full of faults, expect from people. You will always have to face criticism, which in its onslaught is like an interminable war: it shows no sign of ending. As long as you shine, give, produce and have an effect upon others, then disapproval and condemnation will be your lot in life. Until you escape from people by finding tunnel in the ground or ladder leading to the sky, they will not desist from censuring you, from finding fault in your character. For that reason, as long as you are from the denizens of earth, expect to be hurt, to be insulted and to be criticized.
And here is something you shou should contemplate: a person who is sitting on the ground t=does not fall and people do not kick a dead dog. Therefore their anger toward you can be attributed to you surpassing them in righteousness, knowledge,manners, or wealth. In their eyes you are a transgressor whose wrongs cannot be atoned for - unless you abandon your talents and strip yourself of all praiseworthy qualities, so that you become stupid, worthless, and to them innocuous. This result is exactly what they want from you.
So Julie....remain firm and patient when facing their insults and criticism. If you are wounded by their words and let them have an influence over you, you will have realized their hopes for them. Instead, FORGIVE them by showing them the most beautiful of manners. Turn away from them and do not feel distressed by their schemes. Their disapproval of you increases you in worth and merit.
Verily, you will not be able to silence them, but you will be able to bury their criticisms by turning away from them and dismissing what they have to say.
"SAY: PERISH IN YOUR RAGE" (Quran 3:119)
In fact, you will be able to increase them in their rage by increasing your merits and developing your talents. If you desire to be accepted by all and loved by all, you desire the unattainable.

My Challenge Being An Insurance Agent

After I quit my job as a flight attendant in 1999(10 years with MAS), i decided to take up financial planning. Being an agent with Prudential, my highest challenge is not meeting up my target but to convince the Malay about the importance of having insurance. Believe it or not, 92% of Bumiputera DO NOT have insurance. The excuse i normally get is 1. I have no money 2. I don't believe in insurance 3. As for my children and wife, when I die God will provide.
1. I have no money but when it comes to cigarette, they can spent minimum RM10 a day for a pack of cigarette and spending on sport rims and unnecessary expenses.
2. I don't believe in insurance- well base on what reason not to believe. Have they claimed before and did not received the claim?
3. As for my children and wife, when I die God will provide- Let me quote this ayat from Surah Al Baqarah ayat 240: "(in the case of) those of you who are about to die and leave behind them wives, they should bequeth unto their wives a provision for at least a year without turning them out, but if they go out of their own accord there is no sin for you in which they do of themselves within their rights. Allah is Mighty, Wise.
Some when I left messages at their FB, they would not even reply. 2 of my friends whom I have tried to convinced them to take up a protection plan and both have the same reply. "Wait la" "Not at this moment la". And now both have passed away leaving their housewives n kids struggling to go on with their lives. Its a very pitiful sight especially when I looked into their wives eyes. They were sad plus worried.
But I will not give up as this is my mission to spread awareness amongst the Malay on the importance of insurance.