What does 'freedom' mean?

What does 'freedom' mean?

An anonymous beautiful poem found in the internet, Sharing with you guys :-)

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Does the eagle want to swim in the sea,
Restricted by the sky?

Does the fish want to dance on the wind,
Not enough river to explore?

Yet the sky is freedom for the bird
but death for the fish,

The sea is wide for the fish
but will engulf the bird.

We ask for freedom but freedom to do what?
We can only express our nature as it was created.

The prayer mat of the earth is freedom,
freedom from slavery to other than the One,
Who offers an shoreless ocean of love to swim in
and a horizon that extends to the next life,
Yet we chose the prison and call it freedom.
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Welcome to Air India

Here is an email i enjoyed, Sharing with you :-)


WELCOME TO AIR INDIA
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Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen. This is your captain PATEL (Boniface)

Welcoming both seated and standing passengers on board of Air India we apologize for the four-day delay in taking off, (You don't know how difficult it is, to fly an airplane now-a-days) it was due to bad weather and some overtime I had to put in at the bakery.

This is flight 717 to Mumbai. Landing there is not guaranteed, but we will end up somewhere in India. And, if luck is in our favor, we may even be landing on your village!

A bad day with a Squirrel

Today is my terrible day :'(  , There is a squirrel nest built inside our electricity meter box,  today we heard a baby squirrel shouting, my mother and i rushed to see what happened, we saw a baby squirrel running here and there searching for its mother in our garage. My mother said to me catch it before a crow or a cat eat it, but i said hold on let's look for its mother and i looked at the surroundings but there was no sign of its mother, so i decided to catch the baby, as I went near to catch it... almost caught it, but the baby squirrel somehow managed to run between my legs and it ran to the roads, there was a lorry parked outside and beneath there was a cat, unfortunately the baby squirrel ran straight under the lorry and the cat saw it :-( and we were helpless, the cat was too fast and quick to catch the baby squirrel and ran away. Sometimes we need to accept the destiny even if we don't like it. 

Which is BEST in forgiveness?

There was a lecture program at Kollupity Jumma Mosque on the topic "Forgiveness" it was an excellent lecture by the young Ulama (Sorry I can't remember the scholar's name)

As the lecture was over, I approached him to ask a question which came into my mind during his lecture. I asked him..

Sheikh...Which is best? to forgive people or to ask forgiveness from the people, he came close to me, almost like hugging me and said: both are invaluable, but asking for forgiveness shows how humble you are and if a person refuses to forgive, you are going to feel terrible for it, there you learn to forgive people, if  someone asks for forgiveness from you, you will never let him go broken heart. likewise Allah never let his servants go broken hearted after sincere repentance. 

I learned a great lesson :-) this Quranic verse speaks all about it.

"A kind and courteous word and forgiveness is (much) better than the charity, that is followed by (such an emotional) abuse. Allah is free of all wants, and the most Forbearing." [Quran 2:263]

Are you an IT guy? You might enjoy these Jokes

while browsing, I came across some real stories... Most computer users understand that you need an operating system to use a computer practically, even if it is not clear why. But many users don't. Hope you guys enjoy these jokes :-D

After reading the jokes, you feel like....