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Today I turn thirty

For these twists and turns I have gone through - the beautiful moments and the more beautiful reality checks - I am privileged that I have been given a full twenties to live. There is a divine plan which leads us into the future. This plan is greater than ourselves. And I leave it to Allah to decide for me - my thirties. I realize that instead of trying to crack the System [this world we live in] it's wiser to just be genuine and kind and let this divinely crafted System respond of its own.

My resolution for my thirties is to engage these beautiful divine hearts that surround me and just WITNESS how the System responds. These hearts each one of them, nothing is more powerful [of that which is made] in the universe.

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  1. CNApril 13, 2010 at 11:43 AM

    Quite a resolution...sounds like engagement on a deeper level...a challenge for us all.

    Have a fulfilling and love-full birthday, Faraz!

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  2. Faraz HaiderApril 13, 2010 at 12:20 PM

    Thankyou Aunt Connie!

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  3. Urooj MalikApril 13, 2010 at 12:26 PM

    Have a nice birthday Faraz, and best wishes for your thirties...........

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  4. AnonymousApril 13, 2010 at 1:53 PM

    Many Happy returns of the Day Faraz!

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  5. Akhtar Wasim DarApril 13, 2010 at 10:41 PM

    Yes we are part of the great plan and system, the system is greater than us, but we are not the passive part, we are small but an integral and active part of this gigantic system. Though as small as the pupil of an eye but how important and active that is for the reality check!

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  6. Faraz HaiderApril 13, 2010 at 11:12 PM

    thankyou komal and urooj :)

    I plan to inshallah come to one of the SOIS sessions soon and meet everybody again!

    looking forward to it!!

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  7. Faraz HaiderApril 13, 2010 at 11:15 PM

    I agree Akhtar sahab, i agree completely.

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  8. Khurram Ali ShafiqueApril 14, 2010 at 5:00 AM

    A very happy birthday :)

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