"Every tear is a sign of brokeness, Every silence is a sign of loneliness, Every smile is a sign of kindness and Every sms is a symbol of Remembrance."
SMS From Angela Austine,
Kindegarten Teacher, Kuching - Sarawak. Malaysia.
"There are times when you can make someone happy, and there are times you can make some people happy and there are times you cannot make everyone happy."
An Inmate in Changi Prison once quoted this statement to me while I was serving my prison sentence in Changi Prison from Feb 1996 to Dec 2002.
MANKIND AND GOD / ALLAH
Hello Everyone,
Thought I share this sms of mine with another person who is a Malaysian Moslem female living in Shah Alam.
Thanks.
With Love,
Joe
Joe wrote:
"Home of Allah is within our soul. HE gave HIS Breath into our body so that we can be alive. The place of worship is within our heart. Truth will make the masjid (mosque) within us everlasting. I'm just a man. I don't see myself as a Moslem, a Christian, a Jew or Others. At the end, we all return to HIM."
R wrote:
"You are a Moslem. If you think you are just a man please recite the Kalimat Shahadat (a moslem religious recitation of professing that he or she is a moslem by being a witness and believe that Allah is the only One True God and Prophet Muhammad is Allah's messenger)."
Joe wrote:
"I'm just a man, born into a Moslem family and were taught about Islam and Allah. For seven years plus I had prayed and read the Al Qur'an, and the literature of Sheikh Abdul Kadir Jailani (a Turkish cleric) while in Changi Prison (1996 to 2002). I didn't expect that I can see beyond Islam or other religions. And then I saw who I am and what Islam and other religions are all about. HE show the Truth to me about Mankind and Allah. HE IS ONE but we are given a choice and freewill to be One Mankind or many mankind with many ways of understanding HIM, that will heal all mankind hearts and aggressions on planet earth."
R wrote:
"I am sad and angry at the same time when you support a Muslim to convert to other religion. You are a Muslim?!"
Joe wrote:
"Yes..orang Islam (Islamic person) in name alone as in my Identity Card and the meaning of Islam...TOTAL SUBMISSION TO ALLAH, as Prophet Muhammad's followers. I believe in human freedom and freewill."
R wrote:
"I respect people's choice but not beliefs and support what I have believed and not human rights."
Joe wrote:
"There shouldn't be any forcing in Islam or in other faiths. I was like you many years ago, and then one fine day, I opened up my eyes and saw Allah and His Attributes and lastly His Love for all mankind on planet earth and not just for Moslems alone."
Then she went silence....
"Rain drizzling at malam hari (night), wind blowing breaking the sepi (silence), this is a wish specially from me, Selamat Malam (Goodnight) enjoy your mimpi (dream)...Gudnite...(",)!"
An sms from Kenshinura Ani,
A Librarian from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah - Malaysia.
PRAYER AND KIBLAT (DIRECTION)
"While you are on earth, the Kiblat (Direction) for a Moslem is the Mecca Holy City but remember that Allah is Everywhere. And when you are in the Universe and floating in the Universe....the Kiblat is around you because Allah is Everywhere...so whatever direction you face to meet Allah during your prayers...IS A RIGHT DIRECTION. Allah Knows that HE IS EVERYWHERE."
By Joe (Zulkifli Mahmood)
13th July 2008 (Sunday),
Yishun - Singapore.
LIES AND CONSCIENCE
"One lie will lead to another lie. You have to stop lying to others and to yourself. And you know you cannot lie to yourself because your conscience knows you are lying to yourself and to others....so stop lying from now on. Then slowly and gradually the lies will stop completely from within you and you will not lie to others again."
By Joe (Zulkifli Mahmood)
13th July 2008 (Sunday),
Yishun - Singapore.
Thought I share this movie link with all of you out there wherever your are and whomever you are
Thanks and God Bless.
With Love,
Joe
This is a flash presentation by Barry Adams. It is an intimate love letter from God our Father. Please pass this link on to everyone that you know. We all need to know and take hold of this message. We need to keep it close within our heart. Come back and watch this as often as you wish. It will make a powerful influence on your life.
Remember that you are loved by your Father. Everyone else may let you down, but your Father never will. He will never leave you. He has reattached your umbilical cord back to Him. This you can be sure of.
"God Loves You
And He is the Father you have been looking for all your life. This is His love letter to you."
http://www.fathersloveletter.com/fllpreviewlarge.html
Take a look at this link and the movie.
http://www.myfavoriteezines.com/ezinedirectory/dating-wedding-marriage.html
Thanks.
Joe
Well, I must go now. I will see you again when I have the time to visit Singapore again. Its not easy to cover the world with one man alone....we need more men and women to help this world and save this world from Mankind himself....mankind is the greatest enemy on planet earth and I leave you with this message for you and your future generation...Thanks and God Speed. Amen.
http://www.5min.com/Video/Save-the-Planet-Earth-Hour-2008-Tel-Aviv-10894111
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb0DH5qzAhc
With Love,
Joe
Rosi asked me one day,'How come Joe is not working?' and I said.'He is hiding his millions under the mango tree'.We are coming to Singapore on the 8th August and will visit you in Skudai a few days later.......hope you are not working then bro>hahaha
A FLOWER FROM HEAVEN...
A Date
After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take
another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said I
love you but I know this other woman loves you and
would love to spend some time with you.
The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my
MOTHER, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the
demands of my work and my three children had made it
possible to visit her only occasionally.
That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner
and a movie.
"What's wrong, are you well," she asked? My mother is
the type of woman who suspects that a late night call
or a surprise invitation is a sign of bad news.
"I thought that it would be pleasant to be with you," I
responded. "Just the two of us."
She thought about it for a moment, and then said, "I
would like that very much."
That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up
I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I
noticed that she, too, seemed to be nervous about our
date. She waited in the door with her coat on. She had
curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had
worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary.
She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an
angel's.
"I told my friends that I was going to go out with my
son, and they were impressed, "she said, as she got
into the car. "They can't wait to hear about our
meeting". We went to a restaurant that, although not
elegant, was very nice and cozy. My mother took my
arm as if she were the First Lady. After we sat down,
I had to read the menu. Large print. Half way through
the entries, I lifted my eyes and saw Mom sitting
there staring at me. A nostalgic smile was on her lips.
"It was I who used to have to read the menu when you
were small," she said.
"Then it's time that you relax and let me return the
favor," I responded.
During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation -
nothing extraordinary, but catching up on recent
events of each other's life. We talked so much that we
missed the movie.
As we arrived at her house later, she said, "I'll go
out with you again, but only if you let me invite
you." I agreed.
"How was your dinner date?" asked my wife when I got
home. "Very nice. Much more so than I could have
imagined," I answered.
A few days later, my mother died of a massive heart
attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn't have time to do
anything for her.
Some time later, I received an envelope with a copy
of a restaurant receipt from the same place mother and
I had dined.
An attached note said: "I paid this bill in advance. I
wasn't sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I
paid for two plates - one for you and the other for
your wife. You will never know what that night meant
for me. I love you, son."
At that moment, I understood the importance of saying
in time: "I LOVE YOU!" and to give our loved ones the
time that they deserve. Nothing in life is more
important than God and your family. Give them the
time they deserve, because these things cannot be put
off till "some other time."
Pass this along to everyone with an aging parent, to a
child, to an adult, to anyone with a parent.
Originally posted by Short Ninja:Rosi asked me one day,'How come Joe is not working?' and I said.'He is hiding his millions under the mango tree'.We are coming to Singapore on the 8th August and will visit you in Skudai a few days later.......hope you are not working then bro>hahaha
Hi Brother.....hahaha...if I'm still a millionaire now...I will not be driving the old Nissan March 83....but I would be driving a Jaguar or a Mercedez Benz...and I will donate alot of money to all the Ophanage Institutions in Singapore and overseas...
Sorry I did not update you about my occupation brother...I'm working in the Operating Theatre as an Operating Theatre Technical Assistant (OTTA). I've not been able to write in the internet for quite awhile due to workload and busy schedules...however whenever I have the time I would visit the groups or forums that I belong to and read my email too.
Hmmm...8th of August and 9th of August I may be spending 2 days in Malacca but do email me or call me prior your arrival to Singapore and when you are in Singapore brother. Maybe we could meet up after my return from Malacca. Send my best regards to Rosi.
Take care.
With Love,
Joe
We all have times where we look back and say "I wish I knew then
what I know now".
It's the little thoughts, or secrets that we want to share with
others to help keep perspective in this sometimes crazy world.
That's why this was made for you: http://www.SecretsOfAdulthood.com
A movie that's only a few minutes long, but the secrets that are in
it, will change your day.
With Love,
Joe
Quotes
"Ask me no questions and I tell you no lies."
Asp Suhaimi of Changi Prison
"I don't want to know the problem but I want to know what is the solution."
Staff Sergeant Zafi of Changi Prison
By the way....my prison number was L 38833/96
Hello Everyone,
Thought I share this movie link with you.
Take a look at it.
Thanks.
With Love,
Joe
From the desk of ... Mary Robinson Reynolds
On this beautiful summer day, I'm pleased to send you our newest movie: www.SpeakToUsOfChildren.com
It is based on the works of Lebanese-American Author, Poet and Philosopher Kahlil Gibran.
I first read this most complete explanation of what being a parent really means, early in my teaching career.
Then I had children of my own, and as I felt the gut wrenching grip of parental fear come over me time and time again ... the words from this beautiful prose poem would bring me back to the basics, and I would "know" what to do ... or not do! The most meaningful phrases for me were:
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
And as soon as I'd revisit this concept, I'd immediately begin to feel better... It is my hope that you will enjoy this movie and find peace, solace and direction through it's message. Please feel free to pass this along to those who will appreciate receiving it from you.
Reaching out ...
Mary & Craig Reynolds
MakeADifference.com/movies
I watched the movie titled "The First Sight" on Mediacorps Channel 5 a few days ago and I felt for this person had an eye surgery to restore his sight again after being blind since he was a toddler and then after a month of eye surgery and regaining his sight for only a month or two, his eyes began to fail on him again and the eye specialist could not do anything to help him again...he became Blind Man again...but he managed to accept his destiny being a Blind Man again.
Thought I share these links with you...take a look at it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU5yKnkOQHE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfLIREY4Bdc
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/reuters/9712-inspirational-blind-pianist-is-only-five-video.htm
Hope you will see better now.
With Love,
Joe
From: Big Bear <[email protected]>
Subject: [Simply Whatever] Prayer: 4,257,105
Date: Sunday, 3 August, 2008, 6:26 PM
Prayer: 4,257,105
This is one of the best prayers I think I have ever read.
PRAY THIS EVEN IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE IT!!
IT WILL ONLY TAKE A MINUTE.
I started not to do this, but as I read it.... I understood God to
say, "You need a miracle tomorrow.... so here goes ...
"Fearing people is a dangerous trap,
but trusting the Lord means safety."
Proverbs 29:25 (New Living Translation)
New Living Translation (NLT)
Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004
by Tyndale Charitable Trust.
Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers
Fearing people is a dangerous trap,
but trusting the Lord means safety.
You never know when God is going to bless you!!
Good things happen
when you least expect them to!!!!!!!!
Change the number in the subject box
when you forward it by adding one!!!
Dear Lord, I thank You for this day,
I thank You for my being able
to see and to hear this morning.
I'm blessed because You are a
forgiving God and an understanding God.
You have done so much for me
and You keep on blessing me.
Forgive me this day for everything
I have done, said or thought
that was not pleasing to you.
I ask now for Your forgiveness.
Please keep me safe from all danger and harm.
Help me to start this day with a new attitude
and plenty of gratitude. Let me make the best
of each and every day to clear my mind
so that I can hear from You.
Please broaden my mind that I can accept all things.
Let me not whine and whimper over things I
have no control over.
And give the best response when I'm pushed
beyond my limits.
I know that when I can't pray, You listen to my heart.
Continue to use me to do Your will.
Continue to bless me that I may be a
blessing to others. Keep me strong
that I may help the weak...
Keep me uplifted that I may have
words of encouragement.
I pray for those that are lost
and can't find their way.
I pray for those that
are misjudged and misunderstood.
I pray for those who don't know
You intimately. I pray for those
that will delete this without
sharing it with others I pray for those that don't believe.
But I thank you that I believe that God changes people
and God changes things.
I pray for all my sisters and brothers.
For each and every family member in their households.
I pray for peace, love and joy in their homes
That they are out of debt and all their needs are met.
I pray that every eye that reads this knows there is
no problem, circumstance, or situation greater than God.
Every battle is in Your hands for You to fight.
I pray that these words be received into the hearts
of every eye that sees it. Amen.
If you prayed this prayer,
change the number in the subject box
before forwarding the message so people can
See how many people
have done so.
God Bless!!!!!!!!!!!
Just repeat this phrase and see
how God moves!!
God I love you and I need you!!
Pass this message to 10 people except you and me.
You will receive
a blessing tomorrow.
Know that you are already blessed
by the person who sent this to you!
Though For The Day:
"Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air... but only for one second without hope."
--Hal Lindsey
Verse for the Day:
"For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Jeremiah 29:11
Kid's Thought For The Day:
The teacher asked her class what each wanted to become when they grew up. A chorus of responses came from all over the room.
"A football player," "A doctor," "An astronaut," "The president," "A fireman," "A teacher," "A race car driver."
Everyone that is, except Tommy.
The teacher noticed he was sitting there quiet and still.
So she said to him, "Tommy, what do you want to be when you grow up?"
"Possible" Tommy replied.
"Possible?" asked the teacher.
"Yes," Tommy said. "My mom is always telling me I'm impossible. So when I get to be big, I want to be possible."
Parent's Thought For The Day:
"Don't ask the Lord to guide your footsteps unless you are willing to move your feet."
Coach's Thought For The Day:
"Leaders are ordinary people -- with extraordinary determination."
Deep Thought For The Day:
"Sign on the door of a maternity ward in a hospital: 'push, push, push'."
A QUOTE
"When you start your work in a different profession and in a new environment, open your eyes wide and your ears wide, observed and listened. Then you adjust and then adapt to your new work."
Senior Nursing Officer, Sister Lam.
August 2004
p.s. Thanks Sister Lam.
This is my country, This is my flag….
Hi friends;
My name is David Soh, welcome to my home-page.
Anyone reading this page wishes to be my friend please mail me la! We can discuss about anything under the sun .
Life is short……so enjoy it while you can in order to create a meaningful one.
My philosopy is …try to make one person happy everyday…if I can't do it…I will make myself happy!
Keep happy every day J; and you will live longer!
My Hobbies are:
[Diving] [Riding] [Fishing] [Computing]
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KIND WORDS
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Once You Give It Away…"
It has been said with regard to sharing what you have and know with others: Once you give it away, then it’s really yours, for you have the eternal merit of the kind act. The money you give to others is no longer material; it has been transformed into spirituality. The ancient alchemists wanted to turn simple metal into gold. That is what you are doing when you share your money with someone in need. The vital knowledge you share with others truly belongs to you when you pass it on from the data bank in your brain to the brain of another human being. This knowledge will live on and on. He will transfer it to the brains of others and they will utilize that knowledge themselves and keep passing it on. Your merit keeps growing with the positive effects that mushroom endlessly. A miser tries to hoard his money. But he is failing to utilize what he owns. If he were to realize how he is limiting his true wealth, he would hasten to find some worthy person, institution, or cause that would benefit from a portion of his fortune. The part that he gives away might seem to diminish the size of that fortune. In reality what he gives away remains his eternal possession and the true size of his fortune is calculated by what he gives and not by what he keeps. Some people use the expression, "He is worth ‘X’ amount of money." They usually refer to the money, investments, and property that someone has not yet given away. The expression would be more accurate if the calculations only included what one has donated to others. It has been said that a person has more pleasure from one share of his own than from nine shares that come from someone else. The money you give, the possessions you lend, and the knowledge you share are what belong to you. This has infinitely more value than what you don’t give, lend, and share. A person may overcome a phobia, a limitation, or a bad habit. That is a praiseworthy achievement. But a greater achievement is when that person shares his knowledge and experiences with others who have similar phobias, limitations, and habits. They are helped with his knowledge. They too can pass this on to others and more and more benefit from the original sharing. The value of the information that was given away expands and expands. If it were to have just remained in the first person’s brain cells it would have eventually disappeared without accomplishing a fraction of what it accomplished by being passed along. When you have a dilemma: Should I share what I have with others or should I keep it for and to myself. Make the wise decision. Focus on the future outcome of each choice. Give, lend, and share with those who could benefit. And then what is truly yours is increased. One of my students related the following story: When I was a young child, I resented the idea of sharing my belongings with others. "My toys are mine," I would say. "If I let others use them, than I am losing out. If I share the candies that are mine with others, then I have less."
I retained this attitude as I grew older. I was often too embarrassed to refuse to give and share when I was asked to do so. But I would never volunteer, and I looked for ways and means to hold on to what was mine. I read somewhere, "Only what you give to others is really yours." This struck a true chord within me. When I kept things, I didn’t feel a sense of loss, but I didn’t feel expansively wealthy either. I started enjoying giving to others. It was unbelievable how my sense of personal wealth grew as I gave.
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Once You Give It Away… "All I Have Left is What I Gave Away"
http://www.PartnersInKindness.orgThis is a lesson from one of my nursing home residents: Mrs. C. was an artist and a cigarette smoker. She came to live at the nursing home after a match that she thought was out resulted in a fire that burned down her apartment. She lost everything that was in her home. After she settled in to the nursing home she spoke of her loss. "All I have left," she said, "is what I gave away." She was philosophical about it, for as a young child her father taught her a saying she used and shared with us: "What is, is and what isn't, isn't." That helped her move on in life. As her friends heard of what happened, they brought pieces of her artwork that she had give them before the fire back to her, to decorate her new room. It became her new home until she passed away a few years later.
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seems like Neuro Linguistic Programming not as powerful as fengshui read this http://ezinearticles.com/?Maximising-Ones-Potentials&id=1277645
http://ezinearticles.com/?Maximising-Ones-Potentials---Part-II&id=1283836
Originally posted by Focors:seems like Neuro Linguistic Programming not as powerful as fengshui read this http://ezinearticles.com/?Maximising-Ones-Potentials&id=1277645
http://ezinearticles.com/?Maximising-Ones-Potentials---Part-II&id=1283836
Hello Focors,
Welcome to the group and thanks for the links. You are always welcome to contribute any articles within this thread.
Take care always.
With Love,
Joe
I LOVE YOU
A story is told of an eight-year-old girl in an orphanage many years ago. She was so painfully unattractive that she was shunned by other children and ignored or disliked by her teachers. Two institutions managed to get rid of her and the officials of her current home were seeking some pretext for freeing themselves of her unwelcomed presence. One day they thought their opportunity had arrived. An ironclad rule, that before any communication from a child could be mailed or distributed it must first be approved by the director, had been broken. The girl had been observed stealing down to the gate and carefully placing an envelope in the branches of a tree overhanging the fence. The director and his assistant eagerly rushed down to the tree to intercept the letter. The director tore open the envelope. He read it, then bowed his head silently as he passed the note to his assistant. It said: "To anybody who finds this. I love you."
Please view this movie and listen...thanks.
http://www.spiritheart.org/flash/inspirational/love_is_the_way.html
With Love,
Joe
This is interesting. (: