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Among the blessings and favors that God has bestowed upon humanity is that He endowed them with an innate ability to recognize and acknowledge His existence. He placed this awareness deep in their hearts as a natural disposition that has not changed since human beings were first created. </div>
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Furthermore, He reinforced this natural disposition with the signs that he placed in creation that testify to His existence. However, since it is not possible for human beings to have a detailed knowledge of God except through revelation from Himself, God sent His Messengers to teach the people about their Creator Who they must worship. These Messengers also brought with them the details of how to worship God, because such details cannot be known except by way of revelation. These two fundamentals were the most important things that the Messengers of all the divine revelations brought with them from God. On this basis, all the divine revelations have had the same lofty objectives, which are:</div>
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1. To affirm the Oneness of God - the praised and glorified Creator – in His essence and His attributes.</div>
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2. To affirm that God alone should be worshipped and that no other being should be worshipped along with Him or instead of Him.</div>
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3. To safeguard human welfare and oppose corruption and evil. Thus, everything that safeguards faith, life, reason, wealth and lineage are part of this human welfare that religion protects. On the other hand, anything that endangers these five universal needs is a form of corruption that religion opposes and prohibits.</div>
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4. To invite the people to the highest level of virtue, moral values, and noble customs.</div>
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The ultimate goal of every Divine Message has always been the same: to guide the people to God, to make them aware of Him, and to have them worship Him alone. Each Divine Message came to strengthen this meaning, and the following words were repeated on the tongues of all the Messengers: “Worship God, you have no god other than Him.” This message was conveyed to humanity by prophets and messengers which God sent to every nation. All of these messengers came with this same message, the message of Islam.</div>
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All the Divine Messages came to bring the life of the people into willing submission to God. For this reason, they all share the name of “Islam”, or “submission” derived from the same word as “Salam”, or “peace”, in Arabic. Islam, in this sense, was the religion of all the prophets, but why does one see different variations of the religion of God if they all emanated from the same source? The answer is twofold. </div>
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The first reason is that as a result of the passage of time, and due to the fact that previous religions were not under the Divine protection of God, they underwent much change and variation. As a result, we see that the fundamental truths which were brought by all messengers now differ from one religion to another, the most apparent being the strict tenet of the belief and worship of God and God alone.</div>
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The second reason for this variation is that God, in His infinite Wisdom and eternal Will, decreed that all the divine missions prior to the final message of Islam brought by Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, be limited to a specific time frame. As a result, their laws and methodologies dealt with the specific conditions of the people whom they had been sent to address.</div>
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Humanity has passed through numerous periods of guidance, misguidance, integrity, and deviation, from the most primitive age to the heights of civilization. Divine guidance accompanied humanity through all of this, always providing the appropriate solutions and remedies.</div>
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This was the essence of the disparity that existed between the different religions. This disagreement never went beyond the particulars of the Divine Law. Each manifestation of the Law addressed the particular problems of the people it was meant for. However, the areas of agreement were significant and many, such as fundamentals of faith; the basic principles and objectives of the Divine Law, such as protecting faith, life, reason, wealth, and lineage and establishing justice in the land; and certain fundamental prohibitions, some of the most important of these being idolatry, fornication, murder, theft, and giving false witness. Moreover, they also agreed upon moral virtues like honesty, justice, charity, kindness, chastity, righteousness, and mercy. These principles as well as others are permanent and lasting; they are the essence of all the Divine Messages and bind them all together. by: <a href="https://www.islamreligion.com/index.php?searchword=M.+Abdulsalam&searchphrase=exact&ordering=rdate&option=search&fromform=1&modifier=entire" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #23527c; font-size: 16px; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Search for articles by this author or contains his/her name">M. Abdulsalam</a>.</div>
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Honey bees are social insects, which means that they live together in large, well-organized family groups. Social insects are highly evolved insects that engage in a variety of complex tasks not practiced by the multitude of solitary insects. Communication, complex nest construction, environmental control, defense, and division of the labor are just some of the behaviors that honey bees have developed to exist successfully in social colonies.<br />
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These fascinating behaviors make social insects in general, and honey bees in particular, among the most fascinating creatures on earth.<br />
A honey bee colony typically consists of three kinds of adult bees: workers, drones, and a queen (Figure 1). Several thousand worker bees cooperate in nest building, food collection, and brood rearing. Each worker has a definite task to perform, related to its adult age. But surviving and reproducing take the combined efforts of the entire colony.<br />
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Individual bees (workers, drones, and queens) cannot survive without the support of the colony.<br />
In addition to thousands of worker adults, a colony normally has a single queen and several<br />
hundred drones during late spring and summer.<br />
The social structure of the colony is maintained by the presence of the queen and workers and depends on an effective system of communication.<br />
The distribution of chemical pheromones among members and communicative “dances” are responsible<br />
for controlling the activities necessary for colony survival. Labor activities among worker bees depend primarily on the age of the bee but vary with the needs of the colony. Reproduction and colony strength depend on the queen, the quantity of food stores, and the size of the worker force. As the size of the colony increases up to a maximum of about 60,000 workers, so does the efficiency of the colony. (by Delaware).</div>
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Assalamualikum Everyone...<br />
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Kecamatan Pare yang berada di east Jave selain ada Kampung Inggris juga ada Kampung Madu. Madu beneran lhoo. letak kampung tersebut berada persis sebelah utaranya kampung Inggris. hanya saja kurang terxpos. nah kalau teman-teman ke kampung Inggris Jangan lupa mampir di Kampung Madu ya...see you..Assalamualikum.</div>
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A book entitled Earth is a basic reference textbook in many universities around the world.<br />
One of its two authors is Professor Emeritus Frank Press.</div>
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He was the Science Advisor to former US President Jimmy Carter, and for 12 years was the President of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC.<br />
His book says that mountains have underlying roots.<a href="https://www.islamreligion.com/articles/215/quran-on-mountains/#_ftn10340" name="_ftnref10340" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7ecefd; text-decoration-line: none;" title=" Earth, Press and Siever, p. 435. Also see Earth Science, Tarbuck and Lutgens, p. 157."><span class="w-footnote-number" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1385c2; font-size: 14px;">[1]</span></a> These roots are deeply embedded in the ground, thus, mountains have a shape like a peg (see figures 1, 2, and 3).</div>
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Figure 1: Mountains have deep roots under the surface of the ground. (Earth, Press and Siever, p. 413.)</div>
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Figure 2: Schematic section. The mountains, like pegs, have deep roots embedded in the ground. (Anatomy of the Earth, Cailleux, p. 220.)</div>
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Figure 3: Another illustration shows how the mountains are peg-like in shape, due to their deep roots. (Earth Science, Tarbuck and Lutgens, p. 158.)</div>
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This is how the Quran has described mountains. God has said in the Quran:</div>
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<span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span>“Have We not made the earth as a bed, and the mountains as pegs?” (Quran 78:6-7)</div>
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Modern earth sciences have proven that mountains have deep roots under the surface of the ground (see figure 3) and that these roots can reach several times their elevations above the surface of the ground.<a href="https://www.islamreligion.com/articles/215/quran-on-mountains/#_ftn10341" name="_ftnref10341" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7ecefd; text-decoration-line: none;" title=" The Geological Concept of Mountains in the Quran, El-Naggar, p. 5."><span class="w-footnote-number" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1385c2; font-size: 14px;">[2]</span></a> So the most suitable word to describe mountains on the basis of this information is the word ‘peg,’ since most of a properly set peg is hidden under the surface of the ground. The history of science tells us that the theory of mountains having deep roots was introduced only in the latter half of the nineteenth century.<a href="https://www.islamreligion.com/articles/215/quran-on-mountains/#_ftn10342" name="_ftnref10342" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7ecefd; text-decoration-line: none;" title=" The Geological Concept of Mountains in the Quran, p. 5."><span class="w-footnote-number" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1385c2; font-size: 14px;">[3]</span></a></div>
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Mountains also play an important role in stabilizing the crust of the earth.<a href="https://www.islamreligion.com/articles/215/quran-on-mountains/#_ftn10343" name="_ftnref10343" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7ecefd; text-decoration-line: none;" title=" The Geological Concept of Mountains in the Quran, pp. 44-45."><span class="w-footnote-number" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1385c2; font-size: 14px;">[4]</span></a> They hinder the shaking of the earth. God has said in the Quran:</div>
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Likewise, the modern theory of plate tectonics holds that mountains work as stabilizers for the earth. This knowledge about the role of mountains as stabilizers for the earth has just begun to be understood in the framework of plate tectonics since the late 1960’s.<a href="https://www.islamreligion.com/articles/215/quran-on-mountains/#_ftn10344" name="_ftnref10344" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7ecefd; text-decoration-line: none;" title=" The Geological Concept of Mountains in the Quran, p. 5."><span class="w-footnote-number" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1385c2; font-size: 14px;"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="w-footnote-number" style="box-sizing: border-box;">[5]</span></span></span></span></a></div>
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Could anyone during the time of the Prophet Muhammad have known of the true shape of mountains?<img align="right" height="171" hspace="10" src="https://www.islamreligion.com/articles/images/The_Quran_on_Mountains_005.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; float: left; height: auto; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 40px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 265px;" width="228" /> Could anyone imagine that the solid massive mountain which he sees before him actually extends deep into the earth and has a root, as scientists assert? A large number of books of geology, when discussing mountains, only describe that part which is above the surface of the earth. This is because these books were not written by specialists in geology. However, modern geology has confirmed the truth of the Quranic verses.</div>
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Hi..Assalamualaikum, I am Yudi Saputra...you can call me Yudi. I am from Indonesia which is known muslim county. Da'wah, in my country, is realy easy but the people are realy hard to do the rule of Islam. Its is my challenge. so I hope who lives in majority Muslim country do not be jealous because Allah said in Al-Qur'an that Every people will be given for their problem compatible with their power. thank You...Assalamualaikum.</div>
lebah madu.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17802530179747313876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706044057410614574.post-79721583020545216212018-03-30T05:51:00.001-07:002018-03-30T05:51:06.953-07:00What Is Our Purpose ?, ISLAM, WHY ?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Let’s talk frankly.</div>
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Almost never do non-Muslims study Islam until they have first exhausted the religions of their exposure. Only after they have grown dissatisfied with the religions familiar to them, meaning Judaism, Christianity and all the fashionable “-isms”—Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism (and, as my young daughter once added, “tourism”)—do they consider Islam.</div>
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Perhaps other religions do not answer the big questions of life, such as “Who made us?” and “Why are we here?” Perhaps other religions do not reconcile the injustices of life with a fair and just Creator. Perhaps we find hypocrisy in the clergy, untenable tenets of faith in the canon, or corruption in the scripture. Whatever the reason, we perceive shortcomings in the religions of our exposure, and look elsewhere. And the ultimate “elsewhere” is Islam.</div>
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Now, Muslims would not like to hear me say that Islam is the “ultimate elsewhere.” But it is. Despite the fact that Muslims comprise one-fourth to one-fifth of the world’s population, non-Muslim media smears Islam with such horrible slanders that few non-Muslims view the religion in a positive light. Hence, it is normally the last religion seekers investigate.</div>
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Another problem is that by the time non-Muslims examine Islam, other religions have typically heightened their skepticism: If every “God-given” scripture we have ever seen is corrupt, how can the Islamic scripture be different? If charlatans have manipulated religions to suit their desires, how can we imagine the same not to have happened with Islam?</div>
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The answer can be given in a few lines, but takes books to explain. The short answer is this: There is a God. He is fair and just, and He wants us to achieve the reward of paradise. However, God has placed us in this worldly life as a test, to weed out the worthy from the unworthy. And we will be lost if left to our own devices. Why? Because we don’t know what He wants from us. We can’t navigate the twists and turns of this life without His guidance, and hence, He has given us guidance in the form of revelation.</div>
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Sure, previous religions have been corrupted, and that is<i style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </i><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">one of the reasons<i style="box-sizing: border-box;"> why</i></u> we have a chain of revelation. Ask yourself: wouldn’t God send another revelation if the preceding scriptures were impure? If preceding scriptures were corrupted, humans would need another revelation, to keep upon the straight path of His design.</div>
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So we should <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">expect</i> preceding scriptures to be corrupted, and we should expect the final revelation to be pure and unadulterated,for we cannot imagine a loving God leaving us astray. What we <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">can</i> imagine is God giving us a scripture, and men corrupting it; God giving us another scripture, and men corrupting it again … and again, and again. Until God sends a final revelation He promises to preserve until the end of time.</div>
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Muslims consider this final revelation to be the Holy Quran. You consider it … worth looking into. So let us return to the title of this article: Why Islam? Why should we believe that Islam is the religion of truth, the religion that possesses the pure and final revelation?</div>
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“Oh, just trust me.”</div>
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Now, how many times have you heard <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">that</i> line? A famous comedian used to joke that people of different cities cuss one another out in different ways. In Chicago, they cuss a person out <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">this</i>way, in Los Angeles they cuss a person out <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">that</i> way, but in New York they just say, “Trust me.”</div>
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So don’t trust me—trust our Creator. Read the Quran, read books and study good websites. But whatever you do, get started, take it seriously, and pray for our Creator to guide you.</div>
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Your life may not depend on it, but your soul most definitely does.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal;">Copyright © 2007 Laurence B. Brown; used by permission.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal;">About the author:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Laurence B. Brown, MD, can be contacted at <a href="mailto:BrownL38@yahoo.com" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7ecefd; text-decoration-line: none;">BrownL38@yahoo.com</a>. He is the author of <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">The First and Final Commandment</i> (Amana Publications) and <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bearing True Witness</i> (Dar-us-Salam). Forthcoming books are a historical thriller, <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Eighth Scroll</i>, and a second edition of <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">The First and Final Commandment</i>, rewritten and divided into <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">MisGod'ed</i> and its sequel, <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">God’ed</i>.</span></div>
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lebah madu.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17802530179747313876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706044057410614574.post-82661756059510215712018-03-28T16:27:00.003-07:002018-03-30T05:52:02.667-07:00"QUR'AN" The Miracles for intelligent Humans.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0in;">The word "Qur'an" is Arabic for "recitation". Indeed one of the many things that make the Qur'an unique is that it claims to be the literal speech of God. Muslims believe that the Qur'an was dictated to Prophet Muhammad, may God’s peace be upon him (or pbuh for short), by God Almighty through the angel Gabriel over 1,400 years ago. The Qur'an was not revealed all at once but rather gradually over a period of 23 years during the lifetime of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). It may surprise readers to learn that the Qur'an contains the same core message as other divinely revealed Scriptures, such as the Torah of Moses and Gospel of Jesus (peace be upon them) and Muslims believe that in their original form, these previous Scriptures were also sent from God. The Qur'an informs us that Muhammad (pbuh) is the final Messenger in a long line of Messengers that God sent before him, such as Abraham, Moses and Jesus. This is another of the unique aspects of the Qur'an; it acknowledges all of the Abrahamic faiths and all of the Prophets sent by God.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0in;">The Qur'an is also unique in history in terms of the revolutionary impact it had on society. Pre-Islamic Arabia was not a very pleasant place to live in. Given the tribal structure of Arab society, any disputes often led to blood feuds between tribes that would consume whole generations. Slavery was an economic institution of the Arabs. Male and female slaves were sold and bought like animals, and they formed the most depressed class of the Arabian society. Arabia was a male-dominated society to say the least. A man could marry any number of women and when a man died, his son "inherited" all his wives except his own mother. Women, as a general rule, had virtually no legal status: fathers sold their daughters into marriage for a price and women had little or no property or succession rights. The most powerful class of the Arabs was made up by the capitalists and money-lenders who took 100 per cent interest on loans. Infanticide, particularly the burying alive of female infants, was a norm. Finally, illiteracy was common among the Arabs, as were alcoholism and adultery. I think you can appreciate why this period of Arab history before the dawn of Islam is known as the period of ignorance!</span></div>
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0in;">Can you imagine being tasked with reforming such a society? Have a think about how long it would take one person to cure all these social ills. One generation? Perhaps several generations? You may even view it as an impossible task. Just to give you an idea of the scale of the challenge, let's look at an attempt in recent Western history to eradicate just one of these social ills, alcoholism. In 1920 the United States government passed a nationwide law to ban the sale, production, importation, and transportation of alcoholic beverages for moral and health reasons. This is commonly known as Prohibition and although consumption of alcohol fell at the beginning of Prohibition, it subsequently increased and led to other problems such as corruption and organised crime. The law was repealed in 1933. The failure of one of the most powerful governments in the world to tackle just a single social ill should make us reflect on the Qur'an. The Qur'an managed to completely reform not only alcoholism but all the social ills of Arabian society in a single generation, just 23 years! This was a revolution the likes of which the world has never witnessed.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0in;">The impact of the Qur'an on the world is not just historical. What must be noted is that although the Qur'an was revealed in 7th century Arabia, its message is meant for the whole of mankind. In fact there are over 1.5 billion Muslims in the world today because of the Qur'an. Just to give you a practical demonstration of just how many Muslims there are in the world, at any given moment on any day someone, somewhere, is praising God by reciting the Qur'an in their prayers. You must be wondering to yourself, what is it about the Qur'an that has made such an imprint on the hearts of over a billion Muslims?</span></div>
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lebah madu.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17802530179747313876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706044057410614574.post-12016201325815534202018-03-23T03:00:00.001-07:002018-03-23T03:00:27.002-07:00The Prophet Muhammad “FEAR GOD WHEREVER YOU ARE”.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Abu Dharr al-Ghifari and Muadh ibn Jabal relate that the Prophet, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, said: "Fear God wherever you are. Follow up a bad deed with a good deed and it will blot it out. And deal with people in a good manner."<a href="https://www.islamreligion.com/articles/10959/a-fear-god-wherever-you-area/#_ftn28892" name="_ftnref28892" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7ecefd; text-decoration-line: none;" title="
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Ibn Rajab says: "This is powerful advice, bringing together the rights of God and the rights of His servants."</div>
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The fear of God</h2>
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The Arabic word for the "fear of God" is taqwa. It comes from the root word meaning "to protect from something, to prevent". Indeed, a person exhibits the fear of God by seeking to prevent God's punishment by carrying out what God has commanded of him and abstaining from what God has prohibited him. </div>
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God had called upon all people in every era to fear Him. God says: <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">"And We had enjoined upon those who were given the Scripture before – as well as yourselves – to fear God."</b> (Quran 4:131)</div>
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It is God's right over His servants that they fear Him as He ought to be feared. God says: <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">"O you who believe! Fear God as He ought to be feared and do not die except as believers."</b> (Quran 3:102)</div>
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Ibn Mas`ud explained what it means to fear God as He ought to be feared by saying: "It means that He is to be obeyed not disobeyed, remembered not forgotten, and shown gratitude not ingratitude."</div>
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The fear of God is the path to forgiveness, salvation, and the attainment of God's mercy. God says:</div>
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"Indeed, God is with those who fear Him and those who do good." (Quran 16:128)</div>
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"And My mercy encompasses all things, and I shall decree it for those who fear Me." (Quran 7:156)</div>
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"He is worthy of being feared and worthy of granting forgiveness." (Quran 47:56)</div>
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"And whoever fears God – He will pardon him his sins and grant him a great reward." (Quran 65:5)</div>
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"Indeed, those who fear God will be among gardens and rivers, in a seat of truth near an All-Powerful Sovereign." (Quran 54:54-55)</div>
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God promises those who fear Him that He will provide for their needs and grant them a way out of their worldly difficulties. God says: <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">"And whoever fears God, He will make for him a way out, and provide for him from whence he could never imagine."</b> (Quran 65:2-3)</div>
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This is God's promise. We should draw strength from it when we are tried in life with difficulties that tempt us to resort to what God has forbidden. </div>
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God says: "It is only those who have knowledge among God's servants who fear Him." (Quran 35:28)</div>
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There are two ways in which knowledge and the fear of God are related. The first is that true fear of God comes about as the result of having proper knowledge of God and His perfect attributes. </div>
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Ibn Abbas said about this verse: "They are those who know that God is capable of all things."</div>
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He also said: "The verse means: The only people who fear me are those who know my power, my might, and my dominion."</div>
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Ibn Kathir says in his commentary of this verse: "The only people who fear God in the true sense are those who are knowledgeable about God. This is because the more knowledge a person has about the Almighty, the All-Powerful and All-Knowing, who possesses the attributes of perfection and the best of names – the more perfect and complete this knowledge is – the greater and more total his fear of God will be."<a href="https://www.islamreligion.com/articles/10959/a-fear-god-wherever-you-area/#_ftn28893" name="_ftnref28893" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7ecefd; text-decoration-line: none;" title="
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The second way that the fear of God and knowledge are related stems from the fact that the fear of God is to seek to prevent God's punishment by carrying out God's commands and abstaining from His prohibitions. Consequently, a Muslim needs to have knowledge of these matters in order to fear God properly. An ignorant Muslim may have a sense of fear, but he will not be able to fully carry out what that fear requires of him. </div>
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Ibn Abbas said: "To have knowledge of the Most Merciful is to be someone who associates nothing as a partner with Him, who deems lawful what He has made lawful, who prohibits what He has prohibited, who preserves what He has enjoined upon him, and who has certainty that he shall meet Him and that his actions will be accounted for."</div>
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Follow up a bad deed with a good deed</h2>
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The Prophet, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, tells us that performing a good deed wipes away the sin incurred from perpetrating an evil one. Scholars have disagreed whether the "good deed" being referred to here refers specifically to the context of repentance or whether it is general for all good works. </div>
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The strongest view is that all good deeds can wipe away evil deeds. God says: <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">"And establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at the approach of the night. Indeed, good works do away with evil deeds. That is a reminder for those who take heed."</b> (Quran 11:114)</div>
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A man once came to the Prophet, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, and informed him that he had contact with a woman like a husband has with his wife, except that he did not go so far as to fornicate with her. This man had just prayed the Fajr prayer. The Prophet said: "Have you prayed with us the Fajr prayer?" When he replied that he had, the Prophet recited: "Indeed, good works do away with evil deeds."<a href="https://www.islamreligion.com/articles/10959/a-fear-god-wherever-you-area/#_ftn28894" name="_ftnref28894" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7ecefd; text-decoration-line: none;" title="
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However, a believer should always repent for his sins. God says: <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">"And those, who when they commit an indecency or wrong themselves, remember God and seek forgiveness for their sins – and who forgives sins except God – and then do not knowingly persist in what they have done, for them is forgiveness from their Lord and gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they shall abide forever. How great is the reward for those who work righteousness."</b> (Quran 3:135)</div>
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A believer should follow up his sincere repentance with the performance of good works. This is what God wants from us. He says: <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Indeed, I am Most Forgiving to whomever repents, believes, and works righteous deeds and then continues upon guidance."</b> (Quran 20:82)</div>
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God also tells us: <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Except for those who repent, believe, and work righteous deeds. For those, God will change their evil deeds into good deeds, and God is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful."</b> (Quran 25:70) This is especially true for major sins. A Muslim must never leave a major sin to go without repentance, for God's promise of forgiveness is for those who turn to Him in sincere repentance. The Prophet said: "A servant, if he acknowledges his sin and then repents, God will forgive him."<a href="https://www.islamreligion.com/articles/10959/a-fear-god-wherever-you-area/#_ftn28895" name="_ftnref28895" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7ecefd; text-decoration-line: none;" title="
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And deal with people in a good manner</h2>
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God tells us repeatedly in the Quran to observe good manners in our dealings with others. He says: <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Keep to forgiveness (O Muhammad), and enjoin kindness, and turn away from those who are ignorant."</b> (Quran 7:199)</div>
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God says: <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Nor can goodness and evil be equal. Repel (evil) with what is better. Then he between whom and you there had been hatred will become as though he were your dear friend."</b> (Quran 41:34)</div>
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Prophet Muhammad is the perfect example of what it means to possess good manners. God says, describing him: <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Indeed you are of a great moral character."</b> (Quran 68:4)</div>
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The Prophet emphasized how good manners are of paramount importance in Islam when he said: "I was sent only to perfect good manners."<a href="https://www.islamreligion.com/articles/10959/a-fear-god-wherever-you-area/#_ftn28896" name="_ftnref28896" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7ecefd; text-decoration-line: none;" title="
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Indeed, he tells us that good manners are part of faith. He said: "The believers with the most complete faith are those who have the best manners."<a href="https://www.islamreligion.com/articles/10959/a-fear-god-wherever-you-area/#_ftn28897" name="_ftnref28897" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7ecefd; text-decoration-line: none;" title="
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Among the good manners that we should cultivate is to be sensible in our dealings with others and not to react hastily when they do that which displeases us. The Prophet said to Ashajj `Abd Qays: "You possess within yourself two qualities that God loves: discernment and forbearance."<span class="w-footnote-number" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1385c2; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;"><a href="https://www.islamreligion.com/articles/10959/a-fear-god-wherever-you-area/#_ftn28898" name="_ftnref28898" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7ecefd; text-decoration-line: none;" title="
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If you discovered something so amazing you felt like jumping up and down in excitement, what is the first thing that you would want to do?</div>
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Most people would not be able to contain their excitement and would want to tell as many people as possible. They would want to tell everyone what they had discovered in the hope that they would be just as thrilled and just as excited. And that is the short and concise answer to why Muslims call others to Islam. Because they are convinced without a shadow of a doubt that Islam is the meaning of life, the secret of the universe and the key to eternal happiness are all rolled into an attainable and understandable package and they want every single person on the face of this earth to know that.</div>
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But there is a longer answer and it involves obeying the commands of God, following in the footsteps of the prophets, and gathering rewards in the hope of attaining eternal peace and happiness in the Afterlife.</div>
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Islam is what is sometimes called a proselytizing religion. That means it is a religion that attempts to convince people that its belief system is the correct belief system. Islam is a religion that not only holds all of the answers to life’s big questions but it is also inclusive in that there are no restrictions on who can be a Muslim. Islam is a religion for all places, all time and all people. No one can be barred from learning the truth no matter what their religious background is, or what ethnicity or nationality they belong to. </div>
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Once a person is a Muslim, he or she is fully equal to every other Muslim and it does not matter where they are from, what they look like or what the state of their lives and hearts was before they embraced Islam. The truth about God and His purpose for us, His creation, is something everybody should have access to. Thus those of us who know are commanded by God, to tell others. </div>
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"Let there be a group among you who call others to good, and enjoin what is right, and forbid what is wrong: those who do this shall be successful." (Quran 3:104)</div>
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"Call to the way of your Lord with wisdom and fair preaching, and argue with them in the best manner possible…" (Quran 16:125)</div>
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Most people want to spread the exciting news about Islam and at the same time fulfill the commands of God. The scholars of Islam agree that calling others to the way of God is a communal obligation, that is that every believer should undertake this great work, however if in a particular place there are a sufficient number of people doing this, the others are released from this obligation.</div>
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This work is called <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">da’wah</i> and the person who engages in it is called a <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">da’ee</i>. However it would be wrong to assume that only specialized people can do <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">da’wah</i>. Of course, preaching to a large crowd would require training, but the reality is that all practicing Muslims do some form of <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">da’wah</i>every day. Their manner of living and dealing with others is often the best forms of <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">da’wah</i>. Islam is a way of life and when people see the contentment, modesty and justice imbedded in a Muslims’ everyday life - it must, and does, look very appealing. Being a good example is an easy way to call the people to Islam. A religion of mercy and forgiveness where the people behave that way every day is attractive, to those whose lives are not so grounded.</div>
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From the reasons that people like to call others to the way of Islam is that they wish to follow in the footsteps of the prophets of God. Their mission was to call the people out of darkness and into light. They tried to take the people from disbelief to belief in the Oneness of God. Prophet Muhammad, the last in a long line of prophets was sent to humankind by God to tell them, among other things, about the immense rewards in the Hereafter for those who believe in One God and worship Him correctly. </div>
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"We have not sent you (O Muhammad) but to all mankind as a giver of good news and as a warner, but most people do not know." (Quran 34:28)</div>
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"O Prophet, indeed We have sent you as a witness, and a bearer of glad tidings and a warner. And as one who invites to God by His leave and as a lamp spreading light. And announce to the believers the glad tidings, that they will have from God a great bounty." (Quran 33:45-47)</div>
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Another reason to do <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">da’wah</i> is that it is a source of unlimited goodness and reward. When a person embraces Islam because of another’s influence the caller to Islam takes rewards every time that person worships God. Prophet Muhammad said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to that of those who follow it, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all."<a href="https://www.islamreligion.com/articles/10655/why-do-muslims-call-others-to-islam/#_ftn26858" name="_ftnref26858" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7ecefd; text-decoration-line: none;" title="
Saheeh Muslim"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 19.9333px;">[1]</span></span></span></a> He also said, "If God guides one person through you, this will be better for you than possessing red camels."<a href="https://www.islamreligion.com/articles/10655/why-do-muslims-call-others-to-islam/#_ftn26859" name="_ftnref26859" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7ecefd; text-decoration-line: none;" title="
Saheeh Bukhari & Saheeh Muslim"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 19.9333px;">[2]</span></span></span></a> In the time of Prophet Muhammad, camels were very valuable and the red variety were the most valuable of all.</div>
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Muslims believe that the only way to be successful in this life and in the next is by living the religion that is Islam. They believe that all of life’s big questions, the one’s that keep you up at night and the ones that make you day dream about an eternity of enlightenment, can be answered by Islam. Sincerity is an important concept in Islam; those who are insincere know their rewards will dwindle rapidly. Those believers who sincerely want to spread the good news of Islam can see their rewards multiply even if their efforts are unsuccessful. Muslims sincerely want everybody on this planet to know and to love God the way they know and love God. And that is why Muslims call others to Islam. </div>
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With the death of Muhammad, the Muslim community was faced with the problem of succession. Who would be its leader?</div>
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There were four persons obviously marked for leadership: Abu Bakr al-Siddeeq, who had not only accompanied Muhammad to Medina ten years before, but had been appointed to take the place of the Prophet as leader of public prayer during Muhammad’s last illness; Umar ibn al-Khattab, an able and trusted Companion of the Prophet; Uthman ibn ‘Affan, a respected early convert; and ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, Muhammad’s cousin and son-in-law. Their piousness and ability to govern the affairs of the Islamic nation was uniformly par excellence. At a meeting held to decide the new leadership, Umar grasped Abu Bakr’s hand and gave his allegiance to him, the traditional sign of recognition of a new leader. By dusk, everyone concurred, and Abu Bakr had been recognized as the khaleefah of Muhammad. Khaleefah - anglicized as caliph - is a word meaning “successor”, but also suggesting what his historical role would be: to govern according to the Quran and the practice of the Prophet.</div>
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Abu Bakr’s caliphate was short, but important. An exemplary leader, he lived simply, assiduously fulfilled his religious obligations, and was accessible and sympathetic to his people. But he also stood firm when some tribes, who had only nominally accepted Islam, renounced it in the wake of the Prophet’s death. In what was a major accomplishment, Abu Bakr swiftly disciplined them. Later, he consolidated the support of the tribes within the Arabian Peninsula and subsequently funneled their energies against the powerful empires of the East: the Sassanians in Persia and the Byzantines in Syria, Palestine, and Egypt. In short, he demonstrated the viability of the Muslim state.</div>
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The second caliph, Umar - appointed by Abu Bakr - continued to demonstrate that viability. Adopting the title Ameer al-Mumineen, or Commander of the Believers, Umar extended Islam’s temporal rule over Syria, Egypt, Iraq, and Persia in what, from a purely military standpoint, were astonishing victories. Within four years after the death of the Prophet, the Muslim state had extended its sway over all of Syria and had, at a famous battle fought during a sandstorm near the River Yarmuk, blunted the power of the Byzantines - whose ruler, Heraclius, had shortly before refused the call to accept Islam.</div>
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Even more astonishingly, the Muslim state administered the conquered territories with a tolerance almost unheard of in that age. At Damascus, for example, the Muslim leader, Khalid ibn al-Walid, signed a treaty which read as follows:</div>
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This is what Khalid ibn al-Walid would grant to the inhabitants of Damascus if he enters therein: he promises to give them security for their lives, property and churches. Their city wall shall not be demolished; neither shall any Muslim be quartered in their houses. Thereunto we give them the pact of God and the protection of His Prophet, the caliphs and the believers. So long as they pay the poll tax, nothing but good shall befall them.</div>
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This tolerance was typical of Islam. A year after Yarmook, Umar, in the military camp of al-Jabiyah on the Golan Heights, received word that the Byzantines were ready to surrender Jerusalem. Consequently, he rode there to accept the surrender in person. According to one account, he entered the city alone and clad in a simple cloak, astounding a populace accustomed to the sumptuous garb and court ceremonials of the Byzantines and Persians. He astounded them still further when he set their fears at rest by negotiating a generous treaty in which he told them: “In the name of God ... you have complete security for your churches, which shall not be occupied by the Muslims or destroyed.”</div>
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This policy was to prove successful everywhere. In Syria, for example, many Christians who had been involved in bitter theological disputes with Byzantine authorities - and persecuted for it - welcomed the coming of Islam as an end to tyranny. And in Egypt, which Amr ibn al-As took from the Byzantines after a daring march across the Sinai Peninsula, the Coptic Christians not only welcomed the Arabs, but enthusiastically assisted them.</div>
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This pattern was repeated throughout the Byzantine Empire. Conflict among Greek Orthodox, Syrian Monophysites, Copts, and Nestorian Christians contributed to the failure of the Byzantines - always regarded as intruders - to develop popular support, while the tolerance which Muslims showed toward Christians and Jews removed the primary cause for opposing them.</div>
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Umar adopted this attitude in administrative matters as well. Although he assigned Muslim governors to the new provinces, existing Byzantine and Persian administrations were retained wherever possible. For fifty years, in fact, Greek remained the chancery language of Syria, Egypt, and Palestine, while Pahlavi, the chancery language of the Sassanians, continued to be used in Mesopotamia and Persia.</div>
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Umar, who served as caliph for ten years, ended his rule with a significant victory over the Persian Empire. The struggle with the Sassanid realm had opened in 636 at al-Qadisiyah, near Ctesiphon in Iraq, where Muslim cavalry had successfully coped with elephants used by the Persians as a kind of primitive tank. Now with the Battle of Nihavand, called the “Conquest of Conquests,” Umar sealed the fate of Persia; henceforth it was to be one of the most important provinces in the Muslim Empire.</div>
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His caliphate was a high point in early Islamic history. He was noted for his justice, social ideals, administration, and statesmanship. His innovations left an all enduring imprint on social welfare, taxation, and the financial and administrative fabric of the growing <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK2" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7ecefd;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK1" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7ecefd;">empire</a>.<br />
BY; https://www.islamreligion.com/articles/318/brief-history-of-islam-part-4/</div>
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lebah madu.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17802530179747313876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706044057410614574.post-1005241190655602082018-03-04T23:57:00.001-08:002018-03-04T23:57:44.513-08:00THE CORE VALUES OF ISLAM<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It is difficult to limit all of Islam into a few core values. Nevertheless, the most important beliefs and religious practices were identified by Prophet Muhammad himself. Thus, there is general agreement on them among all Muslims.</div>
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It provides an interesting comparison since modern Jews and Christians do not have similar uniformity in their belief systems. Christians, for example, have numerous creeds<a href="https://www.islamreligion.com/articles/10256/core-values-of-islam/#_ftn26640" name="_ftnref26640" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7ecefd; text-decoration-line: none;" title=" www.creeds.net"><span class="w-footnote-number" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1385c2; font-size: 14px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="w-footnote-number" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 19.9333px;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a> and Jews do not have any agreed upon beliefs. Modern Jews mostly agree over the 613 commandments that Maimonides, a Jewish rabbi from Muslim Spain, <span class="st" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 19.55px;">recorded and classified in the 12th century.</span></span></div>
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Additionally, Muslim scholars, past and present, have also identified and in certain cases agreed on the core teachings of the Quran, of Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, and the ‘essentials’ of Islamic Law (<i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Shariah</i>).</div>
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Core Islamic Beliefs: Six Articles of Faith</h2>
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More than a billion Muslims share a common set of fundamental beliefs that are described as "Articles of Faith." These articles of faith form the foundation of Islamic belief system.</div>
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1. Belief in One God: The most important teaching of Islam is that only God is to be served and worshipped. Also, the biggest sin in Islam is to worship other beings with God. In fact, Muslims believe that it is the only sin that God does not forgive if a person dies before repenting from it.</div>
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2. Belief in Angels: God created unseen beings called angels who work tirelessly to administer His kingdom in full obedience. The angels surround us at all times, each has a duty; some record our words and deeds.</div>
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3. Belief in Prophets of God: Muslims believe that God communicates His guidance through human prophets sent to every nation. These prophets start with Adam and include Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, peace be upon them. The main message of all the prophets has always been that there is only One true God and He alone is worthy of being supplicated to and worshipped.</div>
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4. Belief in Revealed Books of God: Muslims believe that God revealed His wisdom and instructions through ‘books’ to some of the prophets like the Psalms, Torah, and the Gospel. Over time, however, the original teachings of these books got distorted or lost. Muslims believe the Quran is God’s final revelation revealed to Prophet Muhammad and has been fully preserved.</div>
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5. Belief in Day of Judgment: The life of this world and all that is in it will come to an end on an appointed day. At that time, every person will be raised from the dead. God will judge each person individually, according to his faith and his good and bad actions. God will show mercy and fairness in judgment. According to Islamic teachings, those who believe in God and perform good deeds will be eternally rewarded in Heaven. Those who reject faith in God will be eternally punished in the fire of Hell.</div>
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6. Belief in Destiny and Divine Decree: Muslims believe that since God is the Sustainer of all life, nothing happens except by His Will and with His full knowledge. This belief does not contradict the idea of free will. God does not force us, our choices are known to God beforehand because His knowledge is complete. This recognition helps the believer through difficulties and hardships.</div>
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Core Religious Practice of Islam: The Five "Pillars" of Islam</h2>
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In Islam, worship is part of daily life and is not limited to mere rituals. The formal acts of worship are known as the five "pillars" of Islam. The five pillars of Islam are the declaration of faith, prayer, fasting, charity, and pilgrimage.</div>
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1. Declaration of Faith: The "Declaration of Faith" is the statement, <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">"La ilaha illa Allah wa Muhammad</i> <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Rasul-ullah"</i>, meaning "There is no deity worthy of being worship except God (Allah), and Muhammad is the Messenger (Prophet) of God"). The Declaration of Faith is more than just a statement; it must be shown with one's actions. To convert to the faith of Islam, a person has to say this statement.</div>
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2. Daily Prayer: Prayer is a method by which a Muslim connects to God and gathers spiritual strength and peace of mind. Muslims perform five formal prayers a day. </div>
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3.<i style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Zakah</i>: A type of charity. Muslims recognize that all wealth is a blessing from God, and certain responsibilities are required in return. In Islam, it is the duty of the wealthy to help the poor and needy. </div>
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4. Fast of <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ramadan</i>: Once each year, Muslims are commanded to fast for an entire month from dawn to sunset. The period of intense spiritual devotion is known as the fast of <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ramadan</i> in which no food, drink and sex is allowed during the fast. After sunset one can enjoy these things. During this month Muslims practice self-control and focus on prayers and devotion. During the fast, Muslims learn to sympathize with those in the world who have little to eat.</div>
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5. The <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Hajj</i> Pilgrimage to Mecca: Every Muslim strives to make once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage to the sacred sites in Mecca, in present-day Saudi Arabia. It is the most intense spiritual experience for a Muslim. Typically, 2-3 million perform <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">hajj</i> every year.</div>
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Core of the Quran: <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Surah </i>(Chapter)<i style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </i>al-Fatihah</h2>
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Scholars consider <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Surah</i> al-Fatihah, the first chapter of the Quran, to be the core of the Quran. It is recited in every formal prayer in the Arabic language. The translation follows:</div>
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"I begin with the name of God, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. All praise and thanks are for God, the Lord of the worlds. The Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. Sovereign of the Day of Recompense. You alone we worship and You alone we ask for help. Guide us to the Straight Path (of Islam), the path of those You have blessed, not the path of those who have incurred Your wrath nor of those who have gone astray."</div>
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Core Teachings of Prophet Muhammad</h2>
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Classical scholars of Islam have condensed the teachings of Prophet Muhammad into a few statements. These comprehensive statements touch every aspect of our lives. Some of them are:</div>
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1)<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span>Actions are judged by the intention behind them.</div>
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2)<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span>God is Pure and does not accept anything unless it is pure and God has commanded the faithful with what He commanded the prophets.</div>
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3)<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span>Part of a person’s good observance of Islam is to leave aside what does not concern him.</div>
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4)<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span>A person cannot be a complete believer unless he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.</div>
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Core of Islamic Law or <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Shariah</i></h2>
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The core of Islamic Law is preservation of:</div>
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In the vision of Islam, they are known as "essentials" because they are considered essential to human welfare.</div>
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In conclude, if someone were to ask, what is the core of Islam in the fewest possible words, the answer would be, "it is within the word Islam itself: to serve, worship, and lovingly submit to God."</div>
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lebah madu.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17802530179747313876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706044057410614574.post-2694957301857303682018-02-23T16:16:00.001-08:002018-02-23T17:58:47.631-08:00IS JESUS GOD OR SENT BY GOD?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Jesus is a figure who is loved and revered by billions of people the world over. Yet there is so much confusion surrounding the status of this colossal personality. Muslims and Christians both hold Jesus in high regard but view him in very different ways.</div>
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The questions raised in this article aim to get to the heart of the issues surrounding Jesus: Is Jesus God? Or was he sent by God? Who was the real historical Jesus?</div>
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Some ambiguous verses of the Bible can be applied erroneously to show that Jesus is in some way divine. But if we look at the clear, direct verses of the Bible, we see again and again that Jesus is being referred to as an extraordinary human being and nothing more. What emerges, when we consider the historical and logical facts about Jesus’ life, is conclusive proof not only that Jesus cannot be God, but that he never claimed to be either.</div>
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What follows are five lines of reasoning which clarify this subject for us through the Bible itself and thereby allow us to discover the real Jesus.</div>
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1. Jesus Never Calls Himself God</h2>
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The Bible (in spite of being changed and adulterated over time) contains many verses in which Jesus speaks of God as a separate person to himself. Here are just a few of them:</div>
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When a man addressed Jesus as “Good Teacher”, he replied <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Why do you call me good? No one is good except the one God.’’ [Mark 10:18]</b></div>
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<b style="box-sizing: border-box;">I</b>n another instance he says: <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">“I can’t do anything by myself. Whatever I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just. I don’t seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me.” [John 5:30]</b></div>
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Jesus speaks of God as a separate being to himself: I’m going up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God. [John 20:17]<br />
In this verse he affirms that he was sent by God: This is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you sent. [John 17:3]</div>
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If Jesus was God he would have told people to worship him, but he did the opposite and disapproved anyone worshipping him: And in vain they worship Me [Matthew 15:9]</div>
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If Jesus claimed to be God than there should be hundreds of verses in the Bible which would have mentioned it. But there is not a single verse in the entire Bible in which Jesus says I am God, worship me.</div>
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2. Jesus as Son and Lord?</h2>
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Jesus is sometimes referred to as ‘Lord’ in the Bible and at other times as ‘Son of God’. God is called the ‘Father’, so putting these names together it could be claimed that Jesus is the son of God. But if we look at each of these titles in context we will find that they are symbolic and not to be taken literally.</div>
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‘Son of God’ is a term used in ancient Hebrew for a righteous person. God calls Israel his ‘son’: This is what the LORD says: Israel is my oldest son.[Exodus 4:22]. Also, David is called the ‘Son of God’: The LORD has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.’ [Psalm 2:7]. In fact anyone who is righteous is referred to as God’s ‘son’: All who are led by God’s Spirit are God’s sons and daughters. [Romans 8:14].</div>
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In the same way, when the word ‘Father’ is used to refer to God it shouldn’t be taken literally. Instead it’s a way of saying God is the creator, sustainer, cherisher etc. There are many verses for us to understand this symbolic meaning of the word ‘Father’, for example: one God and Father of all. [Ephesians 4:6].</div>
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Jesus is sometimes called ‘Lord’ by the disciples. ‘Lord’ is a term used for God and also for people who are held in high esteem. There are many examples of the word ‘Lord’ being used for people in the Bible: So they (Joseph’s brothers) went up to Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house<b style="box-sizing: border-box;">. “We beg your pardon, our lord,” they said. [Genesis 43:19-20]</b>. Also, in other parts of the Bible, Jesus is even called a ‘servant’ of God by the disciples: the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. [Acts 3:13]. This clearly shows that when ‘Lord’ is used to refer to Jesus, it is a title of respect not of divinity.</div>
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3. The Nature of Jesus</h2>
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The nature of Jesus was totally different to that of God. There are many parts of the Bible that highlight this difference in nature:</div>
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God is All-Knowing but Jesus by his own admission was not All-Knowing. This can be seen in the following passage when Jesus says <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">“But nobody knows when that day or hour will come, not the heavenly angels and not the Son. Only the Father knows.” [Matthew 24:36]</b></div>
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God is independent and he doesn’t need sleep, food or water. Jesus however ate, drank, slept and depended on God: As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father. [John 6:57]. Another sign of Jesus’ dependence on God is that he prayed to God: Going a little farther, he (Jesus) fell with his face to the ground and prayed [Matthew 26:39]. This shows that Jesus himself sought help from God. God, being the one who answers prayers does not need to pray to anyone. Also, Jesus said: <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than me. [John 14:28].</b></div>
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The Bible is clear that God is unseen and is not a man: for no one may see me and live. [Exodus 33:20], God is not a man [Numbers 23:19]. Jesus on the other hand was a man who was seen by thousands of people, so he could not be God. Furthermore, the Bible makes it clear that God is too great to be inside his creation: But how could God possibly live on earth with people? If heaven, even the highest heaven, can’t contain you [2 Chronicles 6:18]. According to this verse Jesus cannot be God living on the earth.</div>
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Also the Bible calls Jesus a Prophet [Matthew 21:10-11], so how could Jesus be God and be God’s Prophet at the same time? That wouldn’t make sense.</div>
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Additionally the Bible informs us that God does not change: I the Lord do not change. [Malachi 3:6:]. Jesus however went through many changes in his life such as age, height, weight etc.</div>
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These are just some of the proofs within the Bible, which make it clear that the nature of Jesus and God is completely different. Some people may claim that Jesus had both a human and a divine nature. This is a claim that Jesus never made, and is in clear contradiction to the Bible which maintains that God has one nature.<br />
by; https://www.islamreligion.com/articles/5232/is-jesus-god-or-sent-by-god-part-1/</div>
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lebah madu.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17802530179747313876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706044057410614574.post-14015442162559742192018-02-02T02:17:00.001-08:002018-02-23T16:39:25.582-08:00Ritghteousness And Sin...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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An-Nawwas ibn Sam’aan reported that Prophet Muhammad said:<br /><span style="color: #351c75;">"Righteousness is good character, and sin is whatever bothers you and you do not want people to know." (<i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Saheeh Muslim</i>)<a name='more'></a></span></h4>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">An-Nawwas ibn Sam’aan is a famous companion of Prophet Muhammad. He belonged to the Arab tribe of Kelaab and settled in Syria after the death of the Prophet.</span><br /><span style="color: #0c343d;">His report is collected by a scholar of hadeeth named Muslim ibn Al-Hajjaj, who was born in 817 CE in the city of Naishapur, in north-eastern Iran, and died there at the age of 58, in 875 CE. Muslim began studying the science of Prophetic hadeeth at the age of 15 and traveled to Iraq, Hijaz (Western Saudi Arabia), Syria, and Egypt to study under great hadeeth masters like al-Bukhari, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and others. He compiled a book containing some 9,200 hadeeths which is known as Saheeh Muslim. Muslim scholars consider it to be the most authentic compilation of Prophetic hadeeths after Saheeh al-Bukhari.</span><br /><span style="color: #20124d;">This narration is important in that it sheds light on some of the more subtle aspects of righteousness and sin, helping to define them both. Since Islam gives so much importance to the belief in and worship of One God, one may incorrectly think that this alone is enough to be righteous. This hadeeth, however, shows that one of the main consequences of correct and true belief is good character, and that it is an intrinsic aspect of the meaning of righteousness. It emphasizes some of the meanings found in the saying of God which mentions that righteousness, as well as a being a combination of correct belief and prescribed worship, is also proper conduct in human relations:<br />"Righteousness is not that you turn your faces to the east and the west [in prayer]. But righteous is the one who believes in God, the Last Day, the Angels, the Scripture and the Prophets; who gives his wealth in spite of love for it to kinsfolk, orphans, the poor, the wayfarer, to those who ask and to set slaves free. And (righteous are) those who pray, pay alms, honor their agreements, and are patient in (times of) poverty, ailment and during conflict. Such are the people of truth. And they are the God-Fearing." (Quran 2:177)</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Rather than being an end in itself, one of the main purposes of worship is to bring about traits beneficial to the self and society. God says about the salah (prayer):<br />"Surely, the salah prevents lewd acts and bad deeds…" (Quran 29:45)<br />Hence one can say without any qualms that Islam as a whole came to perfect good manners, as did the Prophet himself:<br />"Indeed I was only sent to complete the most noble character traits." (<i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Saheeh Muslim</i>)<br />As Islam is not a mere religion but a complete way of life, incorporating all of its various facets and aspects, good manners is actually regarded as a means of worship by which one may achieve the same reward of doing other more obvious voluntary acts of worship. The Prophet, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, stated:<br />"Through his manners and good conduct, the believer can attain the status of a person who frequently fasts and prays at night." (<i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Abu Dawud</i>)</span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">Rather, the Prophet even stated it to be one of the best forms of worship, second to none but the obligatory mandates of Islam:<br />"On the Day of Resurrection, nothing will be heavier in the scale (of good deeds) of the believer than good conduct. God hates the one who swears and hurls obscenities." (<i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Abu Dawud, Al-Tirmidhi</i>)<br />Through maintaining good conduct, one becomes one of the beloved servants of God. The Prophet said:<br />"The most beloved slaves of God to God are those who have the best manners." (<i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Al-Hakim</i>)<br />When one realizes the importance of good character and its essentiality in defining righteousness, an aspect which is the goal of Islam, this exhorts Muslims to fulfill this aspect of faith as well, since one can not become "righteous" through mere belief and devotion to God in themselves without good character.<br />But what is regarded as good character? We find that the Quran and Sunnah in various texts define it to be any trait that is beneficial to humans, both to oneself as well as to others, at the same time not being generally or specifically prohibited by Islam. For example, God says:<br />"Those who suppress their anger, and forgive other people – assuredly, God loves those who do good." (Quran 3:134)<br />Righteousness is dealing fairly, justly and politely with one’s family. The Prophet said:<br />"The believers with the most perfect faith are those with the most perfect conduct and manners. And the best ones amongst you are those who are best to their families." (<i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Al-Tirmidhi</i>)<br />Truthfulness is an essential aspect of good character which leads to Paradise. The Prophet said:<br />"Indeed truthfulness is righteousness, and indeed righteousness leads to Paradise." (<i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Saheeh Muslim</i>)<br />These are but a few examples of the numerous texts which define and exhort Muslims to excel in their character and manner. Although righteousness is those deeds which are naturally pleasing to the conscience of humans, religion plays a vital role in defining what it is. For example, anything of which its harm is greater than its good cannot be defined as righteousness, even if it may be otherwise regarded as goodness and righteousness. The Prophet said:<br />"It is not righteousness that you fast during travel." (<i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Saheeh Al-Bukhari</i>)<br />Although fasting is one of the most meritorious of deeds, here it is not considered righteousness due to the harm it may incur to the individual and his comrades during a journey. Also, to steal from the rich in order to give to the poor may not be regarded as righteousness, as stealing has been specifically prohibited in the religion.<br />At the same time, a deed which may sometimes be seen as harsh may also be considered good character at times, such as striking a child at a certain age as a means of education. The Prophet said:<br />"Command your children to pray when they are seven, and strike them [if they do not] when they are ten…" (<i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Abu Dawud</i>)</span><br /><span style="color: #783f04;">For this reason, we look to divine guidance in order to define for us good manners and character, exemplified by the Prophet, as God said:<br />"Surely, you (O Muhammad) are upon a high standard of moral character." (Quran 68:4)<br />God also said:<br />"Indeed in the Messenger of God you have a beautiful example of conduct to follow…" (Quran 33:21)<br />Aisha, the wife of the noble Prophet, was asked about his character. She replied:<br />"His character was that of the Quran." (<i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Saheeh Muslim, Abu Dawud</i>)</span></h4>
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lebah madu.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17802530179747313876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706044057410614574.post-49278950409724810682018-01-21T15:16:00.001-08:002018-01-21T15:16:36.312-08:00RAMADAN<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404748; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">“O you who believe, fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may develop God-consciousness.” (Quran 2:183)</span><br />
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Some Native American societies fasted to avert catastrophe or to serve as penance for sin. Native North Americans held tribal fasts to avert threatening disasters. The Native Americans of Mexico and the Incas of Peru observed penitential fasts to appease their gods. Past nations of the Old World, such as the Assyrians and the Babylonians, observed fasting as a form of penance. Jews observe fasting as a form of penitence and purification annually on the Day of Atonement or Yom Kippur. On this day neither food nor drink is permitted.</div>
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Early Christians associated fasting with penitence and purification. During the first two centuries of its existence, the Christian church established fasting as a voluntary preparation for receiving the sacraments of Holy Communion and baptism and for the ordination of priests. Later, these fasts were made obligatory, as others days were subsequently added. In the 6th century, the Lenten fast was expanded to 40 days, on each of which only one meal was permitted. After the Reformation, fasting was retained by most Protestant churches and was made optional in some cases. Stricter Protestants, however, condemned not only the festivals of the church, but its traditional fasts as well.</div>
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In the Roman Catholic Church, fasting may involve partial abstinence from food and drink or total abstinence. The Roman Catholic days of fasting are Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. In the United States, fasting is observed mostly by Episcopalians and Lutherans among Protestants, by Orthodox and Conservative Jews, and by Roman Catholics.</div>
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Fasting took another form in the West: the hunger strike, a form of fasting, which in modern times has become a political weapon after being popularized by Mohandas Gandhi, leader of the struggle for India’s freedom, who undertook fasts to compel his followers to obey his precept of nonviolence.</div>
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Islam is the only religion that has retained the outward and spiritual dimensions of fasting throughout the centuries. Selfish motives and desires of the base self alienate a man from his Creator. The most unruly human emotions are pride, avarice, gluttony, lust, envy, and anger. These emotions by their nature are not easy to control, thus a person must strive hard to discipline them. Muslims fast to purify their soul, it puts a bridle on the most uncontrolled, savage human emotions. People have gone to two extremes with regard to them. Some let these emotions steer their life which lead to barbarism among the ancients, and crass materialism of consumer cultures in modern times. Others tried to deprive themselves completely of these human traits, which in turn led to monasticism.</div>
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The fourth Pillar of Islam, the Fast of Ramadan, occurs once each year during the 9<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12.75px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span> lunar month, the month of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar in which:</div>
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“…the Quran was sent down as a guidance for the people.” (Quran 2:185)</div>
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God in His infinite mercy has exempt the ill, travelers, and others who are unable from fasting Ramadan.</div>
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Fasting helps Muslims develop self-control, gain a better understanding of God’s gifts and greater compassion towards the deprived. Fasting in Islam involves abstaining from all bodily pleasures between dawn and sunset. Not only is food forbidden, but also any sexual activity. All things which are regarded as prohibited is even more so in this month, due to its sacredness. Each and every moment during the fast, a person suppresses their passions and desires in loving obedience to God. This consciousness of duty and the spirit of patience helps in strengthening our faith. Fasting helps a person gain self-control. A person who abstains from permissible things like food and drink is likely to feel conscious of his sins. A heightened sense of spirituality helps break the habits of lying, staring with lust at the opposite sex, gossiping, and wasting time. Staying hungry and thirsty for just a day’s portion makes one feel the misery of the 800 million who go hungry or the one in ten households in the US, for example, that are living with hunger or are at risk of hunger. After all, why would anyone care about starvation if one has never felt its pangs oneself? One can see why <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ramadan</i> is also a month of charity and giving.</div>
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At dusk, the fast is broken with a light meal popularly referred to as <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">iftaar</i>. Families and friends share a special late evening meal together, often including special foods and sweets served only at this time of the year. Many go to the mosque for the evening prayer, followed by special prayers recited only during Ramadan. Some will recite the entire Quran as a special act of piety, and public recitations of the Quran can be heard throughout the evening. Families rise before dawn to take their first meal of the day, which sustains them until sunset. Near the end of Ramadan Muslims commemorate the “Night of Power” when the Quran was revealed. The month of Ramadan ends with one of the two major Islamic celebrations, t he Feast of the Breaking of the Fast, called Eid al-Fitr. On this day, Muslims joyfully celebrate the completion of Ramadan and customarily distribute gifts to children. Muslims are also obliged to help the poor join in the spirit of relaxation and enjoyment by distributing zakat-ul-fitr, a special and obligatory act of charity in the form of staple foodstuff, in order that all may enjoy the general euphoria of the day.</div>
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by;https://www.islamreligion.com/articles/47/fourth-pillar-of-islam/</div>
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lebah madu.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17802530179747313876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706044057410614574.post-69082382093671659302018-01-04T23:14:00.000-08:002018-02-23T18:20:07.101-08:00New Muslim...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #404748; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">DAWOOD KINNEY, EX-CATHOLIC, USA</span></span></div>
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As far back as I can remember as a child, I was always astounded by this universe in which we live; how everything works perfectly. I used to lie outside at night on my parent's lawn, staring up at the stars, just amazed at the unfathomable size of the heavens. And I also used to be amazed at how the human body just ticked along, heart beating, lungs pumping, with no help from me. And from that early time, I always in some way knew, there just had to be a Creator responsible for all this.<br />
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But then as I segued into my teens, it was much easier to succumb to peer pressure, and I lost interest in the Divine and instead devoted my time to alcohol, sex and the immature games of a young male growing up in America. Growing into young adulthood, my obsessions became money, power, a better house, a faster car, and a prettier woman--all shallow pursuits.</div>
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I lived this way for many years, slowly losing control of my life, thinking I was pursuing happiness when all I was getting was more depressed, more confused, and making more and more of a mess of my life.</div>
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At some point, my life just sort of spiraled to the bottom and I cracked. My immediate response was to turn to God, and, having been raised Catholic, it was to that church that I turned. At the time, I had been divorced and remarried and came to find out that the Catholic Church didn't want me. Hurt and angry, but also realizing a need for a spiritual order in my life, I turned to Buddhism.</div>
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The Buddhist sect I became involved with followed a Tibetan tradition, where importance is placed on gaining empowerments, which are basically blessings from various Buddhas. At some point I realized I was not really bettering myself, just running around gaining empowerments, performing elaborate rituals. All of a sudden, I realized that one of the last things the Buddha said before passing away was not to worship him. I realized this whole practice was BASED on worshipping not only "the" Buddha, but also all these other Buddhas. I became very discouraged and reverted to my old ways of indulgence in alcohol and other forbidden pleasures. And once again, I became very depressed, only this time with emotional side effects that began to manifest in very frightening and self-destructive ways.</div>
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When I was a young man, I was very much "into" the music of Cat Stevens (now Yusuf Islam). When I heard he had embraced Islam, I was in the U.S. Navy at the time and this was during the "hostage crisis" in Iran. So, I immediately drew the conclusion that Cat Stevens has become a terrorist, and I kept that belief for many years.</div>
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A couple months or so ago, I heard he was going to be interviewed on TV, and I wanted to hear about this crazy man who had left a great life to become a terrorist. Well, needless to say, I was just floored by the interview, because he was certainly no terrorist, but a soft-spoken, articulate, peaceful man who radiated love, and patience, and intelligence. The very next day, I began researching Islam on the Internet. I came across a lecture in RealAudio by a brother, Khaled Yasin, and well, this lecture really put me over the top.</div>
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The first one by Br. Khaled is really the one that did it for me, but the other two by Br. Yusef (Cat Stevens) really speaks to those of us who did not grow up in a Muslim society.). It all made so much SENSE, the existence of God was so SIMPLE to understand! How could I have been so stupid all this time???</div>
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Well, the more I learned the more I was convinced that this was truly the path I had been searching for. It contained the discipline--physical, mental, and spiritual--that leads to true peace and happiness. But most importantly, it contains that path to God. Pronouncing my Shahada was such a CLEANSING experience, and since this time, I have often just … cried and cried and cried. How wonderful!</div>
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I have received such a warm and embracing welcome from all Muslim brothers and sisters from around the world; I take great comfort in this, knowing that, despite any adversity or setback, I am literally surrounded by my Muslim family that will never abandon me as long as I remain Muslim. No other group of people has ever treated me in this way.</div>
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I still have a very long and arduous path ahead. Accepting the reality of Islam is the easy part, walking the Straight Path is the hard part, especially once one had firmly implanted himself in a society of unbelievers. But I pray to God every day for strength and guidance, and I just take it one day at a time, trying to improve in Islam little by little each day.</div>
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by; https://www.islamreligion.com/articles/83/dawood-kinney-ex-catholic-usa/</div>
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Islam and Muslims</h2>
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The Arabic word ‘Islam’ means ‘submission’, and is derived from a word meaning ‘peace’.</div>
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As such, the religion of Islam teaches that in order to achieve true peace of mind and surety of heart, one must submit to God and live according to His Divinely revealed Law.</div>
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Islam is not a new religion because ‘submission to the will of God’, i.e. Islam, has always been the only acceptable religion in the sight of God. For this reason, Islam is the true ‘natural religion’, and it is the same eternal message revealed through the ages to all of God’s prophets and messengers. The main message of all the prophets has always been that there is only One True God and He alone is to be worshipped. These prophets start with Adam and include Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, John the Baptist, and Jesus, peace be upon them all. God says in the Holy Quran:</div>
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<span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span>“We did not send before you (O Muhammad) any messenger but We revealed to him: ‘none has the right to be worshipped except I, therefore worship Me.’” (Quran 21:25)</div>
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<span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span>“We have not sent you (O Muhammad) but to all mankind as a giver of good news and as a warner, but most people do not know.” (Quran 34:28)</div>
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<span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span> “Whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers.” (Quran 3:85)</div>
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The word “Muslim” means one who submits to the will of God, regardless of his/her race, nationality or ethnic background. Hence, any person who is ready to submit to the will of God is eligible to become a Muslim.</div>
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Benefits of Converting to Islam</h2>
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There are many benefits of converting to Islam. Some of them are:</div>
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<span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span>• One forms a personal and direct relationship with God by worshipping Him <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">alone</i>, without the need of intermediaries. One feels this personal relationship and is aware that God knows everything and is there to assist him/her.</div>
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<span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span>• A person realizes the true purpose of his or her life, which is to recognize God and follow His commandments.</div>
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<span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span>• A person is provided with a light, which guides him/her through life. The religion of Islam has answers to all situations, and one will always know the right steps to take in all aspects of life.</div>
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<span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span>• One finds true happiness, tranquility, and inner peace.</div>
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<span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span>• Upon converting to Islam, all of one’s previous sins are forgiven, and one starts a new life of piety and righteousness. And as a Muslim, when one makes a mistake thereafter, he/she can always repent to God who forgives the sins of those who repent to Him sincerely. There are no intermediaries or created beings to make confessions to.</div>
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<span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span>• One achieves salvation from Hellfire, which all prophets have warned against.</div>
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<span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span>• The greatest benefit is that a Muslim is promised by God the reward of eternal Paradise (Heaven). Those who are blessed with Paradise, will live eternally in bliss without any sort of sickness, pain or sadness. God will be pleased with them and they will be pleased with Him. Even the lowest in rank among the dwellers of Paradise will have ten times the like of this world, and they will have whatever they desire. In fact, in Paradise there are pleasures that no eye has ever seen, no ear has ever heard, and no mind has ever thought of. It will be a very real life, not spiritual only, but physical as well.</div>
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To know more about some of the benefits in converting to Islam, you may read this article <a href="https://www.islamreligion.com/articles/4514/viewall/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7ecefd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">“The Benefits of Converting to Islam (3 parts)”</a>.</div>
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How to Convert to Islam - The Testimony of Faith (<i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Shahada</i>)</h2>
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Becoming a Muslim is a simple and easy process. All that a person has to do is to say a sentence called the Testimony of Faith (<i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Shahada</i>), which is pronounced as:</div>
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I testify “<b style="box-sizing: border-box;">La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammad rasoolu Allah.</b>”</div>
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These Arabic words mean, “There is no true god (deity) but God (Allah), and Muhammad is the Messenger (Prophet) of God.” Once a person says the Testimony of Faith (<i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Shahada</i>) with conviction and understanding its meaning, then he/she has become a Muslim. </div>
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The first part, “There is no true deity but God,” means that none has the right to be worshipped but God alone, and that God has neither partner nor son. The second part means that Muhammad was a true Prophet sent by God to humankind.</div>
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To be a Muslim, one should also:</div>
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- Believe that the Holy Quran is the literal word of God, revealed by Him.</div>
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- Believe that the Judgment Day (Resurrection Day) is true and will come.</div>
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- Believe in the prophets that God sent and the books He revealed, and in His angels.</div>
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- Accept Islam as his/her religion.</div>
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- Not worship anything nor anyone except God.</div>
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It is that easy! To hear the Testimony (<i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Shahada</i>), <a href="https://www.islamreligion.com/testimony.mp3" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7ecefd; text-decoration-line: none;">click here</a> or click on “Live Help” for immediate assistance by chat.</div>
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The conversion can be done alone, but it is much better to do it with the help of one of our advisors through the “Live Help”, so we may help you in pronouncing it right and to provide you with important pieces of information and advice that is especially prepared for new converts, to help them get started with their newfound faith.</div>
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Alternatively, we can call you over the phone to help you with the conversion process. In this case, please leave us your phone number and the suitable time to call through our <a href="https://www.islamreligion.com/index.php?option=com_contact&task=view&contact_id=1&Itemid=31" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7ecefd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">Contact Us</a> form.</div>
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You are Not Alone</h2>
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If you have followed the guidance above and converted to Islam by yourself, then rest assured that you are not alone, rather the same faith is shared by 1.7 billion people. We highly recommend that you inform us now through the <a href="https://www.islamreligion.com/index.php?option=com_contact&task=view&contact_id=1&Itemid=31" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7ecefd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">Contact Us</a> form or through the “Live Help”, so that we can provide you with useful resources and advice, suitable for you as a new Muslim.</div>
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We congratulate you on your decision, welcome you to Islam, and will try our best to help you in any way we can! :)</div>
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Some Common Misconceptions</h2>
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Some people may postpone their conversion to Islam, though they believe it to be the true religion of God, due to some misconceptions. They may think that things like changing their name, knowing some Arabic, informing others of their conversion, knowing some Muslims, or not having committed many sins, are conditions for conversion – however the reality is that none of these are valid excuses for delaying the conversion. </div>
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If you would like to learn more about these and other similar misconceptions, please read the article, <a href="https://www.islamreligion.com/articles/4360/viewall/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7ecefd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">“I want to be a Muslim but... Myths about Converting to Islam (3 parts)”</a>.</div>
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For Those Not Yet Convinced</h2>
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Islam claims to be the true way to God. What makes one religion valid over other ideologies is the proofs it offers for its truthfulness. Hence, one needs to look at these proofs, weight them and take an informed decision. One needs to be sincere in one’s endeavour and above all seek the help of the Almighty to guide him/her to the right path.</div>
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If a person is still not convinced of the truthfulness of Islam, then he/she can further look at the proofs Islam offers. Islam offers overwhelming proofs of its truthfulness and is the only religion that completely appeals to common sense.</div>
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Some of the proofs Islam offers are: the scientific proofs in the Quran, the miracles performed by the Prophet Muhammad and the prophesies of his coming in previous scriptures, the foretold events mentioned in the Quran that later came to pass, the unmet challenge of the Quran to bring even a chapter like it, and the divine wisdom in the laws and teachings of Islam that cover all aspects of life. To learn more about the proofs of Islam, please check the articles under this section, <a href="https://www.islamreligion.com/category/33/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7ecefd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">“Evidence Islam is Truth”</a>.</div>
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If you would like to learn more about Islam and its fundamental beliefs and practices, then please refer to the article <a href="https://www.islamreligion.com/articles/6/viewall/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7ecefd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">“What is Islam? (4 parts)”</a>.</div>
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Our everlasting life in the Hereafter depends on what faith we choose to follow in this transient life, hence let us give this struggle the priority it deserves.</div>
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lebah madu.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17802530179747313876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706044057410614574.post-3531466746111536102018-01-01T15:36:00.002-08:002018-01-01T15:36:49.050-08:00The True Religion of God. (By Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Which Is The True Religion Of God?<br />
Each person is born in a circumstance which is not of his own choosing. The religion of his family or the ideology of the state is thrust upon him from the very beginning of his existence in this world. Next:...<br />
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<a name='more'></a>Which Is The True Religion Of God?<br />
Each person is born in a circumstance which is not of his own choosing. The religion of his
family or the ideology of the state is thrust upon him from the very beginning of his existence
in this world. By the time he reaches his teens, he is usually fully brain-washed into believing
that the beliefs of his particular society are the correct beliefs that everyone should have.
However, when some people mature and are exposed to other belief-systems, they begin to
question the validity of their own beliefs. The seekers of truth often reach a point of confusion
upon realizing that each and every religion, sect, ideology and philosophy claims to be the one
and only correct way for man. Indeed, they all encourage people to do good. So, which one is
right? They cannot all be right since each claims all others are wrong. Then how does the
seeker of truth choose the right way?
God gave us all minds and intellects to enable us to make this crucial decision. It is the most
important decision in the life of a human being. Upon it depends his future, Consequently,
each and every one of us must examine dispassionately the evidence presented and choose
what appears to be right until further evidence arises.
Like every other religion or philosophy, Islam also claims to be the one and only true way to
God. In this respect it is no different from other systems. This booklet intends to provide some
evidence for the validity of that claim. However, it must always be kept in mind that one can
only determine the true path by putting aside emotions and prejudices, which often blind us to
reality. Then, and only then, will we be able to use our God-given intelligence and make a
rational and correct decision.
There are several arguments, which may be advanced to support Islam’s claim to be the true
religion of God. The following are only three of the most obvious. The first argument is based on
the divine origin of the names of the religion and the comprehensiveness of its meaning. The
second deals with the unique and uncomplicated teachings concerning the relationship
between God, man, and creation. The third argument derives from the fact that Islam is
universally attainable by all men at all times. These are the three basic components of what
logic and reason dictate necessary for a religion to be considered the true religion of God. The
following pages will develop these concepts in some detail.
The Religion’s Name
The first thing that one should know and clearly understand about Islam is what the word
‘Islam” itself means. The Arabic word “Islam” means the submission or surrender of one’s will
to the only true God, known in Arabic as “Allah”. One who submits his will to God is termed in
Arabic a “Muslim”. The religion of Islam is not named after a person or a people, nor was it
decided by a later generation of man, as in the case of Christianity which was named after
Jesus Christ, Buddhism after Gautama Buddha, Confucianism after Confucius, Marxism after
Karl Marx, Judaism after the tribe of Judah and Hinduism after the Hindus. Islam (submission
to the will of God) is the religion which was given to Adam, the first man and the first prophet
of God, and it was the religion of all the prophets sent by Allah to mankind. Further its name
was chosen by God Himself and clearly mentioned in the final scripture which He revealed to
man. In that final revelation, called in Arabic the Qur’an Allah states the following:
“This day have I perfected your religion for you,
completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for
you Islam as your religion.” [Qur’an 5:3]
“If anyone desires a religion other than Islam
(submission to God), never will it be accepted of
Him.” [Qur’an 3:85<br />
By; https://www.islamreligion.com/ebooks/True-Religion-of-God.pdf</div>
lebah madu.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17802530179747313876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706044057410614574.post-61336596880034695282018-01-01T15:26:00.002-08:002018-01-01T15:40:02.425-08:00The Build Of Service jobs, motivation and skills<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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color: #333332; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="64" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333332; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;" title="">far</span><span class="o" id="65" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333332; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"> — </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="66" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333332; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;" title="">my</span><span class="o" id="67" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333332; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="68" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333332; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;" title="">entire</span><span class="o" id="69" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333332; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="70" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333332; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;" title="">day</span><span class="o" id="71" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333332; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="72" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333332; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="73" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333332; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="74" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333332; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;" title="">opened</span><span class="o" id="75" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333332; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="76" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333332; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;" title="">this</span><span class="o" id="77" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333332; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="78" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333332; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;" title="">morning</span><span class="o" id="79" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333332; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="80" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333332; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;" title="">Now</span><span class="o" id="81" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333332; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="82" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333332; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="83" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333332; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="84" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333332; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;" title="">m</span><span class="o" id="85" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333332; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="86" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333332; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;" title="">closing</span><span class="o" id="87" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333332; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">.</span><a name='more'></a><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333332; font-family: freight-text-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; margin-bottom: 1.2em;">
<span class="w" data-original-title="" id="0" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">The</span><span class="o" id="1" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="2" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">only</span><span class="o" id="3" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="4" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">thing</span><span class="o" id="5" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="6" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">that</span><span class="o" id="7" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="8" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="9" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="10" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">can</span><span class="o" id="11" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="12" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">think</span><span class="o" id="13" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="14" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">of</span><span class="o" id="15" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">is</span><span class="o" id="17" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="18" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">sleep</span><span class="o" id="19" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="20" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">Time</span><span class="o" id="21" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="22" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">hasn</span><span class="o" id="23" style="box-sizing: border-box;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="24" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">t</span><span class="o" id="25" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="26" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">been</span><span class="o" id="27" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="28" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">moving</span><span class="o" id="29" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="30" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">probably </span><span class="o" id="31" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="32" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">because</span><span class="o" id="33" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="34" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="35" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="36" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">keep</span><span class="o" id="37" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="38" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">stealing</span><span class="o" id="39" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="40" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">glances</span><span class="o" id="41" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="42" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">at</span><span class="o" id="43" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="44" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">the</span><span class="o" id="45" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="46" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">clock</span><span class="o" id="47" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="48" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="49" style="box-sizing: border-box;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="50" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">ve</span><span class="o" id="51" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="52" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">been</span><span class="o" id="53" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="54" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">bussing</span><span class="o" id="55" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="56" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">tables</span><span class="o" id="57" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="58" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">for</span><span class="o" id="59" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> 13 </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="60" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">hours</span><span class="o" id="61" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="62" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">so</span><span class="o" id="63" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="64" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">far</span><span class="o" id="65" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> — </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="66" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">my</span><span class="o" id="67" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="68" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">entire</span><span class="o" id="69" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="70" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">day</span><span class="o" id="71" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="72" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="73" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="74" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">opened</span><span class="o" id="75" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="76" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">this</span><span class="o" id="77" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="78" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">morning</span><span class="o" id="79" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="80" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">Now</span><span class="o" id="81" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="82" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="83" style="box-sizing: border-box;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="84" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">m</span><span class="o" id="85" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="86" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">closing</span><span class="o" id="87" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></div>
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<span class="w" data-original-title="" id="88" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="89" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="90" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">got</span><span class="o" id="91" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="92" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">stuck</span><span class="o" id="93" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="94" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">with</span><span class="o" id="95" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="96" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">the</span><span class="o" id="97" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="98" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">double</span><span class="o" id="99" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="100" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">shift</span><span class="o" id="101" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="102" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">because</span><span class="o" id="103" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="104" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">a</span><span class="o" id="105" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="106" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">co</span><span class="o" id="107" style="box-sizing: border-box;">-</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="108" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">worker</span><span class="o" id="109" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="110" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">didn</span><span class="o" id="111" style="box-sizing: border-box;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="112" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">t</span><span class="o" id="113" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="114" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">show</span><span class="o" id="115" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="116" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">up</span><span class="o" id="117" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="118" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">again</span><span class="o" id="119" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="120" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="121" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="122" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">have</span><span class="o" id="123" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="124" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">every</span><span class="o" id="125" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="126" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">right</span><span class="o" id="127" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="128" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">in</span><span class="o" id="129" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="130" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">the</span><span class="o" id="131" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="132" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">world</span><span class="o" id="133" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="134" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">to</span><span class="o" id="135" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="136" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">be</span><span class="o" id="137" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="138" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">angry</span><span class="o" id="139" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="140" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">but</span><span class="o" id="141" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="142" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="143" style="box-sizing: border-box;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="144" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">m</span><span class="o" id="145" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="146" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">not</span><span class="o" id="147" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="148" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="149" style="box-sizing: border-box;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="150" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">m</span><span class="o" id="151" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="152" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">just</span><span class="o" id="153" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="154" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">tired</span><span class="o" id="155" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></div>
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<span class="w" data-original-title="" id="156" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">At</span><span class="o" id="157" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="158" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">least</span><span class="o" id="159" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="160" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">it</span><span class="o" id="161" style="box-sizing: border-box;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="162" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">s</span><span class="o" id="163" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="164" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">better</span><span class="o" id="165" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="166" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">than</span><span class="o" id="167" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="168" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">the</span><span class="o" id="169" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="170" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">time</span><span class="o" id="171" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="172" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">half</span><span class="o" id="173" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="174" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">of</span><span class="o" id="175" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="176" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">my</span><span class="o" id="177" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="178" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">coworkers</span><span class="o" id="179" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="180" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">didn</span><span class="o" id="181" style="box-sizing: border-box;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="182" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">t</span><span class="o" id="183" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="184" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">show</span><span class="o" id="185" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="186" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">up</span><span class="o" id="187" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="188" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">for</span><span class="o" id="189" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="190" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">New</span><span class="o" id="191" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="192" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">Year</span><span class="o" id="193" style="box-sizing: border-box;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="194" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">s</span><span class="o" id="195" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="196" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">Eve</span><span class="o" id="197" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="198" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">or</span><span class="o" id="199" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="200" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">when</span><span class="o" id="201" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="202" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">we</span><span class="o" id="203" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="204" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">were</span><span class="o" id="205" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="206" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">grossly</span><span class="o" id="207" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="208" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">understaffed</span><span class="o" id="209" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="210" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">for</span><span class="o" id="211" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="212" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">Christmas</span><span class="o" id="213" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="214" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">Eve</span><span class="o" id="215" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="216" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="217" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="218" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">take</span><span class="o" id="219" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="220" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">out</span><span class="o" id="221" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="222" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">the</span><span class="o" id="223" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="224" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">trash</span><span class="o" id="225" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="226" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">and</span><span class="o" id="227" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="228" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">some</span><span class="o" id="229" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="230" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">of</span><span class="o" id="231" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="232" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">the</span><span class="o" id="233" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="234" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">trash</span><span class="o" id="235" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="236" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">juice</span><span class="o" id="237" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="238" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">seeps</span><span class="o" id="239" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="240" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">out</span><span class="o" id="241" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="242" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">of</span><span class="o" id="243" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="244" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">the</span><span class="o" id="245" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="246" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">bag</span><span class="o" id="247" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="248" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">and</span><span class="o" id="249" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="250" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">splashes</span><span class="o" id="251" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="252" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">on</span><span class="o" id="253" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="254" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">my</span><span class="o" id="255" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="256" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">face</span><span class="o" id="257" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="258" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="259" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="260" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">clock</span><span class="o" id="261" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="262" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">out</span><span class="o" id="263" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></div>
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<span class="w" data-original-title="" id="264" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">Stories</span><span class="o" id="265" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="266" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">like</span><span class="o" id="267" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="268" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">these</span><span class="o" id="269" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="270" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">are</span><span class="o" id="271" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="272" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">a</span><span class="o" id="273" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="274" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">dime</span><span class="o" id="275" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="276" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">a</span><span class="o" id="277" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="278" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">dozen</span><span class="o" id="279" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="280" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">in</span><span class="o" id="281" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="282" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">the</span><span class="o" id="283" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="284" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">service</span><span class="o" id="285" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="286" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">industry</span><span class="o" id="287" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="288" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="289" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="290" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">spent</span><span class="o" id="291" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="292" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">my</span><span class="o" id="293" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="294" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">high</span><span class="o" id="295" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="296" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">school</span><span class="o" id="297" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="298" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">years</span><span class="o" id="299" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="300" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">working</span><span class="o" id="301" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="302" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">in</span><span class="o" id="303" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="304" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">various</span><span class="o" id="305" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="306" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">service</span><span class="o" id="307" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="308" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">jobs</span><span class="o" id="309" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="310" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">Cooking</span><span class="o" id="311" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="312" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">bussing</span><span class="o" id="313" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="314" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">delivering</span><span class="o" id="315" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="316" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">dishwashing</span><span class="o" id="317" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="318" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="319" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="320" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">did</span><span class="o" id="321" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="322" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">it</span><span class="o" id="323" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="324" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">all</span><span class="o" id="325" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="326" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">It</span><span class="o" id="327" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="328" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">was</span><span class="o" id="329" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="330" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">probably</span><span class="o" id="331" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="332" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">one</span><span class="o" id="333" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="334" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">of</span><span class="o" id="335" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="336" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">the</span><span class="o" id="337" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="338" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">worst</span><span class="o" id="339" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="340" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">times</span><span class="o" id="341" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="342" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">of</span><span class="o" id="343" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="344" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">my</span><span class="o" id="345" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="346" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">life</span><span class="o" id="347" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="348" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">Even</span><span class="o" id="349" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="350" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">though</span><span class="o" id="351" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="352" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="353" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="354" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">hated</span><span class="o" id="355" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="356" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">it</span><span class="o" id="357" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="358" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="359" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="360" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">think</span><span class="o" id="361" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="362" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">it</span><span class="o" id="363" style="box-sizing: border-box;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="364" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">s</span><span class="o" id="365" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="366" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">something</span><span class="o" id="367" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="368" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">everyone</span><span class="o" id="369" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="370" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">should</span><span class="o" id="371" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="372" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">experience</span><span class="o" id="373" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></div>
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<span class="w" data-original-title="" id="374" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">Those</span><span class="o" id="375" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="376" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">who</span><span class="o" id="377" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="378" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">never</span><span class="o" id="379" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="380" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">worked</span><span class="o" id="381" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="382" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">in</span><span class="o" id="383" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="384" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">the</span><span class="o" id="385" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="386" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">service</span><span class="o" id="387" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="388" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">industry</span><span class="o" id="389" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="390" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">probably</span><span class="o" id="391" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="392" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">don</span><span class="o" id="393" style="box-sizing: border-box;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="394" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">t</span><span class="o" id="395" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="396" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">understand</span><span class="o" id="397" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="398" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">how</span><span class="o" id="399" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="400" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">difficult</span><span class="o" id="401" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="402" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">working</span><span class="o" id="403" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="404" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">in</span><span class="o" id="405" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="406" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">food</span><span class="o" id="407" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> (</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="408" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">or</span><span class="o" id="409" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="410" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">retail</span><span class="o" id="411" style="box-sizing: border-box;">) </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="412" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">really</span><span class="o" id="413" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="414" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">is</span><span class="o" id="415" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="416" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">It</span><span class="o" id="417" style="box-sizing: border-box;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="418" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">s</span><span class="o" id="419" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="420" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">hard</span><span class="o" id="421" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="422" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">work</span><span class="o" id="423" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="424" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">for</span><span class="o" id="425" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="426" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">low</span><span class="o" id="427" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="428" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">pay</span><span class="o" id="429" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="430" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">It</span><span class="o" id="431" style="box-sizing: border-box;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="432" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">s</span><span class="o" id="433" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="434" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">not</span><span class="o" id="435" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="436" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">just</span><span class="o" id="437" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="438" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">demeaning</span><span class="o" id="439" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="440" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">it</span><span class="o" id="441" style="box-sizing: border-box;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="442" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">s</span><span class="o" id="443" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="444" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">soul</span><span class="o" id="445" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="446" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">crushing</span><span class="o" id="447" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></div>
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<span class="w" data-original-title="" id="448" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">Service</span><span class="o" id="449" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="450" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">workers</span><span class="o" id="451" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="452" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">are</span><span class="o" id="453" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="454" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">generally</span><span class="o" id="455" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="456" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">treated</span><span class="o" id="457" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="458" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">like</span><span class="o" id="459" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="460" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">trash</span><span class="o" id="461" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="462" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">This</span><span class="o" id="463" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="464" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">attitude</span><span class="o" id="465" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="466" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">comes</span><span class="o" id="467" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="468" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">from</span><span class="o" id="469" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="470" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">customers</span><span class="o" id="471" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="472" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">managers</span><span class="o" id="473" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="474" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">even</span><span class="o" id="475" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="476" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">co</span><span class="o" id="477" style="box-sizing: border-box;">-</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="478" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">workers</span><span class="o" id="479" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="480" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">Servers</span><span class="o" id="481" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="482" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">crying</span><span class="o" id="483" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="484" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">in</span><span class="o" id="485" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="486" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">the</span><span class="o" id="487" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="488" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">back</span><span class="o" id="489" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="490" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">or</span><span class="o" id="491" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="492" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">cooks</span><span class="o" id="493" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="494" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">screaming</span><span class="o" id="495" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="496" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">inside</span><span class="o" id="497" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="498" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">the</span><span class="o" id="499" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="500" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">walk</span><span class="o" id="501" style="box-sizing: border-box;">-</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="502" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">in</span><span class="o" id="503" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="504" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">freezer</span><span class="o" id="505" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="506" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">weren</span><span class="o" id="507" style="box-sizing: border-box;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="508" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">t</span><span class="o" id="509" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="510" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">uncommon</span><span class="o" id="511" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="512" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">occurrences</span><span class="o" id="513" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></div>
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<span class="w" data-original-title="" id="514" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">That</span><span class="o" id="515" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="516" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">sucks</span><span class="o" id="517" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="518" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">but</span><span class="o" id="519" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="520" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">it</span><span class="o" id="521" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="522" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">builds</span><span class="o" id="523" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="524" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">a</span><span class="o" id="525" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="526" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">thick</span><span class="o" id="527" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="528" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">skin</span><span class="o" id="529" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="530" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">At</span><span class="o" id="531" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="532" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">a</span><span class="o" id="533" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="534" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">certain</span><span class="o" id="535" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="536" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">point</span><span class="o" id="537" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="538" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">you</span><span class="o" id="539" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="540" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">become</span><span class="o" id="541" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="542" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">immune</span><span class="o" id="543" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="544" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">to</span><span class="o" id="545" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="546" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">it</span><span class="o" id="547" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="548" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="549" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="550" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">learned</span><span class="o" id="551" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="552" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">to</span><span class="o" id="553" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="554" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">just</span><span class="o" id="555" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="556" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">accept</span><span class="o" id="557" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="558" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">certain</span><span class="o" id="559" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="560" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">things</span><span class="o" id="561" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="562" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">and</span><span class="o" id="563" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="564" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">move</span><span class="o" id="565" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="566" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">on</span><span class="o" id="567" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="568" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="569" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="570" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">probably</span><span class="o" id="571" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="572" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">lost</span><span class="o" id="573" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="574" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">a</span><span class="o" id="575" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="576" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">few</span><span class="o" id="577" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="578" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">years</span><span class="o" id="579" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="580" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">of</span><span class="o" id="581" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="582" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">life</span><span class="o" id="583" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="584" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">from</span><span class="o" id="585" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="586" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">all</span><span class="o" id="587" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="588" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">of</span><span class="o" id="589" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="590" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">the</span><span class="o" id="591" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="592" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">unnecessary</span><span class="o" id="593" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="594" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">stress</span><span class="o" id="595" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="596" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">but</span><span class="o" id="597" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="598" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">made</span><span class="o" id="599" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="600" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">it</span><span class="o" id="601" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="602" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">back</span><span class="o" id="603" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="604" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">with</span><span class="o" id="605" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="606" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">the</span><span class="o" id="607" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="608" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">wisdom</span><span class="o" id="609" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="610" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">that</span><span class="o" id="611" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="612" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="613" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="614" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">gained</span><span class="o" id="615" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></div>
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<span class="w" data-original-title="" id="616" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="617" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="618" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">also</span><span class="o" id="619" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="620" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">picked</span><span class="o" id="621" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="622" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">up</span><span class="o" id="623" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="624" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">some</span><span class="o" id="625" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="626" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">useful</span><span class="o" id="627" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="628" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">skills</span><span class="o" id="629" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="630" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="631" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="632" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">gained</span><span class="o" id="633" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="634" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">knowledge</span><span class="o" id="635" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="636" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">on</span><span class="o" id="637" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="638" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">how</span><span class="o" id="639" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="640" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">to</span><span class="o" id="641" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="642" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">thoroughly</span><span class="o" id="643" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> (</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="644" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">and</span><span class="o" id="645" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="646" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="647" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="648" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">mean</span><span class="o" id="649" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="650" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">thoroughly</span><span class="o" id="651" style="box-sizing: border-box;">) </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="652" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">clean</span><span class="o" id="653" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="654" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">anything</span><span class="o" id="655" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="656" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">and</span><span class="o" id="657" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="658" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">everything</span><span class="o" id="659" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="660" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="661" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="662" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">learned</span><span class="o" id="663" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="664" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">how</span><span class="o" id="665" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="666" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">to</span><span class="o" id="667" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="668" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">cook</span><span class="o" id="669" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="670" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">a</span><span class="o" id="671" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="672" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">myriad</span><span class="o" id="673" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="674" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">of</span><span class="o" id="675" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="676" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">different</span><span class="o" id="677" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="678" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">foods</span><span class="o" id="679" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="680" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">Time</span><span class="o" id="681" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="682" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">management</span><span class="o" id="683" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="684" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">became</span><span class="o" id="685" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="686" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">important</span><span class="o" id="687" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="688" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="689" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="690" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">learned</span><span class="o" id="691" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="692" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">the</span><span class="o" id="693" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="694" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">value</span><span class="o" id="695" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="696" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">of</span><span class="o" id="697" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="698" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">a</span><span class="o" id="699" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="700" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">dollar</span><span class="o" id="701" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></div>
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<span class="w" data-original-title="" id="702" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="703" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="704" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">also</span><span class="o" id="705" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="706" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">cultivated</span><span class="o" id="707" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="708" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">a</span><span class="o" id="709" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="710" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">work</span><span class="o" id="711" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="712" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">ethic</span><span class="o" id="713" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="714" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">that</span><span class="o" id="715" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="716" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">will</span><span class="o" id="717" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="718" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">stick</span><span class="o" id="719" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="720" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">with</span><span class="o" id="721" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="722" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">me</span><span class="o" id="723" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="724" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">for</span><span class="o" id="725" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="726" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">the</span><span class="o" id="727" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="728" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">rest</span><span class="o" id="729" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="730" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">of</span><span class="o" id="731" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="732" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">my</span><span class="o" id="733" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="734" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">life</span><span class="o" id="735" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="736" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">As</span><span class="o" id="737" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="738" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">horrible</span><span class="o" id="739" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="740" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">as</span><span class="o" id="741" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="742" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">my</span><span class="o" id="743" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="744" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">jobs</span><span class="o" id="745" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="746" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">were</span><span class="o" id="747" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="748" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">that</span><span class="o" id="749" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="750" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">didn</span><span class="o" id="751" style="box-sizing: border-box;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="752" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">t</span><span class="o" id="753" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="754" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">mean</span><span class="o" id="755" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="756" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">that</span><span class="o" id="757" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="758" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="759" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="760" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">was</span><span class="o" id="761" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="762" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">complacent</span><span class="o" id="763" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="764" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">about</span><span class="o" id="765" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="766" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">my</span><span class="o" id="767" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="768" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">work</span><span class="o" id="769" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="770" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">There</span><span class="o" id="771" style="box-sizing: border-box;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="772" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">s</span><span class="o" id="773" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="774" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">a</span><span class="o" id="775" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="776" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">stereotype</span><span class="o" id="777" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="778" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">that</span><span class="o" id="779" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="780" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">food</span><span class="o" id="781" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="782" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">workers</span><span class="o" id="783" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="784" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">are</span><span class="o" id="785" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="786" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">lazy</span><span class="o" id="787" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="788" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">because</span><span class="o" id="789" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="790" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">they</span><span class="o" id="791" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="792" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">don</span><span class="o" id="793" style="box-sizing: border-box;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="794" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">t</span><span class="o" id="795" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="796" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">care</span><span class="o" id="797" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="798" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">about</span><span class="o" id="799" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="800" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">their</span><span class="o" id="801" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="802" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">jobs</span><span class="o" id="803" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> (</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="804" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">or</span><span class="o" id="805" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="806" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">don</span><span class="o" id="807" style="box-sizing: border-box;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="808" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">t</span><span class="o" id="809" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="810" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">make</span><span class="o" id="811" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="812" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">enough</span><span class="o" id="813" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="814" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">money</span><span class="o" id="815" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="816" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">to</span><span class="o" id="817" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="818" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">care</span><span class="o" id="819" style="box-sizing: border-box;">).</span><span class="i" id="820" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="o" id="821" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="i" id="822" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="823" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">That</span><span class="o" id="824" style="box-sizing: border-box;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="825" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">s</span><span class="o" id="826" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="827" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">true</span><span class="o" id="828" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="829" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">to</span><span class="o" id="830" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="831" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">a</span><span class="o" id="832" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="833" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">degree</span><span class="o" id="834" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="835" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">Some</span><span class="o" id="836" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="837" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">workers</span><span class="o" id="838" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="839" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">didn</span><span class="o" id="840" style="box-sizing: border-box;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="841" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">t</span><span class="o" id="842" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="843" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">care</span><span class="o" id="844" style="box-sizing: border-box;">; </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="845" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">most</span><span class="o" id="846" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="847" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">of</span><span class="o" id="848" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="849" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">them</span><span class="o" id="850" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="851" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">got</span><span class="o" id="852" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="853" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">fired </span><span class="o" id="854" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="855" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">pretty</span><span class="o" id="856" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="857" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">quickly</span><span class="o" id="858" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></div>
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<span class="w" data-original-title="" id="859" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="860" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="861" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">had</span><span class="o" id="862" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="863" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">to</span><span class="o" id="864" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="865" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">work</span><span class="o" id="866" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="867" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">hard</span><span class="o" id="868" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="869" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">because</span><span class="o" id="870" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="871" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="872" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="873" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">was</span><span class="o" id="874" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="875" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">expendable</span><span class="o" id="876" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="877" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">Workers</span><span class="o" id="878" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="879" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">were</span><span class="o" id="880" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="881" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">in</span><span class="o" id="882" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="883" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">and</span><span class="o" id="884" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="885" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">out</span><span class="o" id="886" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="887" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">every </span><span class="o" id="888" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="889" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">week</span><span class="o" id="890" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></div>
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<span class="w" data-original-title="" id="891" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="892" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="893" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">was</span><span class="o" id="894" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="895" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">pushed</span><span class="o" id="896" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="897" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">by</span><span class="o" id="898" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="899" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">those</span><span class="o" id="900" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="901" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">jobs</span><span class="o" id="902" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="903" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="904" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="905" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">discovered</span><span class="o" id="906" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="907" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">that</span><span class="o" id="908" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="909" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="910" style="box-sizing: border-box;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="911" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">m</span><span class="o" id="912" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="913" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">capable</span><span class="o" id="914" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="915" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">of</span><span class="o" id="916" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="917" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">a</span><span class="o" id="918" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="919" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">lot</span><span class="o" id="920" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="921" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">and</span><span class="o" id="922" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="923" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">that</span><span class="o" id="924" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="925" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I </span><span class="o" id="926" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="927" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">was</span><span class="o" id="928" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="929" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">capable</span><span class="o" id="930" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="931" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">of</span><span class="o" id="932" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="933" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">a</span><span class="o" id="934" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="935" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">lot</span><span class="o" id="936" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="937" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">more</span><span class="o" id="938" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="939" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">than</span><span class="o" id="940" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="941" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">a</span><span class="o" id="942" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="943" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">minimum</span><span class="o" id="944" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="945" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">wage</span><span class="o" id="946" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="947" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">job</span><span class="o" id="948" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="949" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">As</span><span class="o" id="950" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="951" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">a</span><span class="o" id="952" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="953" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">teen</span><span class="o" id="954" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="955" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">working</span><span class="o" id="956" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="957" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">in </span><span class="o" id="958" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="959" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">food</span><span class="o" id="960" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="961" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">was</span><span class="o" id="962" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="963" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">almost</span><span class="o" id="964" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="965" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">like</span><span class="o" id="966" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="967" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">a</span><span class="o" id="968" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> “</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="969" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">scared</span><span class="o" id="970" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="971" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">straight</span><span class="o" id="972" style="box-sizing: border-box;">” </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="973" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">program</span><span class="o" id="974" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></div>
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</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="987" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">than</span><span class="o" id="988" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="989" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">the</span><span class="o" id="990" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="991" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">thought</span><span class="o" id="992" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="993" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">of</span><span class="o" id="994" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="995" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">working</span><span class="o" id="996" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="997" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">in </span><span class="o" id="998" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="999" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">food</span><span class="o" id="1000" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1001" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">for</span><span class="o" id="1002" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1003" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">the</span><span class="o" id="1004" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1005" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">rest</span><span class="o" id="1006" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1007" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">of</span><span class="o" id="1008" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1009" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">your</span><span class="o" id="1010" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1011" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">life</span><span class="o" id="1012" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1013" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">Because</span><span class="o" id="1014" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1015" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">of</span><span class="o" id="1016" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1017" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">the</span><span class="o" id="1018" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1019" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">fear</span><span class="o" id="1020" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1021" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">for</span><span class="o" id="1022" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1023" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">my</span><span class="o" id="1024" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1025" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">job</span><span class="o" id="1026" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1027" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="1028" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1029" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">created</span><span class="o" id="1030" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1031" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">the </span><span class="o" id="1032" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1033" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">drive</span><span class="o" id="1034" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1035" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">to</span><span class="o" id="1036" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1037" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">never</span><span class="o" id="1038" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1039" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">have</span><span class="o" id="1040" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1041" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">to</span><span class="o" id="1042" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1043" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">go</span><span class="o" id="1044" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1045" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">back</span><span class="o" id="1046" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1047" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">to</span><span class="o" id="1048" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1049" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">it</span><span class="o" id="1050" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></div>
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<span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1051" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">The</span><span class="o" id="1052" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1053" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">life</span><span class="o" id="1054" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1055" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">lessons</span><span class="o" id="1056" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1057" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">skills</span><span class="o" id="1058" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1059" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">and</span><span class="o" id="1060" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1061" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">independence</span><span class="o" id="1062" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1063" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="1064" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1065" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">gained</span><span class="o" id="1066" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1067" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">from</span><span class="o" id="1068" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1069" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">working</span><span class="o" id="1070" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1071" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">in</span><span class="o" id="1072" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1073" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">food</span><span class="o" id="1074" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1075" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">can</span><span class="o" id="1076" style="box-sizing: border-box;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1077" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">t</span><span class="o" id="1078" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1079" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">be</span><span class="o" id="1080" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1081" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">produced</span><span class="o" id="1082" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1083" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">from</span><span class="o" id="1084" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1085" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">any</span><span class="o" id="1086" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1087" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">other</span><span class="o" id="1088" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1089" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">activity</span><span class="o" id="1090" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1091" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">alone</span><span class="o" id="1092" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1093" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="1094" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1095" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">also</span><span class="o" id="1096" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1097" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">made</span><span class="o" id="1098" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1099" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">money</span><span class="o" id="1100" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1101" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">while</span><span class="o" id="1102" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1103" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="1104" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1105" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">did</span><span class="o" id="1106" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1107" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">it</span><span class="o" id="1108" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1109" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">Even</span><span class="o" id="1110" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1111" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">if</span><span class="o" id="1112" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1113" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">you</span><span class="o" id="1114" style="box-sizing: border-box;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1115" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">re</span><span class="o" id="1116" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1117" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">no</span><span class="o" id="1118" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1119" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">longer</span><span class="o" id="1120" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1121" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">a</span><span class="o" id="1122" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1123" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">teen</span><span class="o" id="1124" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1125" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">many</span><span class="o" id="1126" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1127" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">individuals</span><span class="o" id="1128" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1129" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">learn</span><span class="o" id="1130" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1131" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">these</span><span class="o" id="1132" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1133" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">lessons</span><span class="o" id="1134" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1135" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">in</span><span class="o" id="1136" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1137" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">college</span><span class="o" id="1138" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1139" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">There</span><span class="o" id="1140" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1141" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">are</span><span class="o" id="1142" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1143" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">plenty</span><span class="o" id="1144" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1145" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">of</span><span class="o" id="1146" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1147" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">food</span><span class="o" id="1148" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1149" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">jobs</span><span class="o" id="1150" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1151" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">in</span><span class="o" id="1152" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1153" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">Lawrence</span><span class="o" id="1154" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1155" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">Or</span><span class="o" id="1156" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1157" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">maybe</span><span class="o" id="1158" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1159" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">you</span><span class="o" id="1160" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1161" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">can</span><span class="o" id="1162" style="box-sizing: border-box;">’</span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1163" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">t</span><span class="o" id="1164" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1165" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">but </span><span class="o" id="1166" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1167" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">you</span><span class="o" id="1168" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1169" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">can</span><span class="o" id="1170" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1171" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">consider</span><span class="o" id="1172" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1173" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">it</span><span class="o" id="1174" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1175" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">for</span><span class="o" id="1176" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1177" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">your</span><span class="o" id="1178" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1179" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">children</span><span class="o" id="1180" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></div>
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<span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1181" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">You</span><span class="o" id="1182" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1183" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">can</span><span class="o" id="1184" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1185" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">at</span><span class="o" id="1186" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1187" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">least</span><span class="o" id="1188" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1189" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">respect</span><span class="o" id="1190" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1191" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">the</span><span class="o" id="1192" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1193" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">most</span><span class="o" id="1194" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1195" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">important</span><span class="o" id="1196" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1197" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">lesson</span><span class="o" id="1198" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1199" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">that</span><span class="o" id="1200" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1201" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">I</span><span class="o" id="1202" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1203" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">learned</span><span class="o" id="1204" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> — </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1205" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">always</span><span class="o" id="1206" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1207" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">leave</span><span class="o" id="1208" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1209" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">a</span><span class="o" id="1210" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="w" data-original-title="" id="1211" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="">tip</span>.</div>
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The early 1600<span style="font-size: x-small;">s</span> saw the beginning of a great tide of emigration fro Europe to North America. Spanning more then three centuries, this movement grew from a trickle of a few hundred English colonist to a floodtide of newcimers numbered in the millions. Impelled by powerful and diverse motivations, they built a new civilization on a once savage continent.<br />
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The first English immigrants to what is now the United Stares crossed the Atlantic long after thriving Spanish colonies had been established in Mexico, the West Indian, and South America. Like all early travelers to the new world, they came in small, overcrowded ships. During their six- to 12-week voyages lived on meager rations.Many of them died of disease; ships were often battered by storms, and some were lost at sea.<br />
To the weary voyager the sight of the American shore brought immense relief. Said one chronicler: 'The air at 12 leagues' distance smelt as sweet as a new-blown garden.' The colonists' first glimpse of the new land was a vista of dense woods. True, the woods were inhabited by Indians, many of whom were hostile, and the threat of Indian attack would add to the hardships of daily life. But the vast, virgin forests, extending nearly 2,100 kilometers along the eastern seaboard from north to south, would prove to be a treasure-house, providing abundant food, fuel, and a rice source of row materials for houses, furniture, ships, and profitable cargoes for export.<br />
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The first permanent English settlement in America was a trading post founded in 1607 at Jamestown, in the Old Dominion of Virginia. This region was soon to develop a flourishing economy from its tobacco crop, which found a ready market in Englan. By 1620, when women were recuited in England to come to Virginia, marry, and make their homes, great plantations had already risen along the James River, and the population had in creased to a thousand settlers. ( <a href="http://www.amartapura.com/view_category.php?ipage=50001&findtype=Penulis&findkey=Keith%20W.%20Olson,Wood%20Gray,%20and%20Richard%20Hofstadter&x=83&y=16">Keith W. dkk</a>,1990 :01).</div>
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Asalmualikum..Everyone....<br />
Siapa sih yang tidak tahu pare? Pare yang katanya Kampung Inggris itu lho. Tepatnya di Pelem Tulungrejo Kediri West Java, 'Pare' selain terkenal dengan murahnya biaya hidup ( Ex; Nasi + Sayur2 hanya 4.500) juga sangat berdekatan dengan Surabaya, Malang, Dan Tulung Agung bahkan Bali. <br />
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Tempat-tempat tersebut menyediakan tempat-tempat Wisata yang bagus. Sehingga kebanyakan dari teman-teman ke pare berniat untuk mengisi Liburan. Ditambah lagi selesainya teman-teman dengan urusan sekolah atau kampusnya yang begitu ruet sehingga sangat merindukan Liburan. Keputusan teman-teman ke Pare akan sangat cocok, bahkan terkadang niat teman-teman hanya sebulan malah jadi berbulan-bulan. TAPI, Teman-teman-teman harus ingat, Sudah Kah Kita menghasilkan Uanga?, apa sih pekerjaan orang tua kita?, dan yang penting apa ia kita dah jauh-jauh dan menghabiskan waktu ke Pare Kampung Inggis itu hanya dengan niat Liburan?.Sayang sekali bukan. So that way, "You have to have Big Fucking Itentions". Baik... Saaya ingin berbagi beberapa jurus Pare ke teman-teman...<br />
"The First" Perhatikan Niat termasik juga meluruskan niat, begitu juga niat dalam pengambilan 'Program' karena tidak sedikit teman-teman ke Pare salah dalam pengambilan program. Caranya adalah teman-teman harus tahu dulu setelah kursus bahasa inggris mau kemana, atau mau dipakai apa bahasa Inggrisnya. Pakai Kerja? atau Untuk lanjut Study?. atau dua-duanya?. Karena ketika teman-teman mendaftar Program kursusan akan dihadapakn dengan dua pilihan besar yaitu program Speaking atau program Grammer.<br />
?. Jika tujuannya untuk kerja saya sarankan teman-teman lebih fokus ke Program Speaking dan akan sangat baik jika teman-teman juga menganbil dasar-dasarnay Grammer.<br />
?. Jika teman-teman berniat untuk melajutkan Study seperti S1, S2 atau S3, pastinya pengen persiapan real Test TOEFL atau IELTS. Saya sarankan teman-teman lebih fokus ke Program Grammer. Khususya yang belum punya basic Grammer hendaknya memulai dari program Gramer yang paling dasar.<br />
"The Second" Perhatikan waktu teman-teman. Teman-teman punya berapa lama waktu untuk belajar di Pare. teman-teman di tuntut untuk Realistis dalam penyediaan waktunya. ditambah lagi teman-teman punya masa lalu suram dengan Bahasa Inggris tapi teman-teman jangan khwatir karena di Pare teman-teman akan menemukan tutor-tutor yang menarik bahkan membuat kita jatuh cinta dengan bahasa Inggris. Dari pengalaman beberapa teman saya yang niatnya untuk melajutkan study dan juga belum punya Basic Bahasa Inggris, mereka membutuhkan minimal 3 bulan.<br />
"The Third" Perhatikan tempat dalam pengambilan kursus teman-teman. Setiap kursusan punya keunggulan masing-masing dari kedua pilihan diatas. disarankan teman lihat-lihat di Wab masing-masing kursusan Pare.<br />
" The Last" Perhatikan Keselamatan. Pere merupakan tempat berburu ilmu sudah pasti kita akan berada dikeramaian. Di pare sama seperti di Jepang, alat transportasinya adalah Sepeda/Ontel. biasanya teman-teman yang masih baru datang ke Pare ketika mengayuh sepeda tas dan barang-barang berharganya ditarok di dalam keranjang sepeda, khususnya yang cewek.Di Pare banyak orang-orang iseng yang tidak bertanggung jawab teman-teman.Teman saya pernah mengalami kecopetan karena hal tersebut. Oleh krena itu, ketika teman-teman menaruh Tas di keranjang sepeda harapannya di ikat ke stang spedanya. Cukup sampai disitu dulu Tips-Tpis Belajar Atau Penganbilan Kursus Di Pare Nya...Pesan saya sebagai orang bodoh "We Can Study From The Mistakes"<br />
Asalamualaikum...<br />
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Sebuah pulau kecil yang membentuk satu kecamatan yang menghadap langsung ke Samura Hindia yang disebut Pulau Pisang. Pulau wisata tersebut sudah lama memiliku keindahan alamnya, hanya saja masyarakat luas baru tahu. dalam kesempatan ini saya ingin memperkenalkan beberapa opsi tempat ketika anda berwisata di Pulau Pisang. Darmaga;<br />
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di Darmaga kita anda bisa bermai pasir putih dan menceburkan diri ke dalam lautan yang sangat bening dan hijau. selain itu tentunya anda dapat taking pictures. pada subuh hari atau fajar anda dapat menamabah indahnya Pictures bersama sunrise.<br />
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Batu Guri;jika anda jalan ke arah bagian baratnya, tempat wisata tersebut sangat papular dan indah, terumbu karang beserta ikan-ikan kecilnya, Baru Guri beserta karang-karangnya yanag cadas, pantai pasir putih beserta kerikil-kerikil cantiknya, dan pepohonan kelapa yang rindang serta buah degannya yang nikmat. Anda juga bisa berenang dan menyelan untuk melihat kekayaan alam bawah lautnya. Batu Guri juga memiliki cerita yang indan dan mistis, . Batu Tiga; jika anda melanjutkan perjalanan ke arah selatan dari Btau Guri, anda akan merjupa dengan tiga buah batu yang ukurannya besar-besar. Batu tersebut dinamakan Batu Tiga. Di batu Tiga anda bisa berenang, bermain pasir panati putih yang indah, derkemah, memancing dan menikmati kelapa muda. selain itu anda juga akan berjumpa dengan monyet Pulau Pisang. Goa Liang. Akan anda temukan tempat mengabadikan gambar andai yang paling indah dari ketinggian yang extreem di Goa Liang. disana juga terdapat go'a yang bisa dimasiki. Goa tersebit akan bisa dimasuki saat laut surut saja. Kampering; jika anda meneruskan perjalanan kearah timur dari Goa Liang, anda akian menuruni sebuah tirunan yang tinggi dan berjumpa dengan pantai yang disebut Panati Kamperuing. Disana anda bisa berjumpa dengan keindahan alam yang menawan. Selain bisa melakukan diving dan skeing, selain itu anda juga bisa ber copersations dengan foreigner. Saya rasa cukup pengenalan tempat wisata di Pulau Pisang. Anda bisa buktikan sendiri ketika anda ada waktu liburan ke Pulau Pissang. Thanks. (Saputra Yudi, 10.10.2016).</div>
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"Heaven and earth never agreed better to frame a place for man's hanitation." (John Smith)<br />
Captain Jhon Smith has a secure place in Ameican history as the leader whose firmness and courage saved the English colony in Virginia from disaster in 1608. <br />
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Less known are his exploits as explorer anda geographer. the map above, with Smilth's portrait in the corner, was aengraved in London from notes and observations he made in 1614 on exapedition to the region he named New England. Today the term embraces the six northeastern states of the Union. The pilgrims had a copy of this map aboard the Mayflower in 1620 when they landed at Plymouth (spelled "Plimouth" in the lower left corner). Smith's Cape James" is now Cape Cod. (
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