Life of a Servant

Luke 17:7-10

"Suppose one of you had a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Would he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, 'Come along now and sit down to eat'? Would he not rather say, 'Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink'? Would he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.'

DO GOOD ANYWAY...

"In the Final Analysis"

by Mother Teresa

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered...
forgive them anyway

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish ulterior motives...
be kind anyway

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies...
succeed anyway

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you...
be honest and frank anyway

What you may spend years building, someone may destroy overnight...
build anyway

If you find serenity and happiness, people may be jealous...
be happy anyway

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow...
do good anyway

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough...
give the world the best you have anyway

You see, in the final analysis, it's all between you and God...
it was never between you and them anyway

As I take a look back at my personal school experiences I realize life is at times very difficult, for many of us we feel as if we never fit in. I realize that the road less traveled, and doing the right thing is always hard. Whenever I look at anyone, especially a
person of a visible minority, I try to empathize with them, Is anyone judging them ? Why do we do this ? Is it right ?
This


world is at times very cruel in judging others, we don't give a


person a chance before placing them in a category, EMO, Hip-hop ,
etc.
Sometimes we just go along with our friends without creating our own opinion.


When I first came to Canada and


couldn't speak English and people heard my Arabic


accent they assumed my family and I were terrorists. Why do


they say these things ? Why are people racist ? I asked myself



For many years I was angry, angry at racist and ignorant people, then I realized that my anger was only affecting me and not them, It was eating me up and nothing was changing. So I began to established my own views and lifestyle that I would like share with you. It is an acronym called REAL ., The R stands for Respect: respect to all, everyone around us, including ourselves respect must given in order to be received , by doing negative things such as smoking and drinking we are not respecting ourselves
The E stands for . Empathy: the simple idea of putting yourself in someone else’s shoes, feeling what they feel, seeing what they see. never putting anyone down. Imagine what it's like to actually be that person
and Finally the last letters And Love: Love to all, the idea of love has lost its true meaning, love can be the ultimate understanding , or acceptance of one another. In order to live in a great society we must all become REAL and care about one another regardless of colour, gender, race or religion. I realize


now that we must see God in everyone around us. We are all brothers and sisters and created by the same GOD. We are blessed to live in one of the greatest countries in the world and lucky to have the people of the world represented in a small area like the GTA.
I cannot change the world but by changing myself and my views in turn the world will follow.
do unto others as you would have them do unto you
Love all your neighbours, not just the ones you like


thank you

The man in the Arena...INVICTUS..I am the master of my fate: The Captain of my soul.

I saw Invictus yesterday, really inspirational.....Nelson Mandela..WOW what a man...I looked up the poem..."Invictus" is a short poem by the English poet William Ernest Henley which was with Mandela, The title comes from the fact that Mandela had the poem written on a scrap of paper on his prison cell while he was incarcerated. The movie portrays that he gave the captain of the rugby team this poem:

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.



but in reality it was Theodore Roosevelt's "The Man in the Arena":

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.


both very powerful ......As we stand and struggle I would rather be in the Arena and not pointing fingers

I'm still looking for the good people but last night I was robbed, Christmas Presents and other things (North York)

This goes out to the person/people who broke into my garage last night and stole my baby daughter's Christmas presents, Christmas cards/cash, my small business cash float, Gps unit, school bag and even my cologne. What goes around comes around, I learned my lesson not to leave my things in my locked car in my locked Garage. I understands times are tough but we are lucky to live in the greatest country in the world, We have many programs, where else can we lose our jobs and get a paycheque(UI), even if times are even rougher we have welfare, Osap, etc. Oh well, time to rebuild, I'm sad and upset but I try to look at all the things we are fortunate to have, hey I have a car and a house. If you find it in the goodness of your heart, please break back in, return the stuff and lockup on the way out and no questions will be asked, may the Lord forgive those who do not know.

I'M SCARED

I'm scared of this world, the politicians, the warriors, the doctors, the corporate leaders, the people who process our food etc....
I'm not a conspiracy theorist, I'm a realist. At this time in our lives too many crazy things are happening, Swine Flu, Drugs, 2012, Nostradamus etc.
I worry that there is a hidden agenda that nobody talks about. Just ask yourself who makes the most Money....TAXES, DRUG DEALERS (pharmaceuticals), MILITARY, and you tell me you're not scared, one one these is definitely affecting you ?

Is anyone really good ?

I sit here upset, I've been hurt yet again..Is anyone Truly good ?
I am always the better person and try to care about everyone around me and it seems that I'm the only one being hurt. I try to never change, but people around me always do, this time it took five years and my friend showed me his true selfish colours.What do I do now ? I can't be the same around him, he is truly selfish and even admits it...how can we live in a world were people can hurt others and make them feel guilty about it. Why am I always in pain, I feel other people's hurts all the time, I try to empathize with everyone. I wonder if Jesus felt this way about humanity ? (I'm no Jesus by any sense but I try to WWJD. Did we let him down ? Is earthly life one big struggle on purpose ?
I'm so lost at people's selfishness and ulterior motives, It really scares me ....