The One Golden Thought!

Allah's apostle Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) said that - the right of God on Man is that the Almighty is worshiped and no partners are associated with him. On the other hand, the Right of Man over God ! is that if man follows this (Tawhid), then he's never punished.

I have always been on the lookout for one golden thought.

One – because I’m human and cannot handle more than one thought at a time.

Now, what is a golden thought?By golden thought I mean one thought that if kept in mind all the time, prevails over all other thoughts and self justifies its existence. The answer follows:

“What is the one – activity - that - I can do – now - which will benefit - me - and others?”

One – 

• Because it is best to do one thing at a time, do it well and be in the now, to do it well.

Activity – 

• This may include both action and inaction based on the discretion of the thinker.

I can do –

• These include activities within your “circle of influence (concept by Stephen R Covey in his bestselling selfhelp book “7 habits of highly effective people”).
• There’s no point planning to do things that you cannot do, and no point worrying about it.

Now – 

• as you or I become perfect at this, probably we can extend the thought to the future. But for now I’d like to keep my suggestion simple and easy. So think of what you can do now and don’t get entangled in future forecasts until you are very sure about them.

Me –

• The activity should benefit me because I’m giving an input and as any other system in the world I deserve an output to benefit me.
• My mind would help me further if it thinks that the result of the activity can help me out.
• If I get a good output it will further add to the nobility of my golden thought and feed it to nurture it.

Others –

• I don’t want to be selfish because it is immoral.
• It also goes against the benefit of others around me who could be my friends, family, neighbors or those with whom I deal with.
• I might be cunning enough to crack a win-loose (I win you loose) deal but the next time others would be willing to interact/deal with me.
• Looking for only self benefit is a thought with the premise that the world is small, it’s resources too limited for all of us – let’s not have such a pessimistic and narrow thinking.
• Above all, Allah loves those who love and help others with good intentions.

Believe in Allah and his messenger.
Hold on to the One Golden Thought with good intentions and noble desires
God willing - you would be able to achieve your goal successfully and effectively.

-       Mohammed Shiraz Naushir