semalam, as stated in the previous entry we have our weekly sisters' gathering..++ sharing session here in House 13..
*tibe-tibe tangkap tacing...i wont be referring myself as one of the house 13 members dah tak lama lagi...*
anyway, back to the topic,
masa sharing session tersebut,
banyaklah stori-mori kuar...
satu ketika,
keluarlah kisah gajah.
yerp,
GAJAH. (this one yer>>> )
i found this story while blogwalking gaya catwalk..at this blog @
http://azamhusni.blogspot.com/2010/04/teguh-dengan-matlamat.html
so you can read the whole long version there.
the pendek version will be like this,
"once, while Imam Malik was teaching his students, suddenly a group of elephant passed by. During that time, at that place, elephant is such a unique and rare type of animal. It'll be like seeing a ufo or an alien -if you can see an elephant there. Magic dowh magic. So, every student ran to see elephant except for this one young man. Imam Malik asked him, 'why dont you join others to see the elephant?". and he replied, "I came here from a far (he is from Andalusia a.k.a Spain) to learn (from you), not to see the elephants".
during our sharing session, i told the story and ask others to give their comments on the story,
especially the dialogue part "I came here to learn from you, not to see the gajah" (elephant-
bunyi gajah macam lagi syok ar)
so here are some of the comments given
1: "like us, we are here to study not to do shopping.."
uhhuk.
2: "we should focus...esp when it comes to study n..."
3: "we get what we aim. if we came here to learn about something tu, then we got the knowledge, if we came here to see the elephant we only get to see the elephantlah"
4: "have some respect to the majlis ilmu"
5: " "etc etc etc... tak larat nak retype..
So the conclusion from the story? There are so many gajah around us, whether you as a student, or a pekerja, a whatever..there's gajah too. Gajah tu, we can put it as the 'distraction', distracting us from our main goal/aim.
BE someone with strong DETERMINATION, cleverly decide and choose your PRIORITY, and then from the strong will and motivation and what not, you'll insyaAllah become more consistent and ISTIQAMAH in whatever you do. Bagilah gajah ke harimau ke walau buaya darat tegar sekalipun..tak tergoncang imanmu, tak tergoyah prinsipmu. :) cheiwahh..
Orang kata tak guna bagi orang input kalau kita sendiri pun tak amalkan.
So last night, just 3 or 4 hours after sharing that, nahh,.,. i reached to that point: "practice what you preach" moment. We have one decision to make with several possible choices, and many upcoming implications of each choices..
Gajah gajah sekelian...berambus dari depan mataku, jangan kau halang aku dari melihat destinasi impianku.
"rabbi, a'udzubika minhamadzaatisy syayaatiin"
