tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048953.post116026085604853406..comments2023-06-19T13:55:49.396+01:00Comments on Radio Shak: The PlanShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13657830810835591711noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048953.post-1160651529116979822006-10-12T12:12:00.000+01:002006-10-12T12:12:00.000+01:00>>Go out there and be a storming success, but don'...>>Go out there and be a storming success, but don't let shak's plans shackle him!<BR/><BR/><BR/>er..MC, you should be on radio..(!)Sofihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04757378828329189172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048953.post-1160348755462453262006-10-09T00:05:00.000+01:002006-10-09T00:05:00.000+01:00We think our plans will empower us, but sometimes ...We think our plans will empower us, but sometimes the plans we make harness us instead, conditioning us to attach our aspirations to arbitrary goals - when we reach them we feel great, and when we fail we feel awful.<BR/><BR/>I wanted to get married at 24, and guess what, I did and boy was I happy with that. Today I am 16 years behind my schedules about marriage and kids, and have notched up a few achievements which were definitely below the line on my life plan. But you know what? I am happier now than I have been in years. I've thrown off the shackles of life target setting, and realised that I just have to achieve one, single thing at the end of the day. That is, to please Allah, and to use the faculties that Allah gave me to try, and try sincerely, in everything. Targets are bad but they also imply its all in our control - it just isn't! Its in God's hands ultimately. <BR/><BR/>Plans represent the competitive nature in us and the desire to conform, to belong and to be accepted. I am not sure they are about us, but more about the people who see us, and define our environment. They can empower us to strive for more, but they can shackle our outlook by defining us and limiting our possibilities. <BR/><BR/>Go out there and be a storming success, but don't let shak's plans shackle him!<BR/><BR/>MCMChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16444894242246779645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048953.post-1160309379311398792006-10-08T13:09:00.000+01:002006-10-08T13:09:00.000+01:00Happy Birthday??Happy Birthday??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com