A road filled with the light of belief….

 “O you who believe! Fear, Allâh, and believe in His Messenger, and He will bestow on you a double portion of His Mercy. He will provide for you a Light by which you shall walk (straight in your path), and He will forgive you (your past); for Allâh is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.” (Q57:28)

The smiling white roses waving through the summer breeze invited me again to the land  where the Ottoman empire once reigned. The door of Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture is always opened and I entered to continue my discovery on my research journey through fragments of research work and Alhamdulillah I have finally reached the final route of my research journey. Thanks to brother Hakan Gulerce for once again making my trip very fruitful and rewarding with meetings, focus group discussion and conference presentation but the most memorable moments are the time spend with Frinci Abi and Sukran Abla. Frinci Abi initiated the program with our American guests. In his sharing moments, he spoke from his heart of his living experience with Bediuzzaman Said Nursi. Words can’t express his enthusiasm which inspires anyone who listens to him. Then Sukran Abla proceeds with her talk on Nursi’s thoughts. Watching them weaving the moments with knowledge and food for thought energizes us. Age is not a barrier to seek, to share, to meet and to show passion. Moments become more cherish able when after their two hours talk, we had personal interview on my research work. These beautiful souls have inspired me on my research journey which is not a bed of roses but its road filled with the light of belief…. May Allah grant us the light.....
Traveling in search of knowledge makes me miss and always remember all my darling children especially my little darling princess…suddenly I got a message from her which made me smile in her warm hugs though our heart contact…Here’s what she wrote to me:

In Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture

"Saw her there, faraway from us, divided by the lands and oceans, striving on things that could really make her happy. While the worst eyesight in the world is seeing her tears, the most tranquilising eyesight in this life is seeing her smile.
Take care, ummi. We miss you.
May Allah count your jihad.
Hi there Türkiye, Ramazan Mubarëk olsun.
with love from Malaysia."

May Allah grant us true success...
Thank you Allah for Your Endless Blessings.

Women are capable of great heroism.

Sharing a  beautiful advice from a beautiful soul as an inspiration for me and all my sisters, who are striving as strong and compassionate mothers, working and studying, living and striving in the name of Allah to seek His love, Mercy and Pleasure.

It's taken from a beautiful extract from "A conversation with women,my blessed sisters of the hereafter" by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi...

"The self-sacrifice that goes with compassion wants nothing in return and expresses true sincerity, and so is of the greatest importance at this time. Yes, the fact that wanting nothing in return, a mother will sacrifice her life to save her young from danger, as the demand of her nature and with true sincerity, shows that women are capable of great heroism. Through developing this heroism, they may save their lives both in this world and in the hereafter."

Hugging our loved ones

 

How true, hugging inspires us and gives us strength to be balanced emotionally. As mothers hugs are priceless gift for our loved ones and from our loved ones. Children who frequently get hugs from their mothers, and in turns hugs their mothers experience pleasant emotional sates and posses the ability to cope with external pressures and stress as their internal strength is built each time they hug their mums making them posses higher level of trait emotional intelligence.

From my experience as a mum to four beloved children filled with hugs!!!

(status: working on my final stage of my research regarding the relationship between academic achievement and trait EI)  

Hugging is good medicine. It transfers energy, and gives the person hugged an emotional boost. You need four hugs a day for survival, eight for maintenance, and twelve for growth. A hug makes you feel good. The skin is the largest organ we have and it needs a great deal of care. A hug can cover a lot of skin and gives the message that you care. It is also a form of communication. It can say things you don't have words for. The nicest thing about a hug is that you usually can't give one without getting one.

~ Author Unknown

Hugs are not only nice they are needed... Hugs can relieve pain and depression.. make the healthier happier, and the most secure even more so.. Hugging feels good and overcomes fear... It provides stretching exercise to short people and stooping exercise to tall people... Hugging does not upset the environment.. It saves heat and energy... requires no special equipment.. Hugging makes happy days happier and impossible days possible. ~ Author Unknown

Mommy's love that comforts

captured at a remote farm in Australia

A mommy's bond of love comforts in solace even in the wilderness of life..

Mommy stays not only close to our side but deep in our hearts, she is an amazing woman who lives in the light of love as her thoughts, speech, deeds reflects the precious love within her heart…Her smile soothes and melts all the weeds of worries, making me gather the petals of strength to face the challenges in the wilderness of life…..Truly, mommy’s bond of love comforts in solace even in the wilderness of life….