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5 Steps to staying positive
Posted on 19. Feb, 2010 by Wakas Mir.
Staying positive is a skill that can be developed and below are five steps to staying positive (ofcourse there can be more)
Take a deep breath when a situation tries to detrack you
Ignore any negative message sent your way, just grab the constructive part of it
Talk to a friend who has a positive mindset
Accept that making [...]
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Who pushes your buttons?
Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by Wakas Mir.
There have been various times in the past when people have managed to push my buttons. But I guess that’s how the phase of learning usually is. Life teaches us how to deal with things and peope. Situations can make us either stronger or break us if we don’t have the right people around us.
If [...]
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Would you ever steal?
Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by Wakas Mir.
Was just checking some posts and came across lots of various cases where people steal either one way or the other. Some directly and some indirectly. When I mean indirectly I mean something they don’t think is stealing, like downloading pirated software, downloading movies, etc etc and directly would be like going into a shop [...]
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What is respect in your view?
Posted on 10. Feb, 2010 by Wakas Mir.
There are various ways one can define respect. I for one would say that you can only respect someone if you respect yourself. Because the whole process of having someone say anything nice about you is when you really from the bottom of your heart without any “hidden agendas” have a smile and a few [...]
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Taxi drivers on strike in Norway
Posted on 08. Feb, 2010 by Wakas Mir.
Yet again has some unprofessional newspaper , Dagbladet, gone ahead and posted caricatures that they find very amusing of Prophet Muhammed (PBUH). The Norwegian newspaper thought it to be very funny if they replicate what the Danish paper did a few months back.
What I don’t get is why can’t anyone realize that disrespecting other religions [...]
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Shiv Sena going over the line
Posted on 02. Feb, 2010 by Wakas Mir.
There is this group in India who always has an issue whenever someone from India or outside says something that is just a bit humane. Shahrukh the Bollywood celeb said something about the unfair bidding for Cricketers from Pakistan that didn’t get chosen to play in the IPL. And WOW Shiv sena wakes up and [...]
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Making life complicated
Posted on 26. Jan, 2010 by Wakas Mir.
Was wondering that as simple as this life is why is it that some of us make it so difficult. Do people feel that if there is nothing to do then one should just go on and make life difficult for everyone.
I know a few people close to our family who feel that if something [...]
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Why do people smuggle drugs?
Posted on 20. Jan, 2010 by Wakas Mir.
There are lots of reasons why someone would say they smuggle drugs. One of them main reasons being, “i want money” .
But is not having money anything worth killing someone over? I mean when people get into drug smuggling and then end up giving their packages and shipments to a network of drug dealers, what [...]
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Help the needy in Haiti
Posted on 16. Jan, 2010 by Wakas Mir.
Hi guys n gals,
Please do support those in Haiti who are suffering due to the Earthquake. God himself will help his people via us and the least we can do is know that it’s them now, it can be us next as nothing can come in between natural disasters. So let’s help as much as [...]
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Freedom of speech?
Posted on 16. Jan, 2010 by Wakas Mir.
Once again has the Norwegian newspaper, Aftenposten, printed the Prophet Muhammad PBUH . And what gets me thinking is why would anyone go on into this whole thing again and again knowing that the reaction would be not so cute. ( link to the other newspaper here )
Here are a few pointers as to what [...]
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A life without a cellphone
Posted on 11. Jan, 2010 by Wakas Mir.
Can you imagine your life without a cell phone? Without a computer I guess most will do, I certainly am quite hooked to my cell phone, iPhone in other words. I felt that I would be very much into planning out when to check mail or site stats but since the iPhone walked into my [...]
