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Monday, 23 Rajab 1434 H / 03 June 2013

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• Work for a cause, not for applause.
• Live life to express not to impress.
• Do not strive to make your presence noticed, just make your absence felt

Has the water entered my ship?

In 1923, nine of the wealthiest people in the world met at Chicago's Edgewater Beach Hotel. Their combined wealth, it is estimated, exceeded the wealth of the Government of the United States at that time.

These men certainly knew how to make a living and accumulate wealth. Attending the meeting were the following men:

1. The President of the largest steel company,
2. The President of the largest utility company,
3. The President of the largest gas company,
4. The President of the New York Stock Exchange,
5. The President of the Bank of International Settlements,
6. The greatest wheat speculator,
7. The greatest bear on Wall Street,
8. A member of President Harding's cabinet,
9. The head of the World's greatest monopoly.

That's a pretty impressive line-up of people by anyone's yardstick. Yet, let’s examine what happened to them 25 years later:

1. The President of the then largest steel company (Bethlehem Steel Corp), Charles M Schwab lived on borrowed capital for five years before he died bankrupt.
2. The President of the largest utility company, Samuel Insull, died penniless!
3. The President of the then largest gas company, Howard Hubson, went insane.
4. The then President of the New York Stock Exchange, Richard Whitney, was sent to jail.
5. The President of the Bank of International Settlement, Leon Fraser, committed suicide.
6. One of the greatest commodity traders (Wheat Speculator), Arthur Cutten, died insolvent.
7. The greatest “bear” on Wall Street, Jesse Livermore committed suicide.
8. The member of the US President’s Cabinet (the member of President Harding's cabinet), Albert Fall, was pardoned from jail just to be able to go home and die in peace.
9. The President of the then world’s greatest monopoly, Ivar Krueger, committed suicide.

What they forgot was how to "make" life while they got busy making money!

Money in itself is not evil. It is only a medium of exchange. We need two kinds of education. One that teaches us how to make a living and the second how to live.

Many of us get so engrossed in professional life that we neglect our family, health, social responsibilities. And when asked why we do it, we would reply "For our family".

However, our kids are sleeping when we leave home. They are sleeping when we come home! 25years later, we’ll turn back and they’ll be gone to pursue their own dreams and lives.

Take a Lesson from a Ship:

Without water, a ship cannot move. It needs water but if the water gets into the ship, it will face existential problem. What was a “means of living” becomes a “means of destruction”.

Similarly, we live in time where earning is a necessity but let not the earning enter our hearts. For what was once a means of living will surely become a means of destruction for us as well!

So take a moment to ask yourself: “Has the water entered my ship?”

“Only bus stops here, not time. So don’t waste your time. Keep moving with your duties”.

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* Platinum: $1,477.54
* Silver: R7.55 /g
* Oil: $102.30 / barrel
* $: R10.05
* €: R13.11
* £: R15.27
* Saudi Riyaal: R2.68
* Mahr Fatimi: R12078.80
* Minimum Mahr: R241.57
* Zakaah Nisaab: R4831.52
* Krugerrand: R14 869.94
* 24 carat gold: R456.27 /g
* 22 carat gold: R418.53 /g
* 18 carat gold: R342.18 /g
* 14 carat gold: R266.28 /g
* 09 carat gold: R172.31 /g

As at (31/05/2013)

* Dumped baby found with phone number - A Fort Hare University student appeared in court on Thursday for allegedly dumping her newborn baby in bushes with his father's cellphone number pasted to his face, said Eastern Cape police.

* Many questions surround Dr Heyns’ death - While the Cape medical fraternity mourned the murder of Dr Louis Heyns on Thursday, a top team of police investigators sought to understand why he was killed.

* More cops deployed to Diepsloot - More police were being deployed to Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg, on Tuesday, said police.

* Assad vows to retaliate any Israeli attack - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has threatened Israel with retaliation to any future military aggression and with renewed fighting in the Golan Heights.

* Israel to free conscientious objector - The Israeli military has decided to release a young conscript, who has spent the past six months in military prison, for refusing to serve in the army due to his opposition to the occupation of the West Bank.

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Ingredients
1 Cup Butter- ½ Cup Icing sugar - 1 ½ Cups Flour. Beat all ingredients well.

Method
Drop tblsps onto baking pan. Leave space between drops. Place red or green cherries on each one. Bake at 180c for 15 mins. Allow to cool for 5 mins before transferring onto wire racks.

OLD SUIT

My wife and I were at my high school reunion. As I looked around, I noticed the other men in their expensive suits with their bulging stomachs. Proud of the fact that I weighed just five pounds more than I did when I was in high school—the result of trying to beat a living out of a rocky hillside farm—I said to my wife, "I'm the only guy here who can wear the suit he graduated in." She glanced at the prosperous crowd. "You're the only one here who has to."

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