My prayer has always been .... Praise Be to God Lord of the universe..Lord God, take me by the hand, Lord God show me where to go, Oh Lord let me not alone, Lest i go astray This is my essence -the voice of my soul.. This IS ME..
Sunday, 10 April 2016
the number 487
my praise
7 – My God you are God the possessor of all sovereignty. You grant sovereignty to whomever You choose, You remove sovereignty from whomever You choose. You grant dignity to whomever You choose, and commit to humiliation whomever You choose. In Your hand are all provisions. Praise be to God He is the Omnipotent.
8 - You O Lord, merge the night into the day, and merge the day into the night. You produce the living from the dead, and produce the dead from the living, and You provide for whomever You choose, without limits. Blessed are you My god, you are The Best Provider.
9b- You O Lord, You bestow knowledge, and understanding. You are the Provider, the Posessor of all Power, the Supreme. O favor me with the knowledge, the understanding and the insight that come from you. Blessed are you, O Lord, the gracious giver of knowledge.
O Lord, I approach Thee through remembrance of Thee and I speak thine intercession with thyself. Bestow on me your favour and draw me close to your service. Inspire me O Lord to remember Thee in all things.
I give thanks to you that you are the Lord my God and the God of my fathers forever and ever. Through every generation you have been the rock of our lives, the shield of our salvation.I give you thanks and declare your praise for my life that is committed to you and for my soul that is entrusted to you, For your miracles that are daily with me, and for your wonders and your benefits that are with us at all times, evening, morning and noon. I put my hope in Thee. For all these acts may your name be blessed and exalted always, O our King, forever and ever. Glorifying you is everything in the heavens and the earth. My God, My Salvation. Blessed are you, O Lord, The Most Gracious and to whom it is fitting to give thanks and Praise.
Friday, 8 April 2016
work
the darkness my lord is eating into me and i don't know how to stop it.
i have now descended - if this is the right pun for it - into thoughts which are unbecoming of me and i am getting sucked in more and more.
taking my life is not part of me because it is not something that i have read in the scriptures to be desired - but i find myself thinking more and having thoughts of why dont i just jump off a cliff or drive head on into a tree.
my desire to drive to my mountain, i avoid because i dont want any temptations.
but at my mountain i feel close with the air i am able to focus my thoughts but i cry when i am there and i dont want to let my darkness come over me whilst i am there
it is the only thought of my children thinking of their anguish without their mother that gets me through sometimes but the lure and the thoughts resurface again.
i guess it all boils down to the fact that i feel extremely tired, stressed out- no energy - i am worn out at work before i even come home
my feelings of resentment towards this employer of mine is growing.
today i wrote a note to myself for work which i penned the legacy i leave behind at work.
- that i do my best at all times - ensuring that i am active and productive. I say this hand on heart because i want to do my best, - if not be the best - be among the best. i am punctual and i consider myself to be effective in what i have been asked to do - all the time trying to learn and understand how the business works so i can do things according to how the business wants it. I am punctual to work - i give them my all - more than i am contracted for my hours*** so i can feel and know my worth for the wages they pay me. I am always at work - baring family emergency and or the relative odd sickness - even with that as long as my hands are working and my eyes can see - i will still drag myself to work and do something - which i consider is better than nothing. the fear is always that any mounting work will be left for me to deal with because everyone else is struggling themselves. i have put the *** because the work gives me an uplift due to a previous role which they have continued that due to us changing roles they agreed to keep the same agreements we had - so with that i work extra hard to ensure that i deserve everything they give me. i dont take my job lightly. i may not understand the tennents of law but i do what they ask me to do and ask when i am not sure on what to do. I may not agree with decisions in regards to my customers and feel that we should fight a case even when the evidence says now but because of the systems of law we give in. i accept all that.
- that my customers who i consider to be my policyholders, the all solicitors on whose files i maintain, brokers and all sorts have the confidence that whenever they contact me i will attend and acknowledge their request very quickly. I wont keep them waiting, i will help them too move their files on as i too want to move my files on.
- that i am committed to work - all i have ever known since coming here is work - i work to earn money to live. I am not an idle sort of person - i work to learn to progress.
despite my working hard and toiling and trying to do what they want me to do - i am stuck in a role no progress. i see people who have just literally come in the door getting ahead having roles and developing themselves but i am stuck where i am. my hard work i feel counts for nothing at all. The ideology i feel in my work is that the lazier you are the more you will progress as long as you pally with management.
but i fail at this because for one i am not lazy( and i use this term loosely as my definition is not being bothered or taking responsibility about ones work) and i lack interpersonal skills. i dont make friends easily because i dont trust easily and i dont like to partake in idle chitchat and inquire about people when i dont really mean it. if i want to know something in particular i ask of it - and bearing this in mind my enquiries may be just outright crazy..
i dont pally with management because i come to work do my bit and more and leave - i dont socialise with work staff because one i dont have the time because i al looking after my family and attending to their needs - two because the activity which my work mates partake in that they use to bond is not something i do - i dont drink and i dont like visiting pubs/clubs -
- the occasional team lunch i will go to but even at that it messes up with my duties of prayer as i reserve my lunch time to pray which is my obligation to do.. and many at times when i go for the team lunch i forget to pray - feel as if someone is clocking me if i leave my seat for what is 5 mins and i feel as if i m not paid to take time out to pray as if i am shortchanging the business.. i try to pray in my seat but in reality the concentration is not there too because i have to switch off my phones still i feel like i am being clocked..
my 35hr day work for me i come in and do my work and yet other people doing overtime and getting paid more for their overtime - i am asked to do their work in my own working hours. i dont understand that.
i dont get acknowledgement for the extra help i give my colleagues in work - above and beyond what i do
i dont get paid or any incentive for it.
i am not aghast to assisting and helping because i do even without anyone asking me but i stopped because i felt like the above and also i felt like i was being taken advantage off.
there is no thanks from the people you assist and the impression i get is that it is taken for granted that i am there to fill in with their work for them
i need money too - if i could i would do some overtime but i cant - and i feel as though i am penalised/overlooked for progress because i cant commit to that and that i have raised my voice at what i see as unfair practices and the stress at the sheer volume of what i have been doing..
only of recent in the last 6 month i refused to be taken for a mug. and i use this term in all its ramifications because i don't see why and how i should be working for people who are paid to come in to work but come in doing the barest minimum and leave at the end of the day - why should i be doing their work or taking ownership of their work for them when they cannot be bothered to do the same.
i voiced my frustrations and with that the management have taken a dim view of me .
there is always an excuse for everything in this work of mine not really doing what they should do but giving excuse for shady behaviour with work and drawing a blind eye and expecting others to move the business on rather than those they have employed to do it.
why should i be working when others are idling and not really doing the work they should be doing.
the shady behaviour of being - fiddling figures to make it seem that they are working and we all know games people play and the disregard with their work - i have seen it all.
then there is the issue of wellbeing which is greatly overlooked in my work. with what we do we have no choice but to intrude into peoples lives often being aware of their intimate medical history and psychological details .. the effects that these have on us is overlooked..
i complained to my manager around xmas time that i was feeling stressed and all my manager could do was tell me how i was her i should nto be like her basically come in do your bit and leave dont care.. i was referred to some quacky service which in my opinion was just shit - i have tried in so many ways to tell my manager that i am stressed, the workload is demanding - they dont care.
we had a temporary manager once and his way of moving things is giving me others work to do because i was up to date.. i am up to date because i work damn hard to ensure i do - btu you keep getting piled on more work or expected to take on more work - it got to a point i was not sleeping, waking up thinking about work how to move files on - it just gets toooo much
i dont see why i should slave myself for someone who has not real appreciation for the work done - whose discussions with you end up all being about herself and her achievements. where is my development, where is my progress from their hands - it is null and void because they are not interested.
i dont know how to be fake so i avoid spending time with my manager as much as possible and i try and avoid her spending time with me because the fakeness is apparent for me. there is no real interest just an desire to further her name within the business.
the progression and movement to development is not clear and its is just whispers behind glass mirrors. managers promote those they want - there is no clear strategy as to who and why they develop who they want - what kind of a place is this.
i am grateful for my job Lord i am grateful for any Job in these hard times but there is a limit to non progress.
with all of this weighing on my mind i remind myself constantly that i am not perfect and who am i to judge because 1% imperfection is just as grave as 10% which is just as grave ad 50% but the discontent in how the work is managed is eating into me and contributing to my darkness.
i am resolved to leave if i can find another job but i love my job and it pains me to leave.. the sacrifice i make is i have a place to say my prayers at work - where else can i find that.. but is this sacrifice too much to bear if there is no progress or movement..
i want to succeed God in this job - i give them my all and more. i want to progress.
i ask myself is it because i am black that i am overlooked - is it because i dont tie myself emotionally with any one person with work - it is because my work is bad - and if my work is bad why are they not telling me - i will try to be better - i will try to do better and improve. am i that much of a hopeless case that they could not be bothered.
in spite and despite Lord of my issues and darkness and what i consider to be my problems let me thrive above the sight of my enemies - let me thrive and succeed. By thy grace and mercy. grant me it.
Monday, 15 February 2016
darkness
the darkness seems to want to envelope me again dear lord. so i seek refuge with thee. it comes and goes most weeks more than others. i am trying to understand it trying to study it to figure out what triggers it..today it was a lit after work the feeling of despair and helplessness. the word on my head was i am loosing control of my life.
trying to stay upbeat with children and not let my demons affect them.. trying to stay upbeat and focus on them.. i still dont understand why i get these feelings and thoughts.. it seems easier to accept them but i dont know. the other day i read about someone who maybe took their life
and i saw a glimpse of their madness. it reminded me of me... we were not too far apart in thoughts. i am scared lord.
in everything guide me. with everything bless me. for everything show me. thy name be praised and glorified always.
Sunday, 7 February 2016
mantra
rabbana la tuwakhisna innasina awakhtana
rabbana wa la tahmil alayna isran kama hamaltahu alla ladzina min qablina. rabbana wa la tuhamilna ma la taqata lana bihi. wa afuwana wa aghfirlana wa arhamna anta maulana fa ansurna ala alqaomil kafirin.
this translates for me as our lord do not condem us if we forget or make a mistake. our lord let us not blasphemy against you like others before us have done. our lord keep is from sinning until it is too late for us..pardon us forgive us and have mercy on us you are.our master. grant us victory over those that disbelieve.
the above is my mantra for the day..it reminds me how easy it is to forget simple prayers and thoughts..
Saturday, 30 January 2016
work
worries
sometimes i feel lile jumping off a cliffe. the feelings gets greater sometimes and i try to push it away with music. i cant sleep and i worry too mucj. i dont know what or how to deal with bed wetting or potty training. i am afraid i am failing children. i am afraid i am failing self
Saturday, 16 January 2016
mantra
illa llahi aqibatil umuru.
Ina ma amruhu idza arada shayan
an yakula lahu kun fa ya kun
subhanallahi bi yadihi ma la kuntu kulli shayin
wa ilayhim turjaoon.
for me this translates to
with God is the end of all matters - ( control over all things)
for anything to be done He just has to command Be and it is
so glory be to God, in whose hands is the dominion over all things and to him we are all returned.
My God I am sorry i have let the void grow between us but as ever you remain in my heart
but the void of separation that stops me from offering you more praise by way of meditation should stop
the void that stops me from concentrating on finding you should stop
the void that is slowly taking me away from you should stop
the void that slowly prevents me from offering my charity should stop
the void of separation by your grace and mercy will stop.
I am sorry my lord,
For all praise is yours, all authority Kingship and glory.
in this life and in the next
Be thou Glorified My Lord.
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
light in darkness
Monday, 2 November 2015
la tahzan, inna llaha Ma'anaa - Do not grieve, God is with us
May God be with me wherever I go, whatever i so, whatever my State..
May He continue to support and provide for me from amongst His bounties..
May his provisions to me be sufficient for me
May it cause me to continually give Praise and Thanks to Him
God is a faithful and Caring Lord.
Thursday, 29 October 2015
thanksgiving
I that I am F A O, with all that I have, offer up my thanks to the Most Gracious Lord, our creator for his speedy response to one of my cried for help. I am GRATEFUL my lord at your resolution, I AM THANKFUK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. MY God thank you very plentifully very muchly very ecstatically over this issue. you have lit up my darkness you have done for me.. thank you.
for All praise is yours, All authority and kingship, in this life and the hereafter there is no other God but Thee..
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
Supplication - arRaheem Khayru-l-Raziqin
Ultimately Lord, you being my King have all knowledge of what is and what is to come.. you know what is best and You place as you will in regards the welfare of these Children.
It is not for my care but for they Grace and Love that these children live and are well and by thy Grace Long may it continue.
I start my supplication seeking to reach thee Lord on they attribute of Mercy - You are a Merciful God and i know this and can say this hand on my heart how merciful you have been with me. I rely yet again on they mercy on this issue.
you are also a Providing God and many a times you have provided for me whence i never expected it and you provided and surely your provisions are always fitting, adequate and satisfying.
ArRaheem and ArRazaq.
i continue my supplication with verse 5:114 in which the the scripture notes the prayer of JEsus to God. I implore my Lord with this same prayer - asking that he provide for me relief.
the verse Goes.. Our God, Our Lord, send down a feast from the sky. Let it bring plenty for each and every one of us and a sign from You. Provide for us. You are the best Provider.
The feast i seek from you, is one of metaphorical hunger.. Hunger for the things which are thine and thine only.. hunger for progress and success.. hunger fo rthe goodness which thou doth provide.. Hunger for righteousness.. Hunger for Ease with life and safety for my childrens needs and welfare..
My God, who can i come onto to ask and put forward my case, to beg and plead who else if not you.
you have created me, and established me as i am.. You have helped me to know you. you have helped me to accept you and not run from you.. I am not perfect far from it.. every day I sin.. sin of emotion and anger.. sin of frustration with my life and my circumstances.. sin of arrogance.. but i will ask Lord that you overlook these faults of mine and help me please..
i dont want my children to lack.. and by thy grace they will not lack..
i beg of thee Lord please help me..
Allahuma rabbana, anta allahu, anta ArRahman,warzuqna, wa anta khayru - l - razziqin
Our God, Our Lord, you are my God, you are The Most Gracious, Provide for me, you are the best Provider
Sunday, 25 October 2015
Om Jai Jagadish Hare.. Oh Lord of the Whole Universe
http://www.shreehindutemple.net/hinduism/om-jai-jagdish-hare/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jai_Jagdish_Hare
Swãmi jai Jagdish hare
Bhakt jano ke sankat
Dãs jano ke sankat
Kshañ men door kare
Om jai Jagdish hare
Dukh bin se man kã
Swami dukh bin se man kã
Sukh sampati ghar ãve
Sukh sampati ghar ãve
Kasht mite tan kã
Om jai Jagdish hare
Sharañ paðoon main kiski
Swãmi sharañ paðoon main kiski
Tum bin aur na doojã
Prabhu bin aur na doojã
Ãs karoon main jiski
Om jai Jagdish hare
Tum Antaryãmi
Swãmi tum Antaryãmi
Pãr Brahm Parameshwar
Pãr Brahm Parameshwar
Tum sabke swãmi
Om jai Jagdish hare
Tum pãlan kartã
Swãmi tum pãlan kartã
Main moorakh khalakhãmi
Main sevak tum swãmi
Kripã karo Bhartã
Om jai Jagdish hare
Sab ke prãñ pati
Swãmi sab ke prãñ pati
Kis vidhi miloon Gosãi
Kis vidhi miloon Dayãlu
Tum ko main kumati
Om jai Jagdish hare
Thãkur tum mere
Swãmi Thãkur tum mere
Apne hãth uthao
Apni sharañi lagão
Dwãr paðã hoon tere
Om jai Jagdish hare
Pãp haro Devã
Swãmi pãp haro Devã
Shradhã bhakti baðhão
Shradhã bhakti baðhão
Santan ki sevã
Om jai Jagdish hare
Swãmi jai Jagdish hare
Bhakt jano ke sankat
Dãs jano ke sankat
Kshañ men door kare
Om jai Jagdish hare
Mighty Lord of the whole Universe
All Thy devotees’ agonies
All Thy devotees’ sorrows
Instantly Thou banisheth
Oh Lord of the whole Universe
He reaps the fruits of Thy love
Lord, he reaps the fruits of Thy love
Floating in a cloud of comforts
Floating in a cloud of comforts
Free from all the worldly problems
Oh Lord of the whole Universe
At Thy feet I seek eternal truth
Lord, at Thy feet I seek eternal truth
There’s none other than Thee, Lord
There’s none other than Thee, Lord
Guardian of all our hopes
Oh Lord of the whole Universe
Omnipotent Master of all
Lord, omnipotent Master of all
My destiny’s in Thy Hand
My destiny’s in Thy Hand
Supreme Soul of all Creation
Oh Lord of the whole Universe
Gracious protector of all
Lord, gracious protector of all
I’m Thy humble devotee
I’m Thy humble devotee
Grant me Thy divine grace
Oh Lord of the whole Universe
Formless and yet multiform
Lord, formless and yet multiform
Grant me a glimpse of Thyself
Grant me a glimpse of Thyself
Guide me along the path to Thee
Oh Lord of the whole Universe
Benevolent saviour of all
Lord, benevolent saviour of all
Offer me Thy hand of compassion
Offer me Thy hand of compassion
I seek refuge at Thy feet
Oh Lord of the whole Universe
Free from the sins of this life
Lord, free from the sins of this life
Undivided faith and devotion
Undivided faith and devotion
In eternal service unto Thee
Oh Lord of the whole Universe
Mighty Lord of the whole Universe
All Thy devotees’ agonies
All Thy devotees’ sorrows
Instantly Thou banisheth
Oh Lord of the whole Universe
Monday, 5 October 2015
help
I am struggling lord,i am really struggling and as i struggle along i ask for thy help as always as ever asking for thy Grace and assistance.
Tuesday, 4 August 2015
Rabbuna Allahu
My lord is God.. in him I trust and to him I turn..
My lord your name be glorified and praised in all of the heavens and earth
Let me forever have cause to glorify and praise thee. Let me never forget thee. Let it be that my every thought begins with thee, seeking your acceptance and blessings upon every aspect of my life. Without a doubt you are a good lord to me, Helping me taking care of me... so this little girl thanks you for everything and more