This is me

I've always been the kind of girl
That hid my face
So afraid to tell the world
What I've got to say
But I had this dream
Right inside of me
I'm going to let it show
It's time
To let you know
To let you know

This is the real, this is me
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be now
Gonna let the light
Shine on me
Now I found
Who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I want to be
This is me

Do you know what it's like to feel so in the dark
To dream about a life where you're the shining star
Even though it seems
Like it's to far away
I have to believe in myself
It's the only way

This is the real, this is me
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be now
Gonna let the light
Shine on me
Now I found
Who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I want to be
This is me

You're the voice I hear inside my head
The reason that I'm singing
I need to find you
I gotta find you
You're the missing piece I need
The song inside of me
I need to find you
I gotta find you
This is the real, this is me
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be now
Gonna let the light
Shine on me
Now I found who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I want to be

This is me
You're the missing piece I need
The song inside of me
This is me
You're the voice I hear inside my head
The reason that I'm singing

Now I found who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I want to be
This is me

Demi Lovato & Joe Jonas

That girl

Blue green ripples
In a blue green sea
A pretty little girl swimming
That girl is me

She swims with dolphins
Sleek fast and free
Happy she is laughing
That girl is me

Every single night in the
same blue green sea
Someone swims to the girl
That girl is me

This new person with golden hair
Offers her the shiny key
'The key to your heart girl'
That girl is me

I take the key and hold it close
Hidden away where poeple can't see
'I'll hide my secrets' says the girl
That girl is me

So she did, she hid her secrets away
For a while the problems that haunt let her be
She was happy and smiling
That girl was me

Now she pleased alone
Happy, silent and free
The girl looks up to grin at me
That girl isn't me.

its my child.

Hitching a ride

Stranded by my boyfriend one night, I was on my way out of work when I bumped into Rob. We worked in different departments, so we rarely saw or talked to each other. With him in college and me in high school, we had little in common at the time.

But everybody liked Rob, so when I found myself sans ride, it was a spontaneous reaction to ask him for a lift home. He immediately replied “Sure,” in that casual tone he’s known for.

On the ride to my parents’ house—which was at least 20 minutes out of his way—I noticed the smell of his cologne, the silver bracelet he wore on his right wrist, the way his lips moved when he talked. And talk we did, the entire trip. It was like connecting with an old friend. I thought, Why haven’t I noticed him before?

Although I had a boyfriend, suddenly all I could think about was spending more time with Rob. More rides home followed, and soon my inattentive boyfriend was out of the picture.


“Can we grab a coffee sometime?” Rob asked one night. I was game, and we exchanged phone numbers. To this day, Rob still has the piece of paper I wrote my number on.

Our first date was December 12, 1998. Eight years later—with so many milestones and experiences behind us as a couple—in December 2006, I was sent to Mexico on a contract. Rob joined me so we could celebrate the anniversary of our first date, as we did every year.

Although we had talked about marriage, we had never made real plans. Secretly, I’d already decided I wanted to exchange vows with this man. So, on the evening of our anniversary, my heart was heavy as dinner came and went without a proposal. By dessert, I had settled for enjoying the sunset and celebrating eight years together.

Our waiter approached with a gleaming, silver tray—the crème brûlée I had ordered for dessert. But before I could blink, he lifted the lid to reveal an engagement ring! It was the most surreal moment of my life.

It’s amazing what life can bring when we learn to enjoy the ride. Rob and I exchanged vows on December 12, 2007—the anniversary of our first date and of our engagement.

The most powerful 3 words phrases.

The following three-word phrases can enrich every relationship. These are just three little But Very Powerful words:


I'll Be There

If you have ever had to call a friend in the middle of the night, to take a sick child to hospital, or when your car has broken down some miles from home, you will know how good it feels to hear the phrase " I'll be there. " Being there for another person is the greatest gift we can give. When we're truly present for other people, important things happen to them & us. We are renewed in love and friendship. We are restored emotionally and spiritually. Being there is at the very core of civility.


I Miss You

Perhaps more marriages could be saved & strengthened if couples simply & sincerely say to each other "I miss you." This powerful affirmation tells partners they are wanted, needed, desired & loved. Consider how ecstatic you would feel, if you received an unexpected phone call from your spouse in the middle of your workday, just to say "I miss you."


I Respect You / I Trust You

Respect and trust is another way of showing love. Its conveys the feeling that another person is a true equal. If you talk to your children as if they were adults you will strengthen the bonds & become close friends. This applies to all interpersonal relationships


Maybe You're Right

This phrase is highly effective in diffusing an argument and restoring frayed emotions. The flip side to "maybe you're right" is the humility of admitting maybe "I'm wrong". Let's face it. When you have a heated argument with someone, all you do is cement the other person's point of view. They, or you, will not change their stance and you run the risk of seriously damaging the relationship between you. Saying "maybe you're right" can open the door to further explore the subject, in which you may then have the opportunity to get your view across in a more rational manner.


Please Forgive Me

Many broken relationships could be restored and healed if people would admit their mistakes and ask for forgiveness. All of us are vulnerable to faults and failures. A man should never be ashamed to own up that he has been in the wrong, which is saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.


I Thank You

Gratitude is an exquisite form of courtesy. People who enjoy the companionship of good, close friends are those who don't take daily courtesies for granted. They are quick to thank their friends for their many expressions of kindness. On the other hand, people whose circle of friends is severely constricted often do not have the attitude of gratitude.


Count On Me

A friend is one who walks in when others walk out. Loyalty is an essential ingredient for true friendship; it is the emotional glue that bonds people. Those that are rich in their relationships tend to be steady and true friends. When troubles come, a good friend is there indicating "you can count on me."


Let Me Help

The best of friends see a need and try to fill it. When they spot a hurt they do what they can to heal it. Without being asked, they pitch in and help.


I Understand You

People become closer and enjoy each other more if they feel the other person accepts and understands them. Letting your spouse know in so many little ways that you understand them, is one of the most powerful tools for healing relationship. This applies to any relationship.


Go For It

We are all unique individuals. Don't try to get your friends to conform to your ideals. Support them in pursuing their interests, no matter how weird they seem to you. Everyone has dreams, dreams that are unique to that person only. Support and encourage your friends to follow their dreams. Tell them to "go for it."


I Love You

Perhaps the most important three words that you can say. Telling someone that you truly love them satisfies a person's deepest emotional needs. The need to belong, to feel appreciated and to be wanted. Your spouse, your children, your friends and you, all need to hear those three little words "I love you."

Wonderful information about eye.

1
Eyes are the most complex organs you possess except for your brain.

2
Eyes are composed of more than two million working parts.

3
Eyes can process 36,000 bits of information every hour.

4
Under the right conditions, can discern the light of a candle at a distance of 14 miles.

5
Eyes contribute towards 85% of your total knowledge.

6
Eyes utilize 65% of all the pathways to the brain.

7
Eyes can instantaneously set in motion hundreds of muscles and organs in your body.

8
In a normal life-span, will bring you almost 24 million images of the world around you.

9
The external muscles that move the eyes are the strongest muscles in the human body for the job that they have to do. They are 100 times more powerful than they need to be.

10
The adult eyeball measures about 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter. Of its total surface area only one-sixth is exposed -- the front portion.

11
The eye is the only part of the human body that can function at 100% ability at any moment, day or night, without rest. Your eyelids need rest, the external muscles of your eyes need rest, the lubrication of your eyes requires replenishment, but your eyes themselves "never" need rest. But please rest them!

12
Eyes are your most precious sense... care for them properly!

He puzzled her.

Aric Egmont knew he had to calm down or he was going to blow it. After all, who breaks out into a flop sweat doing the crossword puzzle? If he didn’t relax, he was sure to clue his girlfriend, Jennie Bass, into the fact that this was no ordinary Sunday Boston Globe. This was his marriage proposal.

The two, both 29—he’s in communications, she studies public health—had dated for four years and never seriously discussed marriage. Why mess up a good thing? went the thinking. But Aric had second thoughts. And since they were fanatics, he says, proposing via the tiny boxes of a crossword puzzle “was a more natural idea than it might seem to others.”

So last June he contacted the Globe and told them about his idea. They bit. Aric fed Globe puzzle writers Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon (who also create RD’s Word Power column) personal info to be turned into clues, then he waited … for four torturous months.

On the morning of September 23, having not slept the entire night before, Aric nonchalantly asked Jennie, “Want to do the crossword puzzle?” He bolted downstairs and out the door, grabbed the paper, then ran up to their bedroom. Climbing back into bed, the two assumed their normal puzzle-solving pose, with Jennie leaning against him. Almost immediately, she was struck by the number of clues that matched up with people and places in her life.

Twenty across asked: “Lover of Theseus.” The answer was Ariadne, whose namesake is a friend of Jennie’s. Seventy-three across: “One of the Judds.” Naomi, also Jennie’s sister’s name. Ninety-one across: “NASCAR driver Almirola.” Answer: Aric.

Aric began scanning ahead to where the big clue was. “I knew the moment was coming,” he said. And there it was. One hundred eleven across: “Generic proposal.” Clever, he thought, a wordplay on Jen and Aric. The clue next to it was “Winston’s mother.”

“Look at that,” said Aric. “‘Will you marry me, Jennie.’” He waited for a reaction. He didn’t get one. Jennie is a smart person, smart enough to know all about Theseus’ love life, but this was information overload. So Aric produced a ring and, quoting the Boston Globe crossword puzzle, asked, “Will you marry me, Jennie?”

After tears and shrieks and lots of “I love you’s,” Jennie said yes.

“I’m not the most romantic person,” admits Aric. “I think I was playing above my head on this one.”

Then Romeo adds, “Hopefully, this will satisfy Jennie for a while.”

Learning how to write in the sand!!!

Two friends were walking through the desert. In a specific point of the journey, they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face.

The one, who got slapped, was hurt, but without anything to say, he wrote in the sand: "TODAY, MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE".

They kept on walking, until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who got slapped and hurt started drowning, and the other friend saved him. When he recovered from the fright, he wrote on a stone: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE".

The friend who saved and slapped his best friend, asked him, "Why, after I hurt you, you wrote in the sand, and now you write on a stone?"

The other friend, smiling, replied: "When a friend hurts us, we should write it down in the sand, where the winds of forgiveness get in charge of erasing it away, and when something great happens, we should engrave it in the stone of the memory of the heart, where no wind can erase it"

Learn to write in the sand.

Excellence of eating with 5 fingers.

Excellence of Eating with 5 Fingers & licking them, Islam is complete in all aspects and nothing can be added to its contents and nothing can be eliminated there from. Islam has put forward complete, comprehensive and eternal Shariah for us.

Messenger of Allah, Rasullah (s.a.) instructed His followers that after taking meal they should lick up their fingers before they wash or wipe them with a towel. Since Messenger of Allah (s.a.) approved of this act, it is commendable.

To use less than 5 fingers for eating speaks of the manner of the arrogant, whereas to use both hands to this end is indicative of an overpowering greed. So, the best way of eating is that shown by Messenger of Allah (s.a.). Here, too, is the affirmation of licking the fingers after taking meal, and not during it.

Present-day Muslims hardly care for this directive of Messenger of Allah (s.a.) because they think that this act will bring disgrace and dishonour upon them. To make matters worse, they throw away a large quantity of unconsumed food in street dumps, garbage bags and drains. They even deem it necessary to leave over some food in plates and dishes, still less of licking them. What a pity, the Muslim community has gone far away from the teachings and excellent example of their Rasul (s.a.)!

Today, medical science says that, If a person eats with his fingers, and dips his fingers in the food while eating, some germs are made that allow to digest the food more easily, and the stomach doesn't get any problems. So you need to lick your fingers to lick the germs, which are good for your health. Licking fingers produces more saliva which helps to digest food faster.

This was told 1400 years by our Prophet(sa); today science has proved its beneficial values.

She forgave

As blind dates go, it was a good one. The year was 1950, and some friends figured that 20-year-old Grace Miltenberger might like their fellow Marine, Bob. They were right. “I thought he was the most handsome man in the world, and I fell right in love with him,” she says. It was mutual.

They dated happily for almost a year, then Bob up and disappeared. No calls, no visits and, most maddeningly, no explanations.

Not one to wallow, Grace enlisted in the Marines. Four years later, she and Bob hooked up again. Neither remembers the exact circumstances, but Grace does recall, “I still loved him.” And after a few months, her finger sported a big, fat diamond engagement ring.

Then it happened again. In October 1954, she got a call from Bob saying he couldn’t go through with it. No reason given; he just couldn’t do it.

“The not knowing why is what hurt the most,” says Grace.

As before, she collected herself. In 1958 she married another man, and over the years, the couple had five daughters. But the marriage was an unhappy one, and adding to Grace’s anxiety was a secret she kept from her husband. Taped to the underside of a dresser drawer was the engagement ring Bob had given her. After what he put her through, most people might have pawned it or tossed it in a river. But not Grace. “I never stopped loving him,” she says.

When her faltering marriage dissolved in 1969, Grace devoted herself to her daughters and to getting degrees in sociology and nursing. Fast-forward to 2004. The phone rings. A voice says, “Gracie?”

“I threw the phone in the air and said, ‘Oh, my God. It’s Bob.’”

He’d called under the pretense of finding out where the guy who’d introduced them was buried. Three and a half hours later, they hung up. During their chat, Grace learned that Bob was a widower after 48 years of marriage.

“I never figured out what happened to us,” he said at one point.

“I’ll tell you what happened—you dumped me.” But she wasn’t mad. She was thrilled to be talking to him.

On New Year’s Day, 2005, they became engaged over the phone. Six months later, Bob visited Grace at her home outside Tulsa. It was the first time they’d seen each other in half a century. He showed up at her doorstep, and, she says, “we just walked into each other’s arms like we’d always been together.”

On the day he popped the question, Bob said, “Now I guess I’ve got to get you a ring.”

“No,” she said. “I’ve got one.”

“Who gave you that?”

“You did, you big, dumb jerk. Fifty years ago.”

This time, Bob didn’t run away.

5 good actions before going to sleep by rasulullah(saw)

One Time Rasulullah (saw) says to Amirul Mumineen (a.s.) "Always done 5 action before going to sleep" :

Do Sadqa of 4000 (four thousand) Dinnar Finish One Quran Masjid Pay the Value of Jannat Do Compromise between two person Finish One Hajj

Moula Ali (a.s.) says in answer, "Aai Rasulullah, these are very difficult, How can I do these?" Rasulullah (saw) Says don't worry, do these :

Read 4 times "Surae Fateha" [Alhamd surat], this is equal to Sadqa of 4000 Dinnar Read 3 times "Surate Ikhlas" [Qul Hovallah surat], this is equal for Finishing One Quram Masjid Read 3 times with Sincerity "Salwat", this is equal to Value of Jannat Do Tasbih Ten times of "Astagferullah", this is equal for compromising between two person Read 4 times with Love & Sincerity 'Kalematu-s-Shahadat' this is equal for Finishing One Hajj

Pain

All the pain
The pain in my life you can't see it but i can
Its horrible and discusing
I wish the pain wasn't in my life
But it is and its killing me
The pain is causing me to lose my friends, family and people who i care about
The pain is always there, in the car and at school and at home pain follows me everywere
I can also see if another persons in pain or upset
Pain is everywere in this world
its even following you and me right now
But the best thing to do is fight the pain
I am and its helping a little bit
It will either end you up dead or in the hospital
Pain is everywere
Pain
Pain
Pain






Pain



Anger courses pain,
Hurt courses pain,
Killing courses pain,
Lieing courses pain,
Death courses pain,
Crying courses pain,

Pain courses crying,
Pain courses death,
Pain courses lieing,
Pain courses killing,
Pain courses anger,
and Pain is hurt.






pain



pain surrounds you day to day
nothing helps it go away
pain in muscles pain in joints
pain so bad in trigger points.

pain that comes and pain that goes
pain that keeps you on your toes.
pain that people think is in your head.

pain that people don't know
when you sit in your bed wishing you were dead
pain that they will have to go through
pain they will have to see.
what it took to just be me.

pain I go through just at school
pain I wish will make me cool
pain that they will never see what it took to just be me

pain in your life
that makes you strive
to just survive

pain that it took
To just be me
pain i go through.
but people can't see.







NO PAIN, NO GAIN



no pain, no gain, no worry or shame. the more you gain the more the pain, what is pain if there no worry or gain?

gain is the only thing i can think of when i think of success because
it is the best.

pain, it rhymes with jane.
it the only thing i can think that rhymes with pain.

gain like king arth

He posted a plea.

On a Sunday evening last November, Patrick Moberg, 21, a website developer, was in the Union Square subway station in New York City. “Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed this girl,” he says. “She had bright blue shorts and dark blue tights and a flower in the back of her hair.” New York’s fun if you’re a guy—the city’s lousy with gorgeous women. But this one was different. She was his perfect girl.

When the number 5 train pulled into the station, the two got on. “I was enthralled,” he says. “I noticed details like her braided hair and that she was writing in a pad. I couldn’t shake the desire to talk to her.”

Taking a deep breath, he headed her way. Just then the train pulled into the Bowling Green station. The doors opened, a rush of humanity swarmed in, and then suddenly, she was gone.

He considered giving chase, but there’s a fine line between blind love and stalking. He thought of plastering the station with posters. Then a brainstorm: the Internet. “It seemed less encroaching,” he says. “I didn’t want to puncture her comfort zone.”

That night, the world had a new website: nygirlofmydreams.com. On it, Patrick declared, “I Saw the Girl of My Dreams on the Subway Tonight.” He drew a picture of the girl etched in his mind, along with a portrait of himself with this disclaimer pointed at his head: “Not insane.”

The website spread virally, and soon he had thousands of leads. Some were cranks, and some were women offering themselves in case he struck out.

Two days later, he got an e-mail from someone claiming to know the girl. He even supplied a photo. It was her. She was an Australian interning at a magazine, and her name was Camille. And she wanted to meet too.

Their first meeting was awkward. And why not? It was set up by Good Morning America. Like the rest of the media, GMA saw a great love story and pounced. But being sucked into a media maelstrom isn’t necessarily conducive to a nascent love affair. “There was a lot of uncertainty on how to act around each other,” Patrick said. And in the back of Camille’s mind, a nagging thought: Who is this guy? The media circus eventually moved on, giving the two a chance to talk without a microphone present.

“Everything I found out about her was another wonderful thing,” says Patrick. She was smart, funny and a big personality, a nice fit for this shy guy. “And,” he continues quietly, “we’ve been hanging out together every day since.”

Thinking back, he sighs. “It’s amazing everything went without a hitch.”

I love my family.

my family is everything to me
family is always going to
be there for you
family is the people
you trust
family is the kind of people
who cares alot about you
family is the first people
you come to if
you have a problem
just remember that
family is going to
be there no matter what
in tough times
and in easy times
in you could
think of
everything so family
is going to be there
no matter what
so
i just want to say

''I LOVE MY FAMILY''

Some maths tricks.

10 Easy Math Tricks You Probably Don't Know

Many people are terrified of math, but even if you let out a great big sigh of relief when you got out of school (so you wouldn’t have to think about any more arithmetic), you probably soon realized that math was still necessary in the “real world.” Whether you love math, or despise it, the following tricks can turn you into a math whiz -- or at least will help to speed up some of the calculations you need to do in your head. I’ve included five of my favorites here (the link below has the entire list). 1. Quick Square If you need to square a 2-digit number ending in 5, multiply the first digit by itself plus 1, and put 25 on the end. That’s all! 252 = (2x(2+1)) & 25 2 x 3 = 6 625 2. Multiplying by 9 To multiply any number between 1 and 9 by 9, hold both hands in front of your face, with fingers extended. Now drop the finger that corresponds to the number you are multiplying (for example, for 9 x 3, drop your third finger). Now count the fingers before the dropped finger (in the case of 9 x 3 it is 2) -- that's your first digit. Then, count the fingers after (again in this case, it’s 7). The answer is 27. 3. Dividing by 5 To divide a large number by five, all you need to do is multiply by 2 and move the decimal point one space to the left: 195 / 5 Step 1: 195 x 2 = 390 Step 2: Move the decimal left; 39.0, or just 39 2978 / 5 Step 1: 2978 x 2 = 5956 Step 2: 595.6 4. Subtracting from 1,000 To subtract a large number from 1,000, subtract all but the last number from 9, then subtract the last number from 10: 1000 – 648 = ? Step 1: subtract 6 from 9 = 3 Step 2: subtract 4 from 9 = 5 Step 3: subtract 8 from 10 = 2 Answer: 352 5. Calculate a Tip If you need to leave a 15% tip, here is the easy way to do it. Work out 10% (divide the number by 10), then add that number to half its value and you have your answer: 15% of $25 = (10% of 25) + ((10% of 25) / 2) $2.50 + $1.25 = $3.75

Happiness.

How to Bring Happiness in Your Life

• Improve your relationships with friends and family
• Be an optimist
• Develop a genuine smile and laugh a lot - Act happy
• Pray - Become religious or spiritual
• Be generous and share with others
• Treat time as a friend
• Exercise your mind
• Work your body
• Have fun in life
• Pursue achievable goals.
• Have high confidence in yourself.
• Respect the disadvantaged.
• Age gracefully.
• Give compliments
• Be honest
• Keep an open mind
• Treat difficulties as challenges

Signs before the day of judgment.

The Minor Signs:

· The disappearance of knowledge and the appearance of ignorance (Bukhari, Muslim, Ibn Majah, & Ahmad)

· Books/writing will be widespread and (religious) knowledge will be low (Ahmad)

· Adultery and fornication will be prevalent (The Prophet, peace be upon him, said that this has never happened without new diseases befalling the people, which their ancestors had not known.) (Bukhari, Muslim, Ibn Majah, & Al-Haythami)

· When fornication becomes widespread among your leaders (The Prophet, peace be upon him, said that this will happen when the people stop forbidding evil) (Ibn Majah)

· Adultery and fornication will be performed in the open

· The consumption of intoxicants will be widespread (Bukhari & Muslim)

· Women will outnumber men......eventually 50:1 (Bukhari, Muslim, & Ahmad)

· Killing, killing, killing (Bukhari, Muslim, Ibn Majah, & Ahmad)

· The nations of the earth will gather against the Muslims like hungry people going to sit down to a table full of food. This will occur when the Muslims are large in number, but "like the foam of the sea".

· People will beat others with whips like the tails of oxen (Muslim) ?The Slave Trade

· The children will be filled with rage (at-Tabarani, al-Hakim)

· Children will be foul (at-Tabarani, al-Hakim)

· Women will conspire (at-Tabarani, al-Hakim)

· Rain will be acidic or burning (at-Tabarani, al-Hakim)

· Children of fornication will become widespread or prevalent (at-Tabarani, al-Hakim)

· When a trust becomes a means of making a profit (at-Tirmidhi, Al-Haythami)

· Gains will be shared out only among the rich, with no benefit to the poor (at-Tirmidhi)

· Paying zakat becomes a burden and miserliness becomes widespread; charity is given reluctantly (at-Tirmidhi & Al-Haythami)

· Miserliness will be thrown into the hearts of people (Bukhari)

· Episodes of sudden death will become widespread (Ahmad)

· There will be people who will be brethren in public but enemies in secret (He was asked how that would come about and replied, "Because they will have ulterior motives in their mutual dealings and at the same time will fear one another.") (at-Tirmidhi)

· When a man obeys his wife and disobeys his mother; and treats his friend kindly while shunning his father (at-Tirmidhi)

· When voices are raised in the mosques (at-Tirmidhi)

· People will walk in the marketplace with their thighs exposed

· Great distances will be traversed in short spans of time

· The people of Iraq will recieve no food and no money due to oppression by the Romans (Europeans) (Muslim)

· People will hop between the clouds and the earth

· A tribulation will enter everyone�s home (Ahmad)

· The leader of a people will be the worst of them (at-Tirmidhi)

· Leaders of people will be oppressors (Al-Haythami)

· People will treat a man with respect out of fear for some evil he might do (at-Tirmidhi)

· Men will begin to wear silk (at-Tirmidhi)

· Female singers and musical instruments will become popular (at-Tirmidhi)

· When singers become common (Al-Haythami)

· People will dance late into the night

· When the last ones of the Ummah begin to curse the first ones (at-Tirmidhi)

· People will claim to follow the Qur'an but will reject hadith & sunnah (Abu Dawood)

· People will believe in the stars (Al-Haythami)

· People will reject al-Qadr (the Divine Decree of Destiny) (Al-Haythami)

· Time will pass rapidly (Bukhari, Muslim, & Ahmad)

· Good deeds will decrease (Bukhari)

· Smog will appear over cities because of the evil that they are doing

· People will be carrying on with their trade, but their will only be a few trustworthy persons

· Wealth will increase so much so that if a man were given 10,000, he would not be content with it (Ahmad & Bukhari)

· A man will pass by a grave and wish that he was in their place (Bukhari)

· Earthquakes will increase (Bukhari & Muslim)

· There will be attempts to make the deserts green

· The appearance of false messengers (30 dajjals) (Bukhari)

· Women will be naked in spite of being dressed, these women will be led astray & will lead others astray (Muslim)

· The conquest of Constantinople by the Muslims (Ahmad)

· The conquest of India by the Muslims, just prior to the return of Jesus, son of Mary (peace be upon both of them)(Ahmad, an-Nisa'i, at-Tabarani, al-Hakim)

· When people begin to compete with others in the construction of taller buildings (Bukhari)

· There will be a special greeting for the people of distinction (Ahmad)

· The Euphrates will disclose a treasure (The Prophet, peace be upon him, said that whoever is present should not take anything from it) (Bukhari & Muslim)

· Two large groups, adhering to the same religious teaching will fight each other with large numbers of casualties (Bukhari & Muslim)

· Wild animals will be able to talk to humans (Ahmad)

· A man will leave his home and his thigh or hip will tell him what is happening back at his home (Ahmad)

· Years of deceit in which the truthful person will not be believed and the liar will be believed (Ahmad)

· Bearing false witness will become widespread (Al-Haythami & Ahmad)

· When men lie with men and women lie with women (Al-Haythami)

· Trade will become so widespread that a woman will be forced to help her husband in business (Ahmad)

· A woman will enter the workforce out of love for this world (Ahmad)

· Arrogance will increase in the earth (at-Tabarani, al-Hakim)

· Family ties will be cut (Ahmad)

· There will be many women of child-bearing age who will no longer give birth.

· There will be an abundance of food, much of which has no blessing in it.

· People will refuse when offerred food.

· Men will begin to look like women and women will begin to look like men

The Major Signs:

Although they appear here in no particular order, it is important to point out that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said that these last, major signs will follow each other like pearls falling off of a necklace...

· Masih ad-Dajjal (The AntiChrist)

· The Mahdi

· The appearance of Masih al-�Isa (Jesus Christ), the son of Mary (peace be upon him)

· Ya�juj and Ma�juj (Gog and Magog)

· The destruction of the Ka�bah and the recovery of its treasure

· Emergence of the Beast

· The smoke

· Three major landslides (one in the East, one in the West, and one on the Arabian peninsula)

· The wind will take the souls of the believers

· The rising of the sun from the west

· The fire will drive the people to their final gathering place

· Three blasts of the trumpet (fear & terror, death, resurrection)

The black girl.

I am the girl.
who sits in the back of the room
waiting for someone to talk to her
the one who doesnt have 'pefect'hair
'perfect' makeup
or a 'perfect' face
I am the girl
that sits and wonders
where her life will lead
I am the girl
who wonders who will talk to her next.
I am the girl..that walks the hallways
who feels like she's invisible.
I am the girl
that cries everynight wondering
when it will end.
I am that girl
who wishes that she had a lot of friends
and wishes she fit in
I am that girl.
I am me.
Accept me.

MY BEST FRIEND

Today I found a friend,
Who knew everything I felt.
She knew my every weakness,
And the problems I've been dealt.

She understood my wonders,
And listened to my dreams.
She listened to how I felt about life and love,
And knew what it all means.

Not once did she interrupt me,
Or tell me I was wrong.
She understood what I was going through,
And promised she'd stay long

I reached out to this friend
To show her that I care
To pull her close and let her know
How much I need her there

I went to hold her hand
To pull her a bit nearer
And realized that this perfect friend I found
Was nothing but my mirror.