While participating in a various prestigious marriage celebrations and conducting a survey and detailed discussions with active community members; grand halls, latest sound facility and selected good number gathering; One thing very important looked missing. In these gatherings there is lack of people who can speak in an impressive way on the podium. Here is an invitation of some brain storming activity, how this type of events can effectively be utilized for Public Speaking Training and at the same time sharing some important thoughts and life lessons with youth.
Ø Roll up
Banners with some Research Quotes
Ø Presentable
Files with thoughtful short speeches - distributed to the floor and then
inviting the willing fellows to deliver a speech
Ø Later a
Reward / Gift may be managed for the winner
Some Samples
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“What should young
people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring
thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of
loneliness can be cured.” Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007); Writer
MENTALLY RETARDED!
A few years
ago, at the Seattle Special Olympics, nine contestants, all physically or mentally
disabled, assembled at the starting line for the 100-yard dash. At the gun,
they all started out, not exactly in a dash, but with a relish to run the race
to the finish and win. All, that is, except one little boy who stumbled on the
asphalt, tumbled over a couple of times, and began to cry. The other eight
heard the boy cry. They slowed down and looked back. Then they all turned
around and went back.....every one of them. One girl with Down’s syndrome bent
down and kissed him and said, “This will make it better.” Then all nine linked
arms and walked together to the finish line. Everyone in the stadium stood, and
the cheering went on for several minutes. People who were there are still
telling the story. Why? Because deep down we know this one thing: What matters
in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What matters in this life is
helping others win, even if it means slowing down and changing our course.
وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هَذَا الْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ
صَادِقِينَ
36:48 And they add,
“When is this promise [of resurrection] to be fulfilled? [Answer this] if you
are men of truth!”
مَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً
تَأْخُذُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَخِصِّمُونَ
36:49 [And they are
unaware that] nothing awaits them beyond a single blast [of God’s
punishment], which
will overtake them while they are still arguing - [against resurrection]:
Nine
Rules for Happiness by Imam Ali (as)
# 7 Give a lot though you may be deprived even of a little.
Finders Keepers
A wise woman who was traveling
in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met
another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her
food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone & asked the woman to give
it to him. She did so without hesitation. The traveler left, rejoicing his good
fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a
lifetime. But a few days later he came back to return the stone to the wise
woman. “I’ve been thinking,” He said, “I know how valuable the stone is, but I
give it back in the hope that you can give me something even more precious:
Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me the stone.”
Al-Baqara (The Cow) > [2:264]
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ لاَ تُبْطِلُواْ صَدَقَاتِكُم بِالْمَنِّ وَالأذَى كَالَّذِي يُنفِقُ مَالَهُ رِئَاء النَّاسِ وَلاَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ صَفْوَانٍ عَلَيْهِ تُرَابٌ فَأَصَابَهُ وَابِلٌ فَتَرَكَهُ صَلْدًا لاَّ يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ مِّمَّا كَسَبُواْ وَاللّهُ لاَ يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِرِينَ
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo la tubtiloo sadaqatikum bialmanni aalatha kaallathee yunfiqu malahu riaa alnnasi wala yuminu biAllahi waalyawmi alakhiri famathaluhu kamathali safwanin AAalayhi turabun faasabahu wabilun fatarakahu saldan la yaqdiroona AAala shayin mimma kasaboo waAllahu la yahdee alqawma alkafireena
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo la tubtiloo sadaqatikum bialmanni aalatha kaallathee yunfiqu malahu riaa alnnasi wala yuminu biAllahi waalyawmi alakhiri famathaluhu kamathali safwanin AAalayhi turabun faasabahu wabilun fatarakahu saldan la yaqdiroona AAala shayin mimma kasaboo waAllahu la yahdee alqawma alkafireena
2:264 O you who have attained to faith! Do not deprive your charitable deeds of all worth by stressing your own benevolence and hurting [the feelings of the needy], as does he who spends his wealth only to be seen and praised by men, and believes not in God and the Last Day: for his parable is that of a smooth rock with [a little] earth upon it - and then a rainstorm smites it and leaves it hard and bare. Such as these shall have no gain whatever from all their [good] works: for God does not guide people who refuse to acknowledge the truth.
In 1883, a creative engineer
named John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge
connecting New York with the Long Island. However bridge building experts
throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and told Roebling
to forget the idea. It just could not be done. It was not practical. It had
never been done before. Roebling could not ignore the vision he had in his mind
of this bridge. He thought about it all the time and he knew deep in his heart
that it could be done. He just had to share the dream with someone else. After
much discussion and persuasion he managed to convince his son Washington, an up
and coming engineer, that the bridge in fact could be built. Working together
for the first time, the father and son developed concepts of how it could be
accomplished and how the obstacles could be overcome. With great excitement and
inspiration, and the headiness of a wild challenge before them, they hired
their crew and began to build their dream bridge. 100 Moral Stories 25
www.islamicoccasions.com The project started well, but when it was only a few
months underway a tragic accident on the site took the life of John Roebling.
Washington was injured and left with a certain amount of brain damage, which resulted
in him not being able to walk or talk or even move. “We told them so.” “Crazy
men and their crazy dreams.” “It’s foolish to chase wild visions.” Everyone had
a negative comment to make and felt that the project should be scrapped since
the Roeblings were the only ones who knew how the bridge could be built. In
spite of his handicap Washington was never discouraged and still had a burning
desire to complete the bridge and his mind was still as sharp as ever. He tried
to inspire and pass on his enthusiasm to some of his friends, but they were too
daunted by the task. As he lay on his bed in his hospital room, with the
sunlight streaming through the windows, a gentle breeze blew the flimsy white
curtains apart and he was able to see the sky and the tops of the trees outside
for just a moment. It seemed that there was a message for him not to give up.
Suddenly an idea hit him. All he could do was move one finger and he decided to
make the best use of it. By moving this, he slowly developed a code of communication
with his wife. He touched his wife’s arm with that finger, indicating to her
that he wanted her to call the engineers again. Then he used the same method of
tapping her arm to tell the engineers what to do. It seemed foolish but the
project was under way again. For 13 years Washington tapped out his
instructions with his finger on his wife’s arm, until the bridge was finally
completed. Today the spectacular Brooklyn Bridge stands in all its glory as a
tribute to the triumph of one man’s indomitable spirit and his determination
not to be defeated by circumstances. It is also a tribute to the engineers and
their team work, and to their faith in a man who was considered mad by half the
world. It stands too as a tangible monument to the love and devotion of his
wife who for 13 long years patiently decoded the messages of her husband and
told the engineers what to do. Perhaps this is one of the best examples of a
never-say-die attitude that overcomes a terrible physical handicap and achieves
an impossible goal. Often when we face obstacles in our day-to-day life, our
hurdles seem very small in comparison to what many others have to face. The
Brooklyn Bridge shows us that dreams that seem impossible can be realized with
determination and persistence, no matter what the odds are. Even the most
distant dream can be realized with determination and persistence.
Ar-Ra'd (The Thunder)> [13:11]
إِنَّ اللّهَ لاَ يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّى يُغَيِّرُواْ مَا بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ
inna
Allaha layughayyiru ma biqawmin hatta yughayyiroo
ma bianfusihim
13:11 Verily,
God does not change men's condition unless they change their inner
selves
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I asked life, "Why are
you so difficult?" Life smiled and said, "You people
never appreciate easy things."
You have to fight through
some bad days to earn
the best days of your life.
There was a man who had four
sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent
them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great
distance away. The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the
third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall. When they had all gone and
come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen. The first
son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted. The second son said no it
was covered with green buds and full of promise. The third son disagreed; he
said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful,
it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen. The last son disagreed with
all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and
fulfillment. The man then explained to his sons that they were all right,
because they had each seen but only one season in the tree’s life. He told them
that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the
essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that
life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.
If you give up when it’s winter, you will miss the promise of your
spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall. Don’t let the pain
of one season destroy the joy of all the rest. Don’t judge life by one
difficult season. Persevere through the difficult patches and better times are
sure to come sometime or later.
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So whosoever does good
equal to the weight of an atom (or a small ant), shall see it. (7) And whosoever does evil equal to the
weight of an atom (or a small ant), shall see it. (8)
Ya-Sin (Ya-Sin)> [36:54]
فَالْيَوْمَ لَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْئًا وَلَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
فَالْيَوْمَ لَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْئًا وَلَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
This Day (Day of Resurrection), none will be wronged in
anything, nor will you be requited anything except that which you used to do.
My friend was walking down a deserted Mexican beach at sunset. As he walked along, he began to see another man in the distance. As he grew nearer, he noticed that the local native kept leaning down, picking something up and throwing it out into the water. Time and again he kept hurling things out into the ocean. As my friend approached even closer, he noticed that the man was picking up starfish that had washed up on the beach, and, one at a time, he was throwing them back into the water. My friend was puzzled. He approached the man and said. “Good evening, friend. I was wondering what you are doing.” “I’m throwing these starfish back into the ocean. You see its low tide right now and all of these starfish have been washed up onto the shore. If I don’t throw them back into the sea, they’ll die up here from lack of oxygen.” “I understand,” my friend replied, “but there must be thousands of starfish on this beach. You can’t possibly get to all of them. There are simply too many. And don’t you realize this is probably happening on hundreds of beaches all up and down this coast. Can’t you see that you can’t possibly make a difference?” The local native smiled, bent down and picked up yet another starfish, and as he threw it back into the sea, he replied, “Made a difference to that one!”
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Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘One tradition (Hadith) that you understand is better than a thousand traditions ((Hadiths) that you merely
narrate.’
http://islamicblessings.com/upload/Meezan%20ul%20Hikmah%20-English.pdf
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Those who died committed a
Husaynic act. Those who remain must perform a
Zainabic act. Otherwise, they are Yazids.
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Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'I only
like to see the young man from among you occupied in either of two states:
learning or teaching, for if he does not [engage in either of these two], he is
wasting his time; and by wasting his time, he will lose out; and by losing out,
he will be committing a sin; and by committing a sin, he will dwell in the
Fire, by the One who sent Muhammad with the truth.’
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