no question is a stupid question

i have been going around for quite a bit already this financial year conducting some form of compliance audit... i realised that as policy makers, we need to educate the implementers first to ensure their comprehension before we review the compliance level...also, we should be able to anticipate queries and problem faced by them before we are able to brand anyone non-compliant...

so, i tell them to post their queries to the policy makers and i assure them no question is a stupid question.... as i said it i realised that there is so much truth in it.... it is easy for us to label a question as stupid question but from the point of the person who asked the question, it is a genuine concern... it is only when you address people's concerns will you be able to impart all that you want them to understand.... if there is a hanging question at the back of their mind, they will never be able to absorb any of what i am disseminating to them...

some people refrain from asking questions as they themselves believe that their questions are unworthy... by being such a prejudice, they have held back themselves from learning something new and it could be something very necessary for them...and in my context it is crucial when they are the policy implementers and not policy makers...why is there an ancient saying...malu bertanya sesat jalan (if you are shy to ask, you will find yourself lost)...

and i am an adamant believer of no question is a stupid question... if you were to chide one for his question....rest assured of finding yourself in the same situation one day....

my pearls of wisdom for tomorrow's children...

facebook has made the world feel boarder less...i was chatting with my neighbour's son who is in London on christmas eve... you see, his mother likes it if i befriend and chat with her children as she thinks that i could motivate them to aim for success in life.... it is an honour for me...

i have written about them once as i was inspired by them... here's the link.

while i was chatting with him, i asked him his future plans etc.... i found myself sharing with him some of my thoughts which may seem like an advice.... i didn't realise that i was capable of a genuine heartfelt piece as if i was telling my own children...when i re-read them, i felt that i should pen it in my blog hoping that one day my children will read it...

among the things i told my dear ash while discussing his future plans after high school are...

• make the best of time being alone.... we must always be our own best friend... a friend of mine told me once when i couldn't cope being alone....
• you have to employ me to manage your career (this is to ensure i have secured a job for myself)...
• i will make you a real rich man but but there is something i will advice you... i will share with you what i prayed for me children when i was expecting them... i said to God, God, please make them very rich and please give them the heart to give as much charity as possible...u see, God has enough for the entire human kind to live but he also said give zakat and sadaqah..it is through zakat and sadaqah will God sustain the poor..God created some poor and the needy to test the rich
• and when God sees a rich man who gives the poor, He will give more because it is through you does God sustain the poor...see, God doesnt come in person...but through other people....and the first is our mothers...when they are happy with us, God is happy...
  you must have the heart to give in thousands and deep in your heart you will be ikhlas to say, it will come back to me in multiples... ikhlas is important.  see, mothers are like that...what i am telling you is in the place of your mum..your mum always wants me to talk to her children and depart good things..for that i thank God, for there is a mother who thinks i would do good for her children...
• with that dream on a good life ahead of you...it is God, your parents and good deeds that makes you a successful man...stay close to it and you will insya Allah make it big in life...always be humble for all that you have is temporary...God can retract everything so count your blessings and thank HIM always....take care son....i am proud to know you....count me in your fan club
• if i can make a difference in anyone's life, i am grateful to God for He chose me to be....be inspired by great men and also look around you....look at your mother, be inspired...think big...make it big in life....be successful in everyway....dont touch anything if you are bound to fail...must be strategic as life is short....no time for trial...there is no dressed rehearsals in life...it is always performance day so, be prepared....

so children of the world....May God bless you and protect you in life....bless you to be successful beings in everything you do....