Success is not easy

Hard Work by Rodolfo Quirós

No successful person, ruler or industrialist, made to the podium of success with luck. Each one of them worked hard. They all died inside and shed tears to prove the world wrong and hit their goals. None of them, got there, through a shorter route. Pin it to your chest, if you want success in your life, “do hard work”. Because, all good things are a result of harder choices. Easy choices are cowardly acts called as you justifying your actions to the world.

I will be telling you three arenas, where hard work is rewarding me;

1. 94th day of writing blog

2. 4th Meetup on 5th April 2020

3. 8th Chapter of Quran

1. 94th Day of writing blog

Blog by Suzy Hazelwood

When you put yourself in the shoes of a writer, you become a writer. You think like one. Your words are a depiction of images in your head, being directed, sorted and captured into words. It improves your imagination. Gives you better words. Decorates your sentences. Improves your personality.

I tried to write on 1st January 2020. It was hard, exciting and direction-less. Not the words and articles, but the direction of “how I am going to make these blogs accessible to you”, was direction-less. I just jumped and said it out loud, “I am going to write on Quran everyday”. Just that. No plans on how I will be unfolding the scripts. What people will be thinking about me. Where and when these blogs will start making a difference. Will I be able to stay committed or I will become an embarrassment. There was no clear direction, but just a voice in my head telling me to “Just Do It”. And I just did it.

To write everyday for 94 days is not easy. It is tasteful, fun and simple, but the attempt of finding Content, Converting it into articles and Publishing is not easy. It is hard work. I have managed to reach 94 days through hard work. in’sha’Allah someday it will be 194 days.

Commitment, Honesty and Truth are not happiness, these are the roads to happiness. One day I know, it will make me happier, because underneath, it is one aim; spiritual, religious and hardcore “Make Quran Lit this World”.

2. 4th Meetup on 5th April

Chapter 4; Open Mic Morning in Pakistan

Second resolution for this year (2020) is to “Arrange one Tech Meetup every month”. Our tomorrow’s Meetup is virtual, online and will be streamed live on youtube at this link. The list of speakers is healthy. We have become a group of nearly 31 people. All of us are trying to move forward together. The hard work, done on my own, to move forward, is not as rewarding, as it is done by “31 solid” people together.

There have been days when none of us were here and I was standing alone on the stage. I felt hardened, motivated and triggered. The failure to convincing people to join me in the run of making Pakistan better, back in old days, told me to run faster, longer and harder. Never did this failure managed to convince me to “Give up”.

These Meetups and Blogs are already making a difference. I am being held accountable. My fellow community members are being held accountable. We are trying to move everyday, sometimes by making a good flyer, at times by making a good tutorial video and other times sharing with fellow members of our achievements. All of this is required to keep a human brain lit with light and energy. It is required to keep our engines functional. The hard work is required to keep us productive. And a productive brain is required to live a sober life in profession, at home and out in the public.

3. 8th Chapter of Quran

Quran by Tayeb MEZAHDIA

Before this year, Quran was just another book. I did not give due heed to its words. In English translation, it was absurdly written in old-age vocabulary. In Urdu, it was confusing. With hard work, continuous reading and not giving up on boring words, it is turning into the brightest thing in my life. The hard and tiring work in the mornings, is rewarding by unfolding new avenues of research. Each sentence when read in connection with adjacent sentences, is a different meaning. It never tells to kill people. It never speaks of hating others and above all it never tells Allah will punish people who will try to get closer to him. Not reading, understanding and background knowledge, but hard work unveiled reality of Allah’s mercy on me.

Quran alone, surpasses the blogging and meetups, as reward. But to make this Quran reach out to people, I need to write blogs. I need to arrange Meetups. I need to tell you, it is Quran underneath our skin, above in stars and deep in our oceans. The ant crawling to birds singing are inter-woven. There are hidden creatures around us, protecting us and cleansing our soul. Some micro organisms inside human body have their own souls. The heart has its soul. The flickering neurones are alive. A human is not one “lively” being, but a combination of mega tons of “live” creations of Allah.

Quran gives you hidden knowledge. It shows you unique patterns that are undiscoverable without this book. It is mega tons of inspiration, information and motivation. It is not readable, with out the “hard work”.

Conclusion

Poster by Alexas Fotos

Wake up bro. Get out of your bed. Today is Saturday. Make a good presentation for tomorrow’s Meetup. Talk to people live on stage about goodness. Tell how you can make a difference. Talk how you can lit the world around you. Lift your mood. Sing and dance on stage. Go naked. Laugh out loud. Make yourself vulnerable. But be available. Jump ! We are here to catch you. We are here to push you and embrace your failures. We are here to tell you, you are not alone “failing”. We are “failing” with you. Do the thing. That one thing that shakes you inside out. That gives your life a meaning. That pushes your siblings forward. That makes you richer and happier. Just do “One” thing that you have been thinking about all your life. Do it now. Do not wait. Do not play safe. Do not live easy. Pick the hardest “Choice” and start living your life “Today”.