Tarek Kareem Harris – S4E2 Sabah, Nargis And The Hawk. A Story About Making Decisions & Having Faith In Yourself

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			This story is called Saba nuggies and the Hulk.
		

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			And it's a lovely little story that helps people to understand and feel more confident in their own
decisions. Bismillah R Rahman r Rahim
		

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			Saba was lost with uncertainty. her whole life seemed to be a production line of unmade decisions.
She just couldn't decide what to do.
		

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			It's like the decisions were backed up, and were falling over one another. She couldn't make their
mind up about anything.
		

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			Whatever I do could be wrong. she thought to herself. She felt paralyzed, stuck in ice. And she
thought that she needed to do something about this problem if she wanted life to be different.
		

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			If only I had the answers, if a law could tell me what I should do, Alon knew what to do. All he
needed to do was give her the answers. She decided to ask some friends. But the friends told her
that if you want answers, you first need to respect yourself. Don't pity yourself or look for
answers to come from anyone else. Because Allah has already given you the answers within you. Trust
yourself, ask yourself the right questions, and you'll do something. But what questions do I need to
ask she thought and thought and thought. And she wrote down more than 100 questions and narrowed it
down to three. What is the right thing to do? That was the first question. And To her surprise, she
		

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			got a whole lot of different answers from different people. Her friend Rihanna owned a shop and
said, the right thing to do is to make money.
		

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			A friend Sylvia, who was in Alabama said, the right thing to do is to teach others about a law.
		

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			Another friend Sakina, who was wealthy and generous said, the right thing to do is to help those who
are less fortunate.
		

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			Her next question was who is the most important person to do things for? And one friend said, well,
you have to look out for number one. Another friend said no, put others first, be compassionate.
		

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			And yet another said, Well, of course your parents are the most important people to do things for
things. We're not getting any clearer buts about Preston, her last question was, when is the best
time to do things.
		

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			One person said, Well, at the time they come up, live in the moment live in the present. Another one
disagreed and said nope. plan in advance. Never let anything take you by surprise. A third one said
Allah will guide you. You have to know how to look for his subtle signs. They're all around you.
		

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			somehow got more confused. She retreated into herself and carried on with her job.
		

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			As a coincidence, she worked as a carer for an elderly person, a gentle old lady corner geese. Subbu
found herself talking to her about her own life as she went about cleaning and tidying foreigner
geese. And now geese would simply nod and listen. One day, they heard a loud bang from the window.
They both got a fright, and look around to see that a crack had come into the glass. So about went
over to investigate. And just outside the window. laying on the ground. A young Hawk had flown into
the window and was lying motionless. She really wanted to help it. But she was frightened. It was
after all a hawk who could wake up and scratcher. naugus encouraged her to go.
		

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			She said I'll help you. Just get a basket and bring it inside, nervously Saba webs and picked up the
limp bird and brought it inside. It turned out that nervous was from the flatlands. And as a young
girl, her father flew and trained hawks, Saba took in everything that Nagi said, and nerdiest talked
her through the expert care of this young bird. She had a knowledge and depth that Saba had never
seen.
		

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			If the hawk could have spoken, it would have probably expressed gratitude to its carers and
apologize for the damage that it caused to the glass. In any case, they looked after it well, and
after the hawk fully recovered and flew off, Saba felt a sense of peace in a way that she'd never
quite felt in some time. She still didn't have the answer as to what to do with her life. But she
decided to ask no case. To a surprise, no guest said, I can't give you answers. You have them. Look
at your life. You work for me. You made a choice in coming to care for me, because you valued
helping other people. You had a choice to care for those you love. So you did a job where you earn
		

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			for your family.
		

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			You saw me as an important and valued person, and you put aside your own urgent fright your own
concerns that the bird might bite you. And you did what I asked you, because you believed in
something greater. You needed to act. And you needed to set aside your own limitations. And so you
let me help you.
		

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			Even though the hook was frightening, you helped it, you took the advice, and at the time, you chose
the best time there was to act when the opportunity presented itself.
		

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			So that's why I say you have answers. So but I had learned that she did indeed have a lot of answers
to life. If she just looked at the evidence from her own life. It's as if she had forgotten to value
herself. looking outside for answers was kind of like telling herself that she couldn't trust what
she decided.
		

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			She realized that she always wanted to get things right. But through Nargis, Allah had taught us
about the value of what she had within her, and the power of accepting her limitations. And just
doing her best. She got on with life, because she accepted that sometimes things go wrong. And
because the decisions seem to emerge, when there was a higher meaning to life, it appears that she
needed a mission in life. And that was to be compassionate. And when she saw an opportunity to be
like that, it just came along, and she took it. This story was inspired by a lot of the exercises
and stories that you'll find in Thoreau calm the latest book. It's a book which uses examples and
		

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			little quizzes and tests to help you to understand who you are, and how to make the best of the
things that you struggle with. Namely, the most common thing that we all face, anxiety and stress. I
hope this made sense to you. And I look forward to making another video for you. inshallah, we'll
keep exploring the theme of anxiety and stress and we can manage them better.
		

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			I look forward to making another video for you in Sharla what's the lamb