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One of the most challenging aspects of our lives is to keep our priorities
straight and to keep ourselves focused in the purpose of achieving a specified
goal. This is of course, after we have set up or defined a goal for ourselves.
Unfortunately many people do not have a clear sense of purpose in life.
Therefore, when they set up goals for themselves, they usually do so for
the wrong reasons. This is because they lack the spiritual guidance from
God in their lives.
There was an interesting article published in September 1996 issue of Moneysworth
magazine. The title of the article was "How to Develop a Mission Statement"
and it addressed the importance of having a goal in life to be successful.
The article was about how successful top executive develop a mission statement
to focus their energies, target their initiatives and keep on track to achieve
their goals. The author of the article was Stephanie Culp, president of a
consulting company that focuses on productivity and organization.
Since the article was published in a financial magazine, it was geared for
those whose priorities are the materials of this world. Even though the objective
of the article was materialistic success, it could apply for gaining spiritual
success as well if one reads the article from a different perspective. The
article emphasizes the fact that we need to have a mission, we need to have
a goal in life. We must constantly remind ourselves what this goal is in
order for us to keep focused. We, the submitters, can use these principles
to be successful and happy, both in this life and in the Hereafter, as long
as we define our priorities correctly, based on the Quran.
Here are some quotes from this article;
A clear sense of purpose in life will do much more that prevent late-life
regrets. It will help you prioritize your efforts, accomplish meaningful
goals and more effective decisions.
Your personal mission statement is a tool for commitment, inspiring you to
keep striving and to overcome fears and self-imposed limitations."
What is your mission?
Consider your personal legacy-the way the world will remember you after you're
gone.
Most people find that the single most useful question in defining their personal
mission is "what would I want people to say about me if I were to die
tomorrow?"
From our perspective, we should replace the word "people" with the word "God"
so that the last statement would read: "What would I want God to say about
me if I were to die tomorrow?
We know that it will be to no avail for us on Judgment Day what anybody thinks
of us in this world, if God is not pleased with us. This becomes clear once
we understand who God really is-His qualities or attributes.-and why He sent
us to this earth in the first place. As a blessing form Him, God defines
and clarifies our mission and purpose of our existence in this worldly life
in many verses of the Quran.
[51:56]
I did not create the jinns and the humans except to worship
Me ALONE
[45:22]
GOD created the heavens and the earth for a specific
purpose, in order to pay each soul for whatever it
earned, without the least injustice.
[67:2]
The One who created death and life for the purpose of
distinguishing those among you who would do better.* He
is the Almighty, the Forgiving.
[76:2-3]
We created the human from a liquid mixture, from two
parents, in order to test him. Thus, we made him a hearer
and a seer.
We showed him the two paths, then he is either
appreciative, or unappreciative.
[21:35]
Every person will taste death, after we put you to the
test through adversity and prosperity, then to us you
ultimately return.
[47:31]
We will certainly put you to the test, in order to
distinguish those among you who strive, and steadfastly
persevere. We must expose your true qualities.
[2:48]
Beware of the day when no soul can avail another soul, no
intercession will be accepted, no ransom can be paid, nor
can anyone be helped.
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