https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Pasha1/Pasha Agoes' essays on purpose, choice, taking chances, religious tolerance, struggle, and maintaining function in today’s madness hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Pasha1/501398Before we can discuss this enormous subject, let’s review what kind of goals are out there. One goal is to create a greener planet, a cooler planet, and evade the effects of global warming. Another goal is to create religious tolerance among all the world’s religions. Other goals would be to...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Pasha1/5009931. In order to succeed, we must first believe we can. (Michael Korda) 2. It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle. (Richard M. DeVos) 3. What I do is prepare myself until I know I can do what I have to do. (Joe Namath) 4....https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Pasha1/500992Whenever I read inspiring material, I often feel as though I am whisked to a different world, a world full of beauty of possibilities. For that brief moment, I can see the world through a beautiful lens. However, soon enough, I am faced by the realities of the environment, and I am back to my old...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Pasha1/500991The following are the books that have inspired me. These are the books that have helped me shape my thinking aside my own thoughts, and they have helped me a lot. Sometimes in the world that does not bother to explain anything to you, reading good books can help you navigate your life. However,...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Pasha1/500990Sometimes I feel that this whole life is a beauty pageant. You get evaluated from kindergarten until you graduate from college. Afterwards, you take a job where you get evaluated by your boss. And the higher you perform, the higher the evaluation. Evaluations are scary because it might say you...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Pasha1/500989Sometimes I wish I would never get tired. I wish sometimes I can just be awake and fresh all year long. There’s so much to write. There’s so much to see. There’s so much to think about and to ponder. Sometimes I would follow my urges to just go ahead and do what I want to do. I would stay up late...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Pasha1/500988Inspired by: The Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman I am committed to exorcise all of my own inner demons. How do I do that? Through thought, logic, and commitment. The inner battle is the greatest. Sometimes I wonder, do people have the same demons they have to constantly fight? I guess...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Pasha1/500987Things will happen in due time. Today is fine. Today, here and now, is fine. I don’t have to be anywhere to be happy. I can choose to be happy here, now, with what I’ve got, with who I am with, with the situation and atmosphere I have chosen for myself. I am not powerless. I am the creator of my...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Pasha1/500986As a Muslim living in a country whose 85 percent of the population are Muslims (the largest in the world), I often find myself confused. These are some of the things that I am confused about: After the death of the prophet, immediately there was a conflict among the Muslim community, leading to...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Pasha1/500985I would like to share a happy news with you. That happy news is that the path to inner peace is already so close. You don’t have to seek to it in a mountain top, extreme self-denial, or by conducting strict religious observance. It is in each and every one of us. So what is the way to peace,...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Pasha1/500983In life, sometimes we are not aware of the reasons for the choices we make. I am talking about our understanding of our lives, our chosen religions, and our ideals. The more I realize that I don’t know something, the more I can discover the passion to learn whatever it is that I need to learn. In...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Pasha1/500982Security, on any level, represents an illusion. None of the world leaders really know what is going to happen to the world. These issues range from global warming, the war, and the world’s economy. Everybody is making an educated guess. Nobody really knows what is going to happen. At best,...