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Quranic Wisdom

and then try to overcome the obstacles they place in your path
with wise and careful planning. You will soon discover that such
challenges are only stepping stones in your life.

The minus points of life are not simply minus points. They
act as a booster, they awaken your mind, they enhance your
intellectual capacity, they enable you to enter into the process of
struggle with greater energy and wisdom. The minus items only
ensure that your success will be on a greater scale.
The minus points in life are like friction on the road. Every
road is full of minor points of friction, but these only accelerate
the pace of the vehicle; the same is true of human life. The
problems in life can be compared to friction.

Every such situation presents an intellectual challenge
in that it awakens your mind and compels you to
ferret out the plus items from the jungle of minus
items.

In fact, minus points and plus points are both relative terms.
In real life, every minus is followed by a plus, and every plus is
followed by a minus The journey of life is like travelling in a
vehicle with two wheels, both of which are equally important,
one wheel representing the plus points and the other wheel the
minus points. You cannot run your vehicle on a single wheel; the
vehicle of life needs two wheels, both minus and plus. It is one of
the laws of nature, and there is no escape from the natural laws.
The formula for success comprises of only six words. Keep in
mind these six words and be certain of success.

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