Account on First Teh Tarik Session

In the name of ALLAH, The most Gracious and most Merciful.

Why we called it teh tarik? When we want to hang out with friends, we usually ask our friends to have a drink with us. Therefore, teh tarik is chosen to be the activity name for Young Sultan gathering sessions.

First of all, I will like to thank bro Syahrizal and Warees staff for assisting in setting up the venue. Secondly to the invited speaker, Bro Mustapha Kamal who was willing to travel from Jurong and allocate some time for the short tazkirah. Last but not least, thank you to those who turned up. I am really grateful for it. Without you guys, this event will have to be postponed to a later date.

One of the intentions to have this teh tarik gathering is to strengthen the bonds among Young Sultan. Still remember the first time we had chilled out at Sultan? That was seven months back. Masya Allah, how time flies! Do we know each other well enough to stand united as one and progress together with one common tagline- “Dare to Da’wa”? I could not outline the answer for you guys. You know it better.

Today tazkirah was about self-esteem. It is best before we touch about other issues, that we brought self-esteem as our very first tazkirah. Self- esteem is more of how we view ourselves, our strengths and our weaknesses. With good self- esteem we are able to push all boundaries and everything is made possible. Let me recall and share with all of you on the analogy between life of an eagle and fish in a bowl.

Bro Mustapha shared that an eagle as we know is a strong predator. It is merciless to its prey. An eagle lifespan is up to 70 years old. That is about the same average lifespan of a human. As the eagle reached to the age of 40-45 years old, it faced aging in its life. As its beak getting longer, the eagle is depriving from eating. Its claws getting weaker and longer make it difficult to catch its prey. Its growing more feathers and this make it difficult to fly. What could the eagle do? First option is to wait to die. Second option is to go for a change and this will definitely cause pain along the way.

The eagle chooses the second option. It flies to the highest mountain. Guess what? It hit its own beak and breaks it into pieces so that it will grow a new shorter beak. It cut its own claws and pulls out its feathers. How struggling and painful the experience is. What is the reason behind all this actions? SURVIVAL! Are we willing to go such painful experience for a change in our life? It might be easy to just say yes but to undergo this entire change, are we ready for it?

Is there any other option? Yes we do. We can choose to be like the fish in the bowl. Its main routine from Monday till Sunday is to swim around the bowl, eat and sleeps. It has no vision, follow what its call fate and it is easily being replaced by a new fish after it died.

Which one will you like to be? Eagle or the fish in the bowl…

You decide what is great for you.