Ah, who am I.

I want to become blogger, writer. So I start this blog.

I am Pakistani. By profession I am software engineer.

The only rule what I learn in life if you want to learn something, start doing it.

What Sir  Richard Branson Said in his book. “Screw it lets do it”. If you really want to do something. Dont stop due that you do know how to do that. Just start doing it. ” You will figure it out during journey how to do it.”

So I want to write something. Something that gives hope to others. Something positive.

So I start writing. I like seth godin blog from last 20 years, he writes on his blog. small posts.

So I want something similar.

So I start writing. you will find a lot of mistakes here, but you want message on each post. And that message is more important then spelling mistakes and grammatical mistakes.

I meet a sufi saint. One of biggest sadu cult of Pakistan. When some one come to him. He listen to him. And pray to Allah, mola will full fill your wishes.

When I visited him, he asked what you want. I said just come to meet you. It was time of 2012. round 10 years ago. I meet him on Mela chargah lahore. It was time, when I started to explore whats around me. I am not accepting the realities of life. Failures, misery and betrayal. I replied, nothing, I just come to visit you. He gave me cup full of sweet rice. And reply. “ Daan waalah raab hayee, baanda kisee ko kay dae sakta hayee, Main to buss sun laana haan,” Wish granter is only Almighty, I can just listen with devotion.

Basically he is only hope seller. He just listen and pray to allah. listening is some time the only cure. Aas lag jatee haye, huk lag jati hayee.

So if we listen to some one. Biggest gift we can give them is our time. And then pray to Almighty. Or we give them hope, things will be better. Possible it will help him.

Hope is only thing we have. Possible hope is biggest gift we can give to any one. So if someone come to you and what is sharing is obvious , but give him hope. Things will be better, bad days will gone. good days will come.

The term I remember, from film Three Idiot “ All is well. “. Things will be better, time will be changed.

Lets become best seller of hope.

Little delay works. couple of years back. When you go to purchase some food. Every thing is ready, but they do little delay. Waiting sir we are preparing something fresh. 90 percent things already cooked. But they delay. They delay to make customer stratified. Something fresh is coming. If they deliver immediately. Customer think, they deliver left over or some one return order.

Little delay is blessing. It gives satisfaction.

read the idea that Thought or living in past is like idol worship. And Living in present moment is idol breaking.

Is it right concept. Past teachers, sufi santh, baghat saints, all are respectable. But we have to follow present day saint, murshad or teacher. talk about. What is past is just idea and also future is another idea.

If we live in past, we are doing shirk. We are shirk adding something. Only reality is present moment. To living in present moment is like Towhid. Only oneness of God almighty that gives us only single moment of improvement. Shirk means multiple reality exist which actually not. Towhid oneness that is now. Don’t confuse it with Oneness of Almighty.

Living alone in Dubai, Scarify for family. Some times I started to live in Past moment. The same incident, That keep me busy.

I started worship some deities in past. Same stories again again. Later I start to realize this concept.

After reading and understanding this concept I feel that past and future is shirk it is duality. Sufi did not believe in past or future. they enforce to live in present moment. So I am follower of Towhid. not only towhid of Almighty Allah, but also towhid of represent moment. There is no other reality of present, dont confuse it with present moment. You have to learn from past. But do not live in past

Life is strange. What happens to your life. You attract it. you agree it or not. That is true.

Rumi said that, What you seek is seeking you.

Initially I was not believing on this idea. We daily making different choices that results in different way.

Same things happens to others people life. They interpret things according to their point of view.

for example yesterday, we colleague sitting development hall of office. in five minute break, some one try to share his three months experience of diet plan which helps him to lose waight. All ignored, but I was seeking something so I can lose my weight too.

I catch up him, and asked him about his experience. He shared me his experience and then his experience.

I was sitting in bus, It was normal, desi bus, some one hocker raised voice of there is solution of black magic meet and consultant some abmil baba. No body bother him, but one guy raised his hand, and pick the paper.

there is urdu “ Sakhar kharoy ko shakar” mil he jaati hayee.

It said that, when you are in problem and you can not discuss your problem with any one. Just start to listen people. Don’t discuss. just listen. You will find your answer, during their discussion. They are not talking to you. Possible two reason for that. first most of human problem of same nature. Second, your mind intentionally seeking the problem and you will catch your solution from discussion.

Always in search of your answer. Some where one one has your answer.

What is toughest time ever on consultant or programmer. You know that, yes if not then listen to me. It is the time when project is over. You come back to organization and sit on bunch.

Management think a lot of projects will come and they can adjust you some where. You were apple of management eye. now just another expense. They want to adjust you some where. But possible they can not. The reason behind that every body was busy in their own survival. and they will not give you space

I face this situation many times. Here are some tips, which I learned from my experience.

Best way to be patient. and prepare yourself. Patient does not mean, you have to bear, you have to prepare yourself that next time this situation never occur.

If you read the 7 habits of highly effective people, its 7th habit is “Sharpen your Saw.” In simple word, some one asked to one wise man, if you have cut the tree with saw. How you cut. He told that I would sharp the saw 70 percent of time and Cut it in 30 percent of time.

Means, learn new things, build new skills. Improve your strength. new trends comes explore these.

Did you listen the famous story mansion by Jim Rohan. Let me share you. Suppose you stand in fog. and nothing visible. Only thing visible is just one step a head. What should you do. You have to take one step. Now you can see one more step a head. Take that. Taking one step after another certainly it will lead you in bright place.

It is really tough situation, but what ever task assign to you, do it with full focus. Put your 100 percent in it.

Never consider anything smaller or bigger. What ever you got just do it.

You have to work on your ego. Ego is the biggest enemy I ever face.

Remember what I learned that seniority is like a rubber band. How long you stretch it. It goes extend at certain level. But when you release its one end it comes back to same position. Once we we rock star, now we are at rock bottom.

It is necessary, to work on your ego. Possible Ego is reason, which did not let grab many opportunities

Any how it is part of game, keep moving, keep improving.

Last year, I got task, I spent more then 10 days time I got as deadline. I tried to learn how things suppose to do as per technology documentation., but my study did not completed, and time passed, then finally I complete the task with putting my efforts by my own way. and complete the task.

But delayed task never be considered to top management.

Now I am wise. I got again a new task, which I never did before. Interesting I got week end. So what I will tomorrow do, just start, and finish the task. Some how I will manage the form and then its transaction. And show the client. Over the week end, I will finished what need to complete.

I will complete my poc. So complete things end to end.

This method called prototyping. Beware, when some time client see almost completed thing, He start to think it is already completed. why you need more time.

So Use it wisely.

I was blogger, I got MVP due to my blogs in one of Microsoft Technology.

I used to write, what I learn, what problems I faced and what I learned from them. That I was good experience. Then I start to think about money. And later all my contribution gone.

Now I am starting again. Now I want to write something non technical. Profession has great impact of person thoughts. So most of things comes out is coming from my profession.

I read the idea of Document not create from MR. Gary Van. I love is style. frame and straight forward. The punk style speaking. Feel more natural then other.

That’s true most of time we are not creative. Even not every one be creative. I found even ancient writings which we consider as master piece, were also had inspiration from others writings or folk lore’s.

Those days when I wrote technical blog to maintain MVP award. I used to documentation. A lot of people criticized me that that is already available on internet, you have to create some addition. Why you repeat something’s. In my reply, that is my log. My digital dairy. what I faced, where I found solution.

So I am starting again documentation. What changes I am facing, what were solution in life. And what lesson I learned. I sued to write daily log. and pic some idea from there and start writing there.

You will find a lot of grammar mistakes. miss spell but I am keep going.

Remember my friend, Journey of thousands mile starts with single step. And good writing comes out from bad writings. Bad and good both comes from daily writings. And if you think you are not creative, just document it. It is good content creation strategy.

I want to write something daily bases. I want to be blogger. Blog on hope, love and prosperity.

Life is really tough. Alone in foreign land, we spent our hours in working. Saving and sacrifice.

During these alone ours. What a alone man can write. I come from office and start working again to fix a issue.

What one thing never missed from my mind.

Aaja Har Charkhe de Gehre

Main, Tainu yaad Kardi

When we alone. No family, some time old wounds open ups.

And solution to that, not resist, it is normal to come thoughts. Dont resist it. let it come

Rule is simple. What ever you resist, persist.

With the passage of time, Facebook book is become motivational platform.

Rumi once said what you seek, seeking you. So I got one motivational quote in my facebook time line.

yes, my friend, what type of things you are searching, similar more topic start to appear in time line.

I found a interesting quote,

If you tell the truth, it becomes a part of your past. But, if you lie, it becomes a part of your future.

I think it is attribute to John Spencer.

But as per my experience, this quote has some solid roots.

Many times, we lie to impress others. Many times we lie because we want attention. We lie because if we speaks truth no body will impress. . So we speaks what want to hear. Some people have mesmerizing skills, they create impression. And in those matters we share a lot of lie. But reality is

We make fool people for short period of time.

I remember, a old peer back my University times. He used to said, without fraud, nothing happens. For example, if you have 70 percent you have to show 100 percent. If you are weak, you have

pretend strong. If you are poor, you have to pretend rich.

As senior consultant, sometimes we know nothing about the issue we face. But when management asked us we told them, we already know that and we experience we handle things. during odd hours we are learning those things. Some times situation is not in our control. And we are trying to handle the situation and trying to figure out what is problem. if we speak truth at that time, management will panic. Some places little lie also works.

If we speaks lies continually, it becomes our reality.

I saw many people, who wore very expensive cloths, Very decorated home. But with empty pocket.

then other side I saw a few people, wore cheap cloths, but huge savings.

We should clear picture of ourself. And then ever lie to yourself.

I heard one proverb, for lying, you must have strong memory.

But what about truth about others. Suppose some one comes and ask about MR X. And you know a lot about him.

I think best strategy is avoid the situation. I saw many truth speakers were in trouble. So avoid to it.

No need to speak unnecessary truth. You know the truth. Everybody knows the truth. Try to avoid it, use diplomatic way.

There is Punjabi quote. “ik chup soh sukh”. Means one silent saves you from 100 times on unnecessary trouble.

But always look inside. never lie to yourself. Never lie in your dealing. Some times I saw liar looks very attractive, how he make fool of others. But after some his lie come back. Then he is victims.

No body trust them.