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| Chris Muhammad, Chief Editor of Hammer Magazine |
Greetings,
May The Peace of Allah (God) be your comfort. As the Chief Editor of our very comprehensive publication, www.hammermag.com, We just want to share some views we have. Although, I am the Chief Editor of our publication. I really do not like titles. Simply, I am your brother and a brother to those who seek love peace and happiness and I am not here to make a reputation of myself with the work I am permitted to do. For surely If Allah did not raise The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad to deliver the TRUTH to us, and If The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan did not stand up to remind us of that TRUTH. We nor I would have nothing to say or have to discuss.
These a merely some thoughts I have come across, on a subject that really woke me up. I am sharing it with you in my hope to help wake you up. We are certainly living in The TIME, of judgement. Not only Allah's Time of Judgement. But of our own time to make the right judgements for ourselves. Judgement means our ability to make good decisions about what should be done and must be done. We are actual living in a day and The TIME that not only is Allah (God) making his own judgement calls. We too must make some judgement calls for ourselves, family and community.
Now, we have all done this before, we have made a decision that we regretted or wished we could take back. Making judgments is a part of everyday life, as we often come to conclusions about people we see before us or even meet . The decisions we make can have a drastic impact on our lives, opportunities and personal perceptions, but if we have a good strategy when making decisions then we can make better judgments along our way.
Instructions
- Listen to what is being said. One of the most important processes of making a judgment in a relationship for example, is to listen to what the other person is saying to you. This requires you to have an open mind that is not predetermined, but rather, full of attentiveness that is both focused and sincere.
- Ask probing questions. Open-ended questions that leave your counterpart with the option to expand on their answer will provide more information in order for you to make your judgment. Ask questions that require a 'yes' or 'no' should will lead to clarify a specific point in your explanation.
- Weigh the evidence. Whether your judgment is on how you initially think or feel when we meet someone or on a decision that is difficult and has to be toiled over, you should always consider the provided evidence. Weighing evidence should be an objective practice that allows us to look at the actual facts and come to conclusive results before making a decision.
- Check yourself first. Our personality and attitude can sometimes get in the way while making judgments when we only focus on what we want to know,hear, or see. This will cause us to find evidence that supports what we want or believe instead of what really may be happening. When making a judgment, take the time to ensure that we are checking our attitude and personality at the door before making our choice.
- Communicate our final decision effectively. After we have made our judgment, we must make sure that the way we convey it is in line and in accord with The TRUTH and THE TIME. Appropriate and effective communication, if there is a argument for instance, can help dissolve anger that may result from a realistic decision we may come to. We must use the appropriate tone of voice and tempo when talking about people or a situation. This can be an effective tool to use on others when they are listening and deciding to accept or reject our judgments.
These are very simple steps we can take to help us "Get what we need, to get what we want." Every day we will find ourselves in a situation in which we must do something in order to live or succeed or be happy. You do want to live correct? You do want to be happy correct? You do want to succeed correct? Then that means we must make a judgement call. We must acquire and learn the ability to see and understand people, things, or situations clearly and intelligently.
Ask yourself, what do you want? A want is our own to desire or wish for (something). The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad stated, " GOOD HOMES are now waiting for you and me who will submit to the Will of our God, who came in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad, to whom Praise is due forever."
Do you need a Good Home? Do you want a Good Home? Or do you want to keep paying rent to some slum lord or housing project? Look at where we live. Violence everywhere. In the home outside the home. All types of infestations are all over this nation and other nations. Do you want a Good Home? Then it is TIME to make a judgement call for us, to get what we want. All praise is due to Allah. Listen, If we want a Good Home. What is it that we need to do? What do we need to learn? What do we need to know?
If a Good home is waiting on you and us. How long will we keep it waiting? How long will we refuse to get what we need to know to get what we really want? Dear family, I am just sharing with you some thoughts that hopefully will help ignite something in us to help us out of our conditions. If it please Allah (God) I hope to revisit this subject more with you. Please leave your comments and forgive me if I have said anything wrong. And help us be even more correct. May Allah (God) be bless with this article in spite of what others may think or do. For surely with out him we can do nothing.
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