Be a PostMan...!!!
" He saw how fragile we are, and how quickly we fell into the hands of tyranny, he saw that ordinary men could reach deep within themselves and find courage, he saw that if we began to communicate as a nation we could become strong again, united" ..... The PostMan
I don't know if any of you hear the phrase quoted above before, it's from a movie called "The postman".
The story takes place at our time, where the United States of America had undergone a massive destruction -years before the story of our movie started- due to a huge war, this war left the country with nothing, it has been totally destroyed, all forms of civilization ended, communications between different states was totally terminated, one may never know whether his mother, sister, or friend living in another state is still alive or not, words like "hope", "security", and "strength" were removed from their dictionary and were replaced by "despair", "fear", and "weakness".
One man was able to survive this war, he gathered some men around him, and formed an army, instead of using this army to reunite the country again, and help others, he used it for his own welfare, he was so brutal and cruel, would kill anyone who'd say "no" to him, and would pass by all towns, take their food and supplies, kill their children, assault their women, and force the men to join his army.
And amongst all this, this destruction, injustice, and cruelty, comes a man, who without even knowing or intending became a hero himself, started raising everybody's hopes, showing them there's still hope for a better tomorrow, for a brighter future.
One man, who was caught by the injust army leader, and was forced to join him, he didn't like what was going on, so he ran away, and one rainy night he came across a mail car, that once belonged to a postman, he got inside, and there, was a postman's skeleton, probably have been there for years, he took off the postman's suit, got dressed in it, as his clothes were totally worn out, and took his mailing bag.
He continued his journey, trying to find food and shelter, one day he came across a little town, it was totally fortified, and wouldn't let any strangers in, so he lied, said he was a postman, and that he was on duty for an official mission assigned to him by the USA restored government, of course the town's Sherif wouldn't believe him, so the man started taking out the letters from the mailing bag, reading the names of the recipients outloud, and it happened that one of the recipients did live in this town, so they opened the doors for him, he gave the recipient her letter, which turned out to be from her sister written 15 years ago.
The postman got into town, spreading hope with him, hope that there actually might be a restored government, even though these were lies, but it affected them.
He went to the town's post office which been closed since the beginning of the war, hundreds of letters not delivered, and then came a young boy "Tony", Tony was so excited about the Postman, asked him to join him as a postman, he was so determined about it, so passionate, so the postman asked him to repeat the oath after him:
"Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, no gloom of night, stays these couriers from the swift of completion of their appointed rounds"
He left the town, not even thinking about this postman thing again, he continued his journey for days and days, one day he came across a young girl riding a horse, he asked her who she was, so she told him she worked for the USA restored government as a postman!!!
She took him to ther residence, and there he found Tony, Tony took responsibility of the whole thing, formed a whole team, delivered mail throguhout 30 states in the USA, and he lied, he told him he was in direct contact with the PostMan which is false, but he wanted to give them hope.
The postman saw that all the mail carriers were young, yet passionate about what they were doing, though they haven't seen the USA in its glory days before the wars as they were all still kids or not even born, yet they worked hard to restore it, beleived it was their duty.
He couldn't help but join them again, but this time it was no lie, probably the only and most sacred truth ever, Uniting, Believing, working together for a better future for their country and generations yet to come, and now that they have the postman amongst them, their spirits were so high, and with everyone of them shot dead by the unjust army leader, came 2 or 3 instead, eager to accomplish something, prove for everyone that, when there's a will there's a way.
They fought the unjust leader, defeated him, united the whole nation again, and it all started with people who beleived they can do something for their country, no matter how you might feel your role is minor, you can make a big change.
The postman had a daughter after that, he named her "Hope" showing everybody there's a hope for a better future, together they united their country, rebuilt it, and started all over again from scratch.
The postman didn't deliver just mails and letters, he delivered a message of hope, embraced by a new generation.
We can all be postmen, just like him.
I was watching this movie, kept thinking, this happened before, back at the days of the sahaba, with the greatest Man ever, our beloved prophet, he delivered the greatest message ever from Allah, showed the true path, gave people hope, and started a new society, with people around him, beleiving and supporting him and in his message, and was able to spread his message to the whole world.
Everbody can be a postman, a doctor is a postman, he delivers hope and happiness to the hearts of sick people, a scholar is a postman, he delivers the message of the prophet PBUH and Allah to everyone, an artist is a postman, he delivers ideas and visions through his art.
Everybody can be a postman, delivering hope, happiness to everyone, though the mail would be different, but they all work for the same target.
Be a PostMan tell us the kind of message you're trying to deliver, and how you can serve humanity and religion through it.
Also, join us in here:
http://www.samiyusuf.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1716
I don't know if any of you hear the phrase quoted above before, it's from a movie called "The postman".
The story takes place at our time, where the United States of America had undergone a massive destruction -years before the story of our movie started- due to a huge war, this war left the country with nothing, it has been totally destroyed, all forms of civilization ended, communications between different states was totally terminated, one may never know whether his mother, sister, or friend living in another state is still alive or not, words like "hope", "security", and "strength" were removed from their dictionary and were replaced by "despair", "fear", and "weakness".
One man was able to survive this war, he gathered some men around him, and formed an army, instead of using this army to reunite the country again, and help others, he used it for his own welfare, he was so brutal and cruel, would kill anyone who'd say "no" to him, and would pass by all towns, take their food and supplies, kill their children, assault their women, and force the men to join his army.
And amongst all this, this destruction, injustice, and cruelty, comes a man, who without even knowing or intending became a hero himself, started raising everybody's hopes, showing them there's still hope for a better tomorrow, for a brighter future.
One man, who was caught by the injust army leader, and was forced to join him, he didn't like what was going on, so he ran away, and one rainy night he came across a mail car, that once belonged to a postman, he got inside, and there, was a postman's skeleton, probably have been there for years, he took off the postman's suit, got dressed in it, as his clothes were totally worn out, and took his mailing bag.
He continued his journey, trying to find food and shelter, one day he came across a little town, it was totally fortified, and wouldn't let any strangers in, so he lied, said he was a postman, and that he was on duty for an official mission assigned to him by the USA restored government, of course the town's Sherif wouldn't believe him, so the man started taking out the letters from the mailing bag, reading the names of the recipients outloud, and it happened that one of the recipients did live in this town, so they opened the doors for him, he gave the recipient her letter, which turned out to be from her sister written 15 years ago.
The postman got into town, spreading hope with him, hope that there actually might be a restored government, even though these were lies, but it affected them.
He went to the town's post office which been closed since the beginning of the war, hundreds of letters not delivered, and then came a young boy "Tony", Tony was so excited about the Postman, asked him to join him as a postman, he was so determined about it, so passionate, so the postman asked him to repeat the oath after him:
"Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, no gloom of night, stays these couriers from the swift of completion of their appointed rounds"
He left the town, not even thinking about this postman thing again, he continued his journey for days and days, one day he came across a young girl riding a horse, he asked her who she was, so she told him she worked for the USA restored government as a postman!!!
She took him to ther residence, and there he found Tony, Tony took responsibility of the whole thing, formed a whole team, delivered mail throguhout 30 states in the USA, and he lied, he told him he was in direct contact with the PostMan which is false, but he wanted to give them hope.
The postman saw that all the mail carriers were young, yet passionate about what they were doing, though they haven't seen the USA in its glory days before the wars as they were all still kids or not even born, yet they worked hard to restore it, beleived it was their duty.
He couldn't help but join them again, but this time it was no lie, probably the only and most sacred truth ever, Uniting, Believing, working together for a better future for their country and generations yet to come, and now that they have the postman amongst them, their spirits were so high, and with everyone of them shot dead by the unjust army leader, came 2 or 3 instead, eager to accomplish something, prove for everyone that, when there's a will there's a way.
They fought the unjust leader, defeated him, united the whole nation again, and it all started with people who beleived they can do something for their country, no matter how you might feel your role is minor, you can make a big change.
The postman had a daughter after that, he named her "Hope" showing everybody there's a hope for a better future, together they united their country, rebuilt it, and started all over again from scratch.
The postman didn't deliver just mails and letters, he delivered a message of hope, embraced by a new generation.
We can all be postmen, just like him.
I was watching this movie, kept thinking, this happened before, back at the days of the sahaba, with the greatest Man ever, our beloved prophet, he delivered the greatest message ever from Allah, showed the true path, gave people hope, and started a new society, with people around him, beleiving and supporting him and in his message, and was able to spread his message to the whole world.
Everbody can be a postman, a doctor is a postman, he delivers hope and happiness to the hearts of sick people, a scholar is a postman, he delivers the message of the prophet PBUH and Allah to everyone, an artist is a postman, he delivers ideas and visions through his art.
Everybody can be a postman, delivering hope, happiness to everyone, though the mail would be different, but they all work for the same target.
Be a PostMan tell us the kind of message you're trying to deliver, and how you can serve humanity and religion through it.
Also, join us in here:
http://www.samiyusuf.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1716
jazakallah
Posted by
Anonymous |
12:53 PM
Excellent post, Juwaireyah.
Posted by
Anonymous |
3:22 PM
hi juwaireyah,
how is life with you ?
I don't just think we can all deliever a message, I think we all MUST deliver a message, that is because in such a critical time of our history, if we don't all work together to change the future, the next will be then much worse from the running
the message can be so simple sometimes or so complicated, sometimes it is not related to the kind of service you provide, the doctor may give you some personal advice, the teacher -and specially the teacher- have a very huge duty as he is considered in a very high position in the eyes of his students, he can deliver many meanings to his students other than the dry knowledge
it is the duty of each man to spread as much information, hope, advice as he can to all the people he can reach
CYA
Posted by
freeSoul |
12:26 AM
be, thanks for your reply
a7mad, jazak Allah Khayran, waiting for more of your posts
free soul, yes, u r perfectly right, specially the teacher, I remember when I was young how much I valued my teachers and respect them, they pray a vital role in their students' life.
Thanks for passing, c u again :)
elmadeena, welcome here in my blog :) it's nice to have u too relative ;) send my salams to hetta :D
Posted by
# Juwaireyah # |
6:09 AM