This document presents a series of observations about human behavior and priorities that are meant to be thought-provoking. It notes funny contradictions, like how people are eager to spend time and money on entertainment but not religious activities, and how they are more likely to spread jokes than messages about God. The overall message is that the document aims to use humor and contradiction to encourage reflection on what people value and how they spend their time and attention.

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Life's Inspirational Lessons

2. Funny how a $20 bill looks so big when you take it to the
Mosque, but so small when you take it to the market.

3. Funny how long it takes to do Zikr for an hour, but how
quickly a team plays 60 minutes of basketball.

4. Funny how long a couple of hours spent at the Mosque
are, but how short they are when watching a movie.

5. Funny how we can't think of anything to say when we pray,
but don't have difficulty thinking of things to talk about to
a friend.

6. Funny how we get thrilled when a baseball game goes into
extra innings, but we complain when a "Tarawih”
during Ramadan is longer than the regular time.

7. Funny how hard it is to read a Chapter in the Quran, but
how easy it is to read 100 pages of a best selling novel.

8. Funny how people want to get a front seat at any game or
concert, but scramble to get a back row at mosque so that
they can scramble out fast.

9. Funny how we need 2 or 3 weeks advance notice to fit
a Mosque event into our schedule, but can adjust our
schedule for other events at the last moment.

10. Funny how hard it is for people learn a simple Preaching well
enough to tell others, but how simple it is for the same people
to understand and repeat gossip.

11. Funny how we believe what the newspaper says, but
question what the Quran says. Are you laughing?

12. Funny how everyone wants to go to heaven provided they
do not have to believe, or to think, or to say, or do
anything.

13. Funny how you can send a thousand 'jokes' through e-mail and
they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages
regarding Allah, people think twice about sharing.,,, Are you!!!