please read this my fellow muslim friends. :)

making use of our youth:

Dear friends, if Allah gives us 60
years to live then it comes to around
22,000 days (60). All these days
Allah gives us to prepare for one day
of interview with Allah. That is on
the Day of Judgement. On that day,
Allah will ask us some questions and
He wants some correct answers. Allah
is so merciful that He already told us
what the questions will be through
Quran and Ahadith. His mercy is so
great that He even told us the answers
to these questions. Now imagine, a
student goes to write an em. He
opens his em paper and finds the
questions on one side. Then he finds
that the answers to the questions are
on the other side. Now after writting
the em, if this student still fails
then what would we think of him? We
would think that he is the dumbest
person around. Well, tell you what, on
the Day of Judgement, us people who
knew the questions and answers will
still fail! That is why, this is the
time to wake up before we prove
ourselves to be the dumbest of people.
Youth is the prime time of our lives.
This is where people make important
decisions like what to become in the
future. Things you do in this time
will most likely affect you throughout
the rest of your life. That is why, it
is important to bring Islam into your
life during these days. Many people
have the conception that when they get
old then they will start practising
Islam. Probably you and me also have
this feeling. But look at it this way:
If you want to become a famous hockey
player then you would start playing
right from the youth. As you grow up,
you will become better and better. But
if you think that you will start
playing when you are an old man then
the chances of becoming famous is
virtually zero. That's the reality.
When we become old, we won't have
enough energy to even stand up and
pray.Because youth is the prime time of
your life, that is why it is very
precious to Allah. Allah has prepared
a shade on the Day of Judgement for
those people who used to worship Allah
in their youth. On that Day, there
will be no other shade ept the
shade from the throne of Allah.
Imagine standing outside on a very hot
day under the sun for hours after
hours. You would definately want some
shadow to rest under. But what about
that Day when the sun will be much
nearer to us and the heat will be much
more extreme. Wouldn't you want some
shade on that day? Ofcourse you would!
You and I are all weak in terms of
keeping our duties to Allah and Allah
is aware of that. Allah wants that we
keep trying to do our best. If a baby
falls down while walking he tries to
get up again and walk. He doesn't keep
sitting down. Then a day comes when he
does start to walk. Similarly, we
should keep trying our best and not
give up. A day will come when,
Inshallah, we will be strong enough to
obey Allah in every situation. Let us
make a small promise to Allah right
now that we will start doing the
things for which we were sent to this
life. Otherwise, we will be like that
dumb guy who will fail the test on theDay of Judgement.
May Allah make it easy for us. Ameen.the link:
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taken from one of my bulletin from friendster.