Essays on Character Building

© "All rights of this book are reserved for the publisher and the author. This copy is for reading purpose only. This copy cannot be uploaded on any website except those of the publisher and the author." – 3 – Contents Foreword 5 The Cause of Truth 6 Nothing but the Truth, Please! 8 Gratitude 11 Forgiveness 13 Courage 15 Overcoming Selfishness 17 Humility 19 Sympathy 21 Pretension and Po mpos ity 23 Taming the Tongue 25 Are We Ready to Die? 28 Anger Management 31 Charity: Points to Ponder 35 Turning Foes into Friends 38 Leap out for Others! 40 Secret to Inner Peace 42 Saintly Sinners 44 The Battle for Honesty Continues! 46 Two Tough Trials 48 Discovering our Inner Talent 49 “Thank you” Culture 51 “Sorry” Culture 53 The Decorum of Criticizing Others 54 Benefiting from Criticism 56 Do We have a Spiritual Part of the Day? 57 Let us Enjoy every Moment of our Lives 59 Tears of Old Parents … for their Children 61 Vows of Children – for their Parents 63 Vacant Time leads to a Vacant Mind 65 Sympathy@SocialMedia.com 67 Hearts that Melt 68 Depression – Is it a Vacant Mind’s Disease? 70 Self-Accountability 71 www.javedahmadghamidi.com www.al-mawrid.org