The Purpose of Life
The following email was originally posted on June 27, 2018
Brother Uthman,
Note the timing. The Temps came to the fore in the 1960s and at least one of the Temps is still alive. And even those that did die, seemed to go relatively obscurely. On the other hand, Michael's death and funeral were global events.
As for life being a serious affair, I recently completed my first Ramadan. It was not easy and, I must admit that, on a few occasions, I lapsed by partaking of water during the day (and on fewer occasions) by eating a meal with a friend. Nevertheless, during Ramadan, the conscious self denial of food and water did cause me to contemplate the divine and I found the following compelling:
The word “Islam” is derived from the word meaning “peace” in Arabic. Islam is a religion revealed to mankind with the intention of presenting a peaceful life where the infinite compassion and mercy of God manifests on earth. God calls all people to live by the moral values He sets so that compassion, mercy, peace and love can be experienced all over the world.
“O You who believe! Enter absolutely into peace (Islam). Do not follow in the footsteps of satan. He is an outright enemy to you.” (Holy Quran: 2, 208)
In the verse above, Islam intrinsically calls for peace and fosters a life in absolute sincerity and honesty before God. Therefore it is vitally important for an individual to believe in God with his own will and aspiration, and observe God’s commands and advice through personal conscientious contentment.
Perhaps, I have missed something in this message, but from what I learned from Ramadan, I think not.
Peace,
Everett "Skip" Jenkins
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BISMILLAH
Skip DON T you have filter somewhere
How the hell could music have died and the Temp's were yet to come
Why to you repeat the bogus notios and you spend so much time on this
Life is a serious affair and you need to get after it
Uthman
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On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 5:29 PM, Skip Jenkins wrote:
For some (Don McLean, for example), the Day the Music Died was when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed in a plane crash on February 3, 1959. But for many of us the Day the Music Died was much more recently. For many of us, the Day the Music Died was June 25, 2009 -- the day that Michael Jackson died.In celebration of African American Music Appreciation Month and in remembrance of the best selling African American Music artist of all-time, I offer the following three videos. The first was the one which electrified the television viewing audience in 1983 with a dance routine which seemed to defy physicsthe second is a live performance from some 30 years ago that shows Michael at his peakand the last is a montage of Michael performing the song that may be his most lasting message songEnjoy, Remember, and Reflect.Peace,Everett "Skip" Jenkins
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