Vocational Guidance During Education

 

In our lives, guidance is unavoidable, in different fields and at different times of our life. True vocational guidance can help us in leading a successful life with more comfort and success. If saves our time and effort, we have to insert it into searching for and achieving our goals in life. To make our lives from good to best, this proper guidance can help a lot.

Vocational guidance means to provide information and assistance to an individual in solving problems or confusions in vocational planning and occupational choice and selecting relevant subjects, in the light of our personal characteristics, our attitudes and our aptitudes.   

An excellent vocational guidance at the right time is so important in our life ahead. It can enhance our characteristics and abilities by utilising them in the right direction and suitable way. Those who have this guidance, usually excel in their profession and usually lead a peaceful and contained life.

We see a lot of people, with high abilities and motivation, leading a haphazard type of life. In most cases, if we prob into it, is the result of wrong vocational information and guidance. They have to pay a lot, throughout their lives. Only a minute per cent of people, after this wrong guidance can have the opportunity to find a true path, due to their luck or their extraordinarily high motivation. It involves usually, wastage of some time and effort.   

An effective vocational guidance can improve our skills, talents, attitudes, aptitudes, performance and achievements. All these blessings can make our lives, a real blessing not only for us but for our loved ones and our society as a whole. 

This guidance requires some steps, like information regarding individual’s characteristics, job availability and the demand in society. We must be very careful in this process because, it has a strong effect not only on the lives of individuals, families and our whole society.   

Nature’s Natural Treatment

Nature is very close to us just like our creator. If we live in a close contact with nature, it helps us in making our lives from good to best. Nature is always pure and purity is desired in all fields of our lives. The greenery all-around us, the milk we drink, the oil and gas we use, the gold and silver, the Sun and the Moon, there is an infinite number of things, are given by our merciful Creator. 

One of the most important blessings is greenery and plants, with their countless benefits. These are the cause of the life on our planet, we can say no greenery, no life. According to one study, conducted in 2010, helping plants to grow and thrive, reduces stress and only walking in a forest helps in managing our blood- pressure. So, these plants are natural doctors for us, without any fee.

The introduction of some Natural Doctors is given for our benefit:

Aloe Vera: 

• Aloe Vera is helpful in healing burns

•  deals effectively in dealing with inflammation

• reduces plaque in teeth 

• very beneficial for our hair and skin.

Marigold:    

It is of very bright orange or yellow color flower. 

• It gives a good impact on seeing it in a bulk everywhere in winter.

•  It also has the anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. 

• Its flowers can be dry at home and can be used in tea and as cream after making paste of it.

•  It treats eczema and rashes.

Peace Lily:                                                     

 

It is very beautiful plant with dark green leaves and pretty white flower, so have positive impact on our mood. 

• It removes toxins from air like ammonia and malde-hyde

•  Increases humidity level.

•  It also has pollens in it, that can create health issues for allergy patients.

Snake Plant:    

Its name is due to its leave’s shape like snake. 

• It enhances beauty of our gardens 

• emits oxygen absorbs carbon-dioxide at night. So it purifies air quality.

Rosemary:

This beautiful flower not only looks good to viewers but it is used in the kitchen as well. It is a rich source of antioxidants and inflammatory compounds. 

• It improves immunity and blood circulation in the body. 

• Its regular use improves memory and concentration. 

Its plantation at home, requires a little bit more care.

Dandelion:

It is considered as a weed but in-fact it is a highly nutritious edible flower. It has beta-carotene, an antioxidant that protects cells from damage. It also has another oxidant, polyphenol. It

• Lowers bad cholesterol

• Improves digestion

• Boosts immunity 

• Improves liver function

Chamomile:

It is a very pretty flower that has many qualities:

• Reduces anxiety

• Improves sleep

Rose:

It can be called the King of flowers. It has about 150 types and found in many sizes and colors. All types are edible having different taste. It has so many uses like:

• Cures many skin related issues

• Supports immunity, inflammation and improves issue of cramps

• Relieve tension and stress by its soft and sweet fragrance.

All these are some of the plants and flowers that have a dramatic effect on different health related problems and they add beauty in our homes and lives, which is really precious.

Self-care is world-care

Self-care is an obligatory duty of humans. Our life is one of the most precious things in the world and it is a great blessing of our creator. He created is in the best form and all other things around us are for our service. This importance deserves a very good care of our lives, not only physical care but mental and spiritual care as well. By doing this care, we can make our lives from good to best and can improve the lives of people living around us.

Self-care involves many-fold including:

• Physical Well-being:

Our appearance weighs heavily. If our look is tidy, we have proper clothing and haircut, we are careful about our talk and expression, we take care of our health by taking a balanced diet and sleep then we are taking good care of ourselves. Our first impression and the most important one is from our physical appearance, so it should be given its due importance.

• Acceptance and Awareness:

Awareness is crucial, it means awareness of firstly ourselves, then of our surroundings, then of the people around us, of our country and nation and its position in this world and of the world in which we are living. This awareness gives us common sense, makes our personality and develops a better image of ourselves.

• Acceptance:

There must be an acceptance of ourselves and the scenario in which we are living. In this way, we can improve both in a better way. If we are in the condition of non-acceptance, then we will neither be in a position to live in a positive way nor will we be able to improve it. The first step is acceptance of reality.

• Better Priorities and Choices:

We have to make so many choices in our lives regarding our diet we take, school we learn, careers we adopt, jobs we join, our life-partners we have and the community we chose for ourselves. 

Then our priorities can make a difference. If we give more importance to a less important thing or give less importance to an important one, thing, it will affect our lives. So, making healthy choices and priorities is of great value.

• Achievements:

We want to achieve a lot of things in our lives. We must choose positive and high goals in our lives, to achieve. If our aims are not valuable, then definitely our achievements will be accordingly. So, we must fix high-achievement goals for ourselves and then will strive according to them. In this way, we can take good care of ourselves. These must be two-fold; for our worldly desires and for our spiritual purity as well. A good combination of both requires good results.

• Recreation and pleasure: 

Recreation and pleasure are of great importance. If we achieve a lot in our lives, but we are missing pleasure in our lives, then we are leading an incomplete life. So, we must devote some of our time and effort to get happiness and relaxation in our lives. We must do anything that is positive and harmless for others. It will be best if we do something that gives us satisfaction and a sense of relaxation to us and the people around us. It is the demand for good self-care.

Never Give Up

Attitude is a working force, that can increase or decrease the pace and quality of our work. It encourages us to keep on trying and never stop working for our goals. To lead a life that take us from good to best level, this attitude helps us a lot.

There are so many people, who are inconsistent in the way of doing anything. They start one thing at a time, then they switch it off and start something else. In this way, they cannot concentrate on any of their targets. In this way their time and effort both are wasted and they can lose their confidence.

‘Never give up’, is a very positive attitude leading towards success. Usually, these people achieve their aims and targets, in a short period of time. In a short time, they can do a lot of tasks in a given time. It is also true that sometimes, we took a wrong decision then we feel the awkwardness and take a U-tern and start another task, then it is alright. To take a wrong decision and then persist on it will not be a wise act. 

There are so many plus points of adopting the ‘never give up’ attitude. Some are:

1. You will eliminate your fears: 

If we have this attitude, we have to control on our fears and tensions. This attitude gives us a courage and motivation to continue. When at the end of the day, we find our goal, after a long effort, we can feel the true happiness and satisfaction.

2. Opens new doors:

If we achieve one desired thing, this gives us courage to do more challenging things in life. In this way, we can explore new worlds for us.

3. We can accept challenges:

With this attitude, we can become confident and can face every challenge easily. This give you a confidence on our-selves, which is required in every field of life. This attitude will be applied in all fields of life, that is the key to success.

4. It gives us satisfaction:

It gives us a sense of accomplishment and happiness. This sense is crucial to progress in life in a positive way.

5. Ability to face un-for-seen in life:

We have to face sometimes, un-for-seen in our lives. This attitude mostly can help us a lot. It can prepare us for suddenly created issues in our lives. Instead of taking tension, we can deal them, with efficiency and motivation.

All of these can help us a lot in leading an active, satisfied and happy life. In this way, we can improve not only our lives, but we can help out other people in a better way. We can insert this quality in others by presenting our example and by guiding them how to change their way of leading their lives. It can become a continuous virtue that can be valuable for our related ones.

Timings matter a lot

Time is a treasure, who utilizes it in a proper way, is a very wise and lucky person. In our lives, some tasks demand specific timings and after that nothing matters. If one crucial step is taken at the right time, it can create great change and can make our lives from good to best and improve the whole society towards betterment. 

We all have heard the saying “Time waits for no one”. It is very true because no one has the power to stop the clock or slow it down. It will keep moving whether you like it or not. When we lose time, we can never recover it. In this scenario, we must have special care of our time.

Time is wealth and correct timings are more valuable. One task sometimes is important, but the specific time for that task is crucial. If we go to school or our office, after the required time, we have to face penalty in any form. If we take a patient to the hospital, but we are late, then we usually cannot find an effective treatment. If we have to travel by train or plane, we have to reach at the time or before some time, otherwise, we will miss our travel.

If we miss a specific time, we have to pay a lot, sometimes for a very long time. If we miss a marriage proposal or a job opportunity, unduly, sometimes we have to wait for a very long time. We have to take a true decision, at the right time.

Time is one of the most valuable things, because:

1. Time remains always with us and acts as both: a teacher and a healer. With the passage of time, we can get experience and learn a lot, which has no other option. Time also works as a healer. A difficult or painful situation will seem less bad as time passes.

2. Time is the one thing that you can never get back. Once time has gone, it will never return. Time is an asset.

3. Nobody knows how much time they have. People can die at any age and for any reason. So, we take a good care of our life and time as well.

4. Every single thing in the universe is bound to time. Gradually all things start aging and eventually decay as time progresses.

5. We are aware of three stages of time - the past, the present, and the future but the only time we actually have is the present.

Our world is filled with so many distractions that eat up a lot of our time. Smartphones have become so advanced that they command a lot of our attention. You have social media, YouTube, news, and anything else right in the palm of your hand. We feel that we are bound to use them. Those who have self-control and mental maturity, they try to control their time by using it correctly, rather than controlled by these distractions. These people became successful in life and they make their lives better and make their society a better place to live.

Ramadan: A Refresher Course

 Ramadan is a sacred month in Islam. It takes a lot of blessings for the Muslims. It is a month that refreshes Islamic teachings, which we usually forget in our lives due to our business and worldly desires. This Holly month reminds us of those Islamic pious traditions and blessings. So, we must make our whole life from good to best by getting all these benefits this month.

 

In fact, the month of Ramadan is just like a refresher course for us. It takes us back to the core Muslim traits from which we may have deviated during the rest of the year. It revives our five-time prayers, our optional prayers, our feelings for those who cannot afford all these blessings we have and our piousness during this holy month. If we do all these good deeds only in Ramadan and forget all these good activities after it, then this month will lose its effectiveness.

 

It also revives our golden family traditions as well. In the times of sehar and aftaar, all family members are together. In this way, we can have a good time with our loved ones. We can share our problems and happy events with our family in a better way. It is definitely a great blessing of Ramadan, especially for those families who could not spend their experiences with each other.

 

It decreases the gap between the people and their creator. When, for the sake of Allah the Almighty, we control our eligible desires, we come closer to Him. This practice for thirty consecutive days may change our usual daily routines in a positive direction. It may be the aim of this sacred month.

If we lead this month in a very good way and after that, we forget this holly routine after the advent of Eid Moon. In this way, the effectiveness of this month may be decreased. So, if we celebrate our Eid with full Islamic traditions and also continue our previous good Islamic rules. In this way, we can lead not only Ramadan but our whole life in an effective way.

Effects of Covid-19 on Society

 Society is in a state of continuous change and is in the effects of Covid-19 on Society. It is affected by a lot of factors including economic circumstances, natural disasters, and epidemics. Sometimes these effects become so excessive that change their basic structure like a recent epidemic through which we are passing “Covid-19”. Its impact on our lives is so drastic that restricts to make our lives to become good to best. 

This pandemic has very serious effects on the lives of people as a whole. First and foremost, among these is that many people have to lose their lives, which is an irreversible thing. Many loved ones are lost somewhere due to Covid-19. How this loss affected our lives, can be imagined if we can listen to the horrible stories of the affected families.

 

We all know that Covid-19 has changed our economic structure. People have lost their jobs due to the restrictions placed by governments all over the world. In the developed countries, affected people are provided with the maximum part of their lost salaries but what about the people living in the developing areas. They had to face the worst economic setbacks. They have to depend on their savings if any or they have to compromise on different necessities.

 

Like other fields of life, our educational system is affected a lot. Our schools remain closed for so many months successively. The management has to continue the system online. This is considered the best choice and provided an opportunity. At the same time, it can create a lot of problems. The level of understanding is compromised, teachers have to face many issues in contacting all students, so, so many students are discouraged. These all facilities are there for privileged students only, who have the facility of internet. Our vast majority belonging to rural areas are not having these luxuries. Working parents have to face extra problems in handling their children.

 

A social dilemma is also there. So many people have to stay home due to joblessness. This can result in both ways, negative or positive. On the negative side, husband and wife, along with their children have to stay at home. In the conditions of economic and psychological stress, they have to face so many clashes, which disturbs the whole scenario. The ratio of the breakage of marriages is uplifted.

 

The psychological impact of Covid-19 is of the greatest importance. All people have to face an immense psychological pressure, in the case of Covid-19 affecting their families or not. This fear is affecting day to day mode of behaving, dealing with usual fearful circumstances and the specific negative situation. Tension, depression and anxiety, all are the resulting symptoms. These resulted in many other social issues.

 

Behind these unusual and uncontrollable conditions of Covid-19, we are not in the position to stop it. We can only take good care of ourselves and the people around us.  We can act upon the precocious activities suggested by the management. We can also pray for the betterment of the conditions. One thing more can be done, is to see the situation from a broader perspective and break the circle of ‘ourselves’ and try to help out those who are in more difficult conditions, like our doctors, para-medical staff and social workers are doing. In this way, we can create some positive change in our prevalent scenario.