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Have you ever paid attention to people who attract No attention?!

In our daily life, we meet different people daily. We say Hello, we greet and pass. The other day comes and it’s all the same story. And if you calculate the number of people you have squeezed into a hello-Goodbye box, you will wonder and murmur freakily “Am I a packing-killer?”:-sss!!the truth comes to light here that we take many people for granted daily and their existence is going to be a routine for us -if I don’t say it has been already!-.one of those squeezed victims  is our Neighbor!

“Who is your neighbor”, asks a fellow from his friend.”hhmmm….aaahh….I fancy he’s got an ebony hair, I see him every morning! Mr……..hhmmm….it’s on the tip of my tongue... …hhmm…..aha!Mr. Swanson….. See, I know Him! “Answered the fellow’s friend, having a self-satisfied smirk on his face!(

It’s as clear as a day that how many of us have ever felt that much satisfied with ourselves, but really how should we behave with them? It’s none of our business, right? It doesn’t have anything to do with us what’s going on behind our walls, does it?

Neighbor is defined in Longman Dictionary as “someone who lives next to you or near you”. Although the Dictionary definition may emphasize on the nearly location, the reality and the fact seem to be different which glitters in the definition also. Someone who is near to you’. This is a missing key in our relations and behavioral manners! We are all humans and we can prove that through our humane behavior! Sense of humor, hospitality, kindness, care, fairness, adoration, respect and etc. All these and many more have made a difference for us as a human being; and it’s undeniable that they can’t be squeezed into that Hello-Goodbye box! So what will happen to you with such appreciable qualities is that you start forgetting them as you made yourself encountered with less people to represent those manners! On the other hand, people around you also prefer to keep such heavenly propensities inside themselves as they react to how you act! A challenging question comes up here that when we can provide a friendly atmosphere for living, why we hesitate? Can you forgive yourself when you find out that your neighbor(with our new accepted definition: someone who is near to you) had been tackling with a severe problem and finally failed while you could help him rescue and the reason of this failure of yours was only not adding some questions and words to your greetings like ”how is everything  with you?’, “is everything going on well?”, “if I could do any help, just give me call!”, “you can count on me!”, “I understand”, “don’t you want to have a tea and talk?” and etc. .

Being near to someone doesn’t mean that you are allowed to investigate in other’s life, you see the object clearly when it’s in the right distance if you take it too far or too close, you won’t see it! So, let’s don’t put our neighbors too far or too near, just in the right manner to prove we are humans! So if your neighbor has lost his job for long and has no income, visit him and his family by taking gifts and helps and invite him and his family for a dinner or something! If your neighbor lives alone and has become sick, visit him with a bowl of soup and show your care! If your neighbor has little problem with his kids and you’re veteran in this case, lend him the book you read and solved your same problem…share your happy moments with them and they will do the same, share your kind words and they will do the same,…and then you will come up with many friends and a friendly life!

One of the qualities of a true believer is mentioned by one of God’s prophets:”A believer must not feel satiated, with His neighbor being hungry”.(Nahjul Fasahah)

So, when we should and we can be good, let’s BE!

Note:I'm sorry beforehand,i think i read a bit fast,didn't want get your worthwhile time!be happy to embrace your comments>to see if you agree!!+ A GREAT thank to My Teacher GABRIEL and His useful Blog for audio shares!