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“My Mission Statement”

My mission statement is to achieve a balanced life that is in total communication and unity with the essence of nature.  In my pursuit of this mission, I am deeply and sincerely committed to achieve the following standards of effectiveness and excellence in my below mentioned self-chosen roles:

1) Individual: As a responsible individual I am committed to become a person of uncompromising integrity, a person that can be totally trusted, a strong believer in God and His universe, a sensitive person that respects other and their belief systems, one who is balanced, interesting, principle-centered, and committed to a perpetual learning philosophy.

2) Parent: As a father and a family member to be an example to my children in the dedicated effort to fulfill this mission statement, to be supportive of them in the pursuit of their worthwhile goals and aspirations and to discourage and deter them in the pursuit of un-worthwhile followings and habits, to be a participant in the development of a strongly founded love- based support system within the family that encourages independent and inter-dependent living for all the members of the family. 

3) Career: In my career to be a compassionate advisor that is knowledgeable and one that goes the extra mile.  To continue to improve my skills so as to provide the most qualitative service and products that are current and evolved.  To seek financial independence and to use this material resource to help achieve prosperity in all the people that I touch in my lifetime and to be a trusted and committed member of my team.    

4) Health: To be cognizant of my health by regularly exercising physically to allow my body to develop the strength and energy required in the fulfillment of my mission statement, to develop good all around empowering social skills like Reading, Music, Sports, Theatre, Cuisine, Travel and Culture.  To continue diligently to master new levels of consciousness through my regular well established routine of consistent meditation.

5) Relationship: To be a supportive, sharing, challenging, compassionate, and loving committed partner in a meaningful relationship with my lover.  To be sensitive to the issue that she, as I, needs to grow in her own mission statement and commit to developing a joint mission statement that is synergistic and synthesizes the individual mission statements.  To be sensitive to the truth that relationship to survive has to continue to grow and evolve to ensure consistent happiness.

6) Community Member: As a member of planet earth, to continue to share my knowledge generously, to be a true friend to my fellow men/women, a student of other cultures and values, a responsible and loyal citizen, a broad thinker, a contemplative person with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, a proactive participant in all aspects supporting a better world-one that respects nature, environment, the self-worth of human beings, peace, love and the unity of mankind.

7) Evaluator: to continue to challenge and evaluate my progress and this mission statement.  To continually refine, fine-tune, and synthesize this mission statement so that it continues to provide the direction and inspiration it is designed to do.   

New addition to the Mission Statement 4 years after Tariq’s death – November 99

8) LEARN TO TRUST LIFE (since one does not know what lies in store for oneself - how could I ever have prepared for the loss of my child  -my mission statement does not deal with that possibility). Life is a mystery and that maybe a good thing!