Faith:
Believe that things will be better tomorrow

Life:
Make the best of the current breath, resolving and then letting go of the past, outlining a hopeful yet realistic future

Personal Loyalties:
Being loyal to the truth is more important than being loyal to a personal opinion

Wrong or Right:
An action which creates negative consequences in the long term, is wrong.
An action which generates a ripple of positive consequences, from a long term point of view, is right.

Cause and Effect:
According to Physics: For every action there an equal reaction.
According to most spiritual practices: Every action results in consequences.
It doesn't matter if an action is considered right or wrong, either way the consequences have to be received

Alive:
To be awake and have a level of awareness to strive toward righteous actions, righteous words and righteous thoughts

Awareness:
A life-long process to attain ultimate sobriety, by letting go of the various levels of the (duniya) material world

Duniya:
The biggest addiction is to the life on this earth

Intoxication:
Like alcohol, drugs, work, popularity, sex can be an addiction. Some necessary medicines contain drugs and alcohol, which are sometimes abused. Similarly, sexual promiscuity; heterosexual or homosexual, creates consequences similar to the results of drug addiction

Paying Attention:
Lessons are everywhere, as long as we pay attention

Division vs. Joining:
In a dialogue among friends, we can look from a point of view of us vs. them. Or from the perspective of looking for the common threads, to go toward a meeting of the minds

Hope:
Life in the world is established upon hope

Friend:
The one who cares about you, tells you the truth, and is trustworthy. Knows you best

Father/Son:
A father's job is to prepare the son, and teach him all the wisdom required for the son to succeed in the world as a man (not a boy)

Father / Daughter:
The role of the father is that he serves as an example for his daughter, as she will choose a husband who is like her father

Spouse:
A person whom you can entrust with the life of your children.
A partner who brings out the best in you and supports you on an honorable path

Boy:
A male who is less than 13 years old.
A male who is over 21 and acts more like a boy than like a man

Mama's Boy:
A male who is over 21 years old, and is still significantly attached more to his mother than to his father. He has a (co-)dependency upon his mother. Has not made the necessary break, required for beginning the journey into manhood

Teacher:
The best way to teach is by being an example

Preacher:
The one who is trying to sell you religion through some manipulation or marketing ploys

Religious Person:
One who is afraid of going to hell

Spiritual Person:
One who had gone through hell and does not want to go there again

Opinion:
A subjective way of looking at a topic

Knowledge:
Is based on facts

Education:
An educated person can still be uneducated in (or in ignorace of) some areas

Ignorance:
Denying the truth

Arrogance:
Refusal toward learning

Reality:
Haqeeqat: from the word Haq, meaning what is truth in the material and non-material worlds

Illusion:
An inaccurate perception

Denial:
To be intoxicated, self-absorbed, believing your own B.S., fear of looking at the truth, not wanting to accept reality

Attitude:
How you show up in the world, what you bring, your outlook, the belief system you're coming from

Skeptical:
Believing that the other person is not telling the truth, even when he is.
Being doubtful, questioning the sincerity of a person,
wanting to make the other person wrong, instead of objectively seeking truth in the conversation.
Restricting one's own vision

Devil's Advocate:
Taking the negative view point of wanting to prove a principle wrong, rather than trying to prove it right. Dwelling on the small area of the exceptions to the rule, rather than focusing on the general wisdom of a principle

Cynical:
Being closed minded, having difficulty in believing, perceiving the worst of human nature,
thinking negatively about other people's motives

Rebellion:
Positive side: resisting what is false.
Negative side: resisting what is true, by being stubborn and having the illusion that this is the definition of freedom,
behaving like a brat to get your own way for selfish gains

Believer:
One who is committed to believing in what's true. Follows principles which are higher than his personal, individual rules. Group-oriented rather than ego oriented.

Non-Believer:
One who is skeptical, cynical, rebellious, plays the devil's advocate.
Follows his personal, ego based, subjective opinions as rules for living.
Practices rules like: "it's all about me" and "I do whatever makes ME feel good".

Blame:
Being unaware that when he points one finger to blame another person, three fingers are pointing at his own self.
Not taking responsibility for his own actions, words and thoughts

Responsible:
Taking ownership, knowing the importance of being accountable.
Striving for self-sufficiency on the path of Self-developement

Accountable:
Being responsible for the consequences of one's actions

Sacrifice:
The price you pay to achieve something of importance

Fair:
Doing the appropriate action to achieve an equivalent result, without cheating.
Life is not fair, so it's beneficial to not have attachment to expectations

Ineffective Muslim:
One who labels himself a Muslim, without significantly applying Islamic teachings, and so is not experiencing the benefits

Woman:
The most influential member of the family

Child:
The most important member of the family

Commitment:
Taking the leap off a diving board, into the pool:
Being dedicated to only one option

B.S.:
Talking about something fictitious as if it were true.
The fantasy a man creates when trying to court a woman.

Confusion:
Perceiving that there are many options available, but not making a choice

Devotion:
Commitment to something bigger than one self

Independence:
To believe that one is not under the influence of others.
Viewing the individual in isolation, free from the rules of society, and not wanting to pay the consequences for exercising the freedom of not following higher spiritual principles

Interdependence:
Human beings are social animals who require relationships for survival.

Relationship:
Everything is connected.
Relationships include all elements of the universe: humans with each other, with animals, plants, earth, ancestors, Creator

Wisdom:
Knowledge that has been distilled from generation after generation