Of Ramadhan, A Good Break and A New Beginning.

Assalamualaikum wbt 2022. Salam Ramadhan all! 

It’s been a while, my previous post was in February 2021. Due to some reasons, I stopped writing for some times. 

Wishing all of you a good health, happiness and peace in your heart and mind, and in this blessed month of Ramadhan, please forgive me for my wrongdoings and flaws. 

Who else found that the sound of the waves splashing is amazing, calming and healing as well? 

The beach had witnessed many, many events in my life, and such a loyal witness it will be.

The beach is a great therapy, Thank You Allah. 

For the last 1 year, many things had happened and I guess it’s a good time to reflect myself. My previous post was ‘The Other Side of Pain’, reflecting myself trying to figure out the good things in those challenging period of messy emotional turbulences, the pain that I had experienced for the past few years. ‘Ada hikmah pada semua takdir Tuhan’ - there are good reasons behind all of what was fated for us. We human beings always demanded things to go on our ways, that at times we forgot that Allah Knows Best, He Knows what’s good and what’s bad for us. And He Knows Why. And for me, redha (submission) is a process, we should keep on achieving it after all to be a good Muslim. 

This is my first writing after so long. Honestly last August, I’d tried to release a post, I already wrote most of it, but somehow I just didn’t feel like sharing. I really wanted to share about that topic, but let’s find a better time to do so Insya-Allah. And for quite some times, I became clueless on what to write about. This is perhaps my brief introduction of 2022, and the beginning of something new. I decided to become a different person, and I hope it’s in a good way. 

In this blessed month of Ramadhan, it’s good if we can try some new things that perhaps we seldom give attention to in the other months. Like, 

1. Pray on time. Try to make effort to pray on time, as soon as the announcement of adzan, without delaying for no appropriate reasons. 
2. Be close to Al-Quran, read and understand the translations, try to cry whenever possible, to soften our hearts. 
3. List down the things that we would to improve on - our ibadah, our attitude, temper, negative thinking, less grateful, impatience and etc, try to work on improving one by one each day. 
4. Make our doa (prayers) more sincere, longer and full of hope to Allah SWT.
5. Fix on the relationships - with Allah SWT, our loved ones by proper reconciliation with good intentions. 
6. Read some good books - perhaps at least 5 pages each day (for Iman or knowledge).
7. Limit our ‘entertainment time’ - reduce listening to the upbeat music, or watching so many ‘entertaining’ things. Spend more on listening to zikir, selawat, and nasyid.

They are some of my suggestions on how we can make our Ramadhan different and more meaningful. Hoping that we will become a better person day by day, Insya-Allah. We shall stay occupied with things that make us into a better person - more patient, more grateful, more humble, and all the good values as Muslim. 

And just a gentle reminder for many of you who are perhaps in any situation of : 

If you’re having a hard time, it’s okay, this too shall pass and you’ll be at ease again. 

If you’re in a difficult phase, it’s okay, you can get through this and you’ll become stronger. 

If you’re unhappy with the situation, it’s okay, better things are coming and you’ll find happiness again. 

If you’re struggling with uncertainties, it’s okay, you’ll find your way soon, listen to your heart and let Allah guide you. 

If you’re stuck, it’s okay, you’ll find the best way out, and you’ll be the best version of yourself soon. 

Everyone struggles differently, let’s be there for each other. 

And it’s okay, take your time, no matter how tough it is, Allah put you through this because He Knows you can. 

Salam Ramadhan all, hoping that we’ll meet Lailatul Qadar, Insya-Allah. 

Take care, 

Ayush. 

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