Divine Remedy

It’s Saturday morning and I am relaxing around with a hot cup of tea while blog hopping.. wanted to read something beneficial so then I stumbled into an excerpt from the book ‘The Ideal Muslimah’ shared by our new sisters in Islam, Xania on her site reflections4muslimahs . If u know someone who complains way too much (like me!) this might be the best advice to pass on..

Fatimah al-Zahra’, the daughter of Muhammad (PBUH) and the wife of `Ali ibn Abi Talib (RAA). She used to complain of the pain in her hands caused by grinding grain with the hand-mill. Her husband `Ali ibn Abi Talib said to her one day, “Your father has brought some female slaves, so go and ask him for one of them to come and serve you.” She went to her father, but she felt too shy to ask him for what she wanted. `Ali went and asked him to provide a servant for his beloved daughter, but the Prophet (PBUH) could not respond to those who most dear to him whilst ignoring the needs of the poor among the Muslims, so he came to his daughter and her husband and said:

“Shall I not teach you something that is better than that for which you asked me? When you go to bed at night, say `Subhan Allah’ thirty-three times, `Al-hamdu lillah’ thirty-three times, and `Allahu akbar’ thirty-four times. This is better for you than a servant.”

Then he bid them farewell and left, after giving them this divine help which would make them forget their tiredness and help them to overcome their exhaustion.

Life is like a wheel

Clichè, I know. Yesterday Love told me that he feels one of my friend is living her life to the fullest, and he is sorry that I have to go through all the difficulty of life at he so called ‘tender’ age.. I don’t mind the difficulty part, (well who doesn’t has problem, right?) but i do mind about commenting on how others living their life to the fullest.. It is heart-wrenching (it really is!) to see my buddies travelling to different parts of the world and already earning their own income, but most of them who’s having this at the age of 23, doesn’t have a  degree to hold on later in life.. Coming from a family with a business background, I know that certificate ain’t everything. But if you are smart enough, will guarantee that you won’t live starving. But if you do have a degree and starve, dude, there’s something wrong with you, don’t blame the government.

Back to my point, I might not living my life to the fullest now, but I’m surely building the foundation of it.. As Love always says, achieve things is way much easier than keeping it. Hence the need for me to build a strong base so it will be easier to keep what i will achieve later on in life..

I am just 23, turning 24 this August. Yet at times, i feel like I am left behind. Just because I haven’t earned anything yet. and still depending on others. I sometimes feel like dropping out of school and start working bla bla bla.. but then again, it may work for 2-3 years, then what.. At this age, you are at the peak of the desire to taste the life. But I am reminding myself now not to rush. I am going to finish my bachelor degree this December for goodness sake! so just finish it perfectly and enjoy the fruit of your hard work later on!

The wheel is gonna turn itself around and you’ll be on the top once again. You will be just great so scrutinize what’s between your hand and at the end, you will be the one who will reap what you sow.

Happier Start of the Day

I am in the pursuit of finding the better part of me. The organized, confident, in control individual. Every rambling I have written in this site won’t be left as it is. There is always solution to every not-so-good part of me. In previous post i was rambling about my displeasure on my own indiscipline. I woke up late and make a mess of everything I have already planned the day before. I mean, I don’t expect myself waking up as cute as the little munchkin in the photo, but happier than now, ya know.. To avoid this to ever happened again, I’m coming out with several notes for me to digest on.

#1: Prepare what you need the day before

..like pressing your clothes the night before! this morning I woke at 9:05am and should be at work at 9:30. If I ever for the life of me iron the clothes beforehand, I could have make it to work on time. But instead, I spent extra 15mins to do just that. So again, yeah, iron your next day outfit before you off to bed. and you will wake up happy

#2: Wake Up Earlier

If say i need to be in office at 9:30 am, then I may give myself sometime to freshen up my body and enjoy some relaxing moments before I start the daily routine.. for example, usually I appreciate a decent fifteen minutes to enjoy my hot shower in the morning instead of rushingly rubbing the shower cream over my body. Therefore, an hour before 9:30 will be just perfect. So..would you please dear Noor? Do this?

#3: Destroy the Snooze Button!!

When you set the alarm at 7:00 am, you raise up your butt and jump out of bed! Having extra 5 mins one after another will disrupt your mood and drives your body feeling restless. Imagine the fresh juice you’ll be having after shower, or the picture of you having your own sweet time enjoying the morning view while putting your make up on

#4: Know your best time to Sleep

In my case, 12am to 7am is just perfect.. Seven hours in total, I will be rocking the world if I have such amount of sleep. Which I haven’t had since like…couple of years?  I will be working on this. Definitely.

I promise myself to stick to this and get up happier each day. I am now struggling with my sleeping time, hence having difficulty to wake up early. My next step to a better me, becoming an early riser. Wish me luck, everyone