Well, it's the morning after the last terawih...last terawih always make me sayu...that duo qunut was a good 15 minutes! Fortunately this year, all the imams managed to maintain their composure throughout the doa qunut...Previous years, most will break up during the doa qunut and would have to take a few moments to recompose themselves...sniffles would be heard among the jemaah...
Ah...time to do a self-reflection of what we went through during Ramadhan...A brother of mine (the only brother!), penned down his thoughts of what Ramadhan means to him. It's true that as one gets older, perspectives change. Ramadhan to me means revising all the doa for terawih (once a year what, one tends to forget right?), revising all the solat sunat tied to Ramadhan. It also means a time to clean the house. This year we switched the children's and study room. We painted 2 walls with one having stripes as requested by my BH! Nicely done dear! We also started all the major shifting and cleaning way in advance. I guess my 1 week leave at the beginning of Ramadhan helped! By the second week of Ramadhan, we were more or less ready for Raya. No more rushing around the last days to Raya. I don't see the sense in staying up late into the wee hours of the morning of Raya and then having to suffer bouts of sleepiness throughout the day. No fun at all...
Ramadhan to me is also a month of self-reflection. Of reviewing my goals, mission and vision in life. It's a time to take stock of what has happened and what is to happen. A time to better oneself as a person. The litmus test of whether a Ramadhan has been carried out 'successfully' is to see whether we have become a better person after it has passed or whether we 'lapse' back to our 'old self'...
One thing I look forward during Ramadhan is berbuka puasa. It's not so much the eating and drinking that I look forward to but the time spent with family at specific times everyday. It's important to have this time where we can sit down as a family to just enjoy each other's company and talk about the day's events.
Ramadhan is also a time for me to 'push' myself. To prove to myself that I can do all the 'normal' things that I do during other months. I did my runs just as in other months. I read more because of the 1 hour 'saved' during lunch!
So, while we are busy preparing for Hari Raya, let's just take a moment to reflect on how we have conducted ourselves during Ramadhan and doa that we will have another chance to do it again and do it better next year...Insyallah...
Oh...Selamat Hari Raya to one and all...Maaf Zahir dan Batin...
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