TGIF

Its Friday,yes thank God its Friday ! Friday is always special and today its a little bit more special because next week i'll be going to Saudi Arabia for some business purposes-and hopefully,insyaAllah to do my Umrah ! Its been hectic the last few months,a culmination of work,personal responsiblities and professional commitments. Because of the work load my time at the surau has been getting less and less. I feel sad actually but sometimes meetings and work carry over towards magrhib...by the time i get out of office im totally zonk. But i realize that this is not good for me on the spiritual side. I guess its something that you have to work with. Iman is not a constant ! Abt my trip to Saudi it has been changed three times, the dates ! Just to accomodate the VIP's ,im pissed ! I know im not suppose to be,but its difficult to make plans if the dates keep on changing. The trip which is suppose to take place in April has changed because so many times...
Friday thus makes you think more about Allah swt than normal days and there r many sources that testify to this. So we should make the effort to muhasabah ourselves on this day,what we have accomplished in the last few days of the previous week etc. Ive got to decide on my business,where r we going what needs to be done,how long should we stay in this business as the cost of staying in business is rather high ! But its also ibadah as we provide rezeki to others of course Gods rezk,we r just the channel. Anyways...time to get to work!!!

The need to write...

Sometimes, i wonder why there are so many people using the "blog" to pour their heart out,their thoughts and innermost emotions. I think people in general have this need to tell others,to tell a story,to share but in todays volatile world,people are too busy with their daily life...for them just to sit down and have a chat with each other. The other problem is to find the right person to talk to. I guess creative people (like writers) end up being great story tellers,by writing a book,producing a movie,witing a play etc,others have great stories to tell to but end up just keeping it in them...sigh

R writers then lonely people or they choose to be private in person but expressive in writing. Or is it a little of both...

Searching for the creator...

I met an excellent speaker ( preacher ) last night. His story is truly amazing and it strenghten my believe that if you truly set your mind in search of the creator-almighty God will help and assist you in finding him. This man is highly successful in his career,has a good family and throughout his life never had to face insurmountable problems...yet he feels empty because his heart was seaching for his creator. The ultimate reason for living. His longing was answered in many subtle ways-for God was providing him with clues-clues which later made sense when he finally submitted to the will of Allah swt. There is a lot more details in this amazing story but i dont have the "expertise" to actually tell it all here. But there a few common occurences in this story as with other stories of people searching for the truth amongst them are 1. You have to be sincere with yourself-youre doing this because there is a voice in you that is not satisfied until you have found the truth. 2.Your journey of discovery is not easy it is littered with challenges and pitfalls 3. You have to read,discuss and continously meet with people of different religion and faith. 4.You must not form conclusiond from limited information nor have prejudices, but most of all you must ask God to help and guide u. Godwilling you find your creator and he will let you find him.