Friday, January 23, 2004

It is Friday and as usual I would just stay at home and do all those little things that need to be done... like repairs... redecorating the 'junk' that we had collected all the years and need to be dust and rearrange so as to be more presentable and pleasing to the eyes... We human are never satisfied with the state of things and always love changes... Me... Personally love to see beautiful things and at time would spend hours to just do an interior deco so as to be in harmony with the rest of the elements in the house or around the house.. I believe that life could be beautiful if we could spend more time on those little things, that if taken care of would give us more satisfaction and joy... A vase placed in a right way with the right flowers on a table would be pleasing to the senses, thus would in a way elevate us into a more cheerful feeling... That in turn would add to the quality of our life... We can still live without the flowers on the table but would it not be better if we had... And by doing so it creates an atmosphere of love and joy...Love and joy that we could not just invent but had to be created with the help of the other elements..Like the flowers and the like...The small artifacts that we place to be in harmony with the rest of the elements, would surely add color to the already cheerful mood of the day.. It is those small things that we got at the bazaar or at the little shops on our way home, that would make our days more meaningful and productive.... which in turn would create joy, laughter and even be a means to start a discussion with a friends or a guests to the house... We had a small fish pond in front of the house...at a conner of the patio...Just by looking at those fish in harmony with nature...swimming carelessly would mesmerise us to a point that we would soon lost track of time...The pond had to be clean and the fish had to be fed and all these takes times...It is the joy of doing those little things that makes life more beautiful and a joy to all... Yes it is Friday.. The reason that I do not venture more to the shopping mall or plan to meet friends on this day is because at noon I had to be at the mosque to join in the congregation for the weekly Friday prayer...I would not want to miss this....For it is a day of reflection and meeting friends, otherwise would not be that easy...for almost all of my friends would be present at this weekly noon prayer at the mosque...a weekly ritual for us Moslem...... To pray and seek solace from the creator so that we may be granted a better quality of life...and most of all to thanks Him for giving us this life to live and enjoy...Once I listen to a preacher who say among other things...God give us everything which includes the twenty four hours a day of living, the air we breath...The food we eat and on and on....Can't we take some time to say 'Thanks You' to Him...Once a week in our prayer or five times a day like all Moslem are ask to do...Is it that difficult to say thanks to the creator...Remember we say many 'Thanks You' to fellow human everyday and surely it is more than five time a day....So do take the time and say thanks to the creator for providing us will all the goodness in life...That is why Friday is special to me...A day to say thanks to Him...Isn't it that difficult.....Surely not...So let do it...For me it is Friday for others it could be Sunday or any other day......... Let do it....And be happy about doing it......

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