DAY 10: hardworking (p/s:im a married woman!)

Dear friends

Utmost apologies for this horrendous 1 month gap in my blog entry. I have been extremely busy as a newlywed (which apparently involves receptions, visiting relatives, meeting up with friends, honeymoon (thankfully there's sth fun here too in the getting married process). But amidst all that, I am thankful that life is blessed with Allah's Rahmah. Married is a blessing, and to everyone out there who's contemplating getting married now that you've found 'the right one', stop contemplating- GO FOR IT! You dont wait until there's millions bucks in the bank, have a simple ceremony. You'll iAllah get more barakah from it :)

Onto today's topic, HARDWORKING. Some malays are cursed with a disease called LAZINESS. This could be due to a few things;
1. We are superbly used to be in the receiving end. Scholarships, bumiputera's advantages, etc etc
2. Upbringing and culture that promotes complacency, excessive relaxation,and time wasting (such as in bad mouthing others and lounging in front of tele)
3. going back to sleep after Subuh, or worse, waking up late everyday, and missing subuh all together!
4. forgetiing Allah and not praying to ask Him for a better personality and excitement in the task we are doing now- hence, hardwork will come to place.

I am not saying hardwork here means leaving all else except for work. NO. Hardwork is perseverence, which means, not giving up easily when challenged with failure. Do remember that with every hardship comes relief, and this is a promise from God The Almighty Himself. Hardwork does not mean blindly labouring ourselves in a task without praying for Allah's blessings and reward.

Islam teaches us balance in life. Which means, neither excessive work, nor extreme laziness. Strike that balance, and with that, iAllah we will get Allah's blessings.

Til then, please put on effort, mind and heart at the task today. Be it selling kuih at a stall, cooking for your family, or serving others as a government officer. And put a smile on that face, will ya? It's wayyyy better than any anti-aging cream out there ;)

Salam :)