I turned 28 two days ago. Alhamdulillah, Allah has blessed me with good health, wealth, life, family and most importantly iman and Islam for the past 28 years.
The list had helped me to put focus in my life as well as giving me a sense of direction – should my life for that week become too hectic or swayed. My list of "Things to do" was divided into four sections i.e. physical, mental, social and spiritual. The objective I had n mind when developing the list was how to I can become a "complete, balanced, healthy and fulfilled man" physically, mentally, socially and spiritually. In other words, I aspire to become a successful human being in every aspects of life. The keyword was "balance".
So, the list did not only cover the physical aspects of what I want to achieve like how many kilos I want to loose, how many cups of coffee I want to reduce or which task I must complete at work but it also covers the mental, social and spiritual aspect like which book I plan to complete reading, how many new vocabularies I must learn, which friend I must call to say hi or visit, what time I should get-up in the morning, what is the minimum time I should go to the Masjid that week, how much money I should spare for alms, how many verses of Al-Quran I intend to read or memorize, etc.
I have not been practicing the list and this self-reflection activity for a long time. Hectic career life hinders me from this deep thinking process. Subconsciously, this situation let me live life without thinking, without reflection. Subsequently, I have let my routine and surrounding dictate my day to day activities. I lose focus on what is essential and what is non-essential. Being so indulged in routine and fast-pace life, I live my life without a clear sense of direction of where I want to go. Sometimes, I feel like we want to think about it but there is always a voice saying that "Oh, you can do that tomorrow, you are in hurry now". So, I choose to procrastinate.
"Betullah syaitan itu suka bila manusia hidup dalam keadaan tergesa-gesa. Ini kerana bila manusia terlalu sibuk dengan urusan yang pelbagai dan sentiasa tergesa-gesa, manusia tiada masa untuk menggunakan akalnya untuk berfikiran waras. Bila akal, suatu hadiah pemberian Ilahi yang membezakan antara manusia dan haiwan tidak digunakan, nafsu dan perasaan akan menguasai diri. Bila ini berlaku, mulalah kehidupan manusia itu menjadi huru-hara, tiada arah dan kurang fokus. Akhirnya, samalah manusia itu menjadi seperti haiwan, berpagi-pagi dan berpetang-petang hanya dengan satu matlamat – mencari barang untuk mengisi kekosongan perutnya.
"Benarlah, berfikir sesaat itu lebih baik dari seribu tahun beribadat".
¶ 5:13 PM 0 Comments Links to this postSalah satu lagu dalam kartun My friends Tigger and Pooh yang anak aku minati pun terngiang-ngiang dalam benak fikiranku dan seolah-olah menepuk belakang kepalaku sinis, "Now its time to think, think, think. When you have a problem, think, think, think…."
Kartun pun suruh manusia berfikir…
