Redha...Acceptance in Peace

This morning I called this consultancy to follow up on the status of a payment owing to me. I had completed the program more than a month ago, and payment is delayed more than 10 days from the due date.

I had been following up with them since last week, every time I was told to call back the next day for a definite date to collect my cheque.

Today, the girl whom I had been liaising with asked that I speak to their big boss. I had an uneasy feeling about this and my feelings were justified. He asked me to call him back later...much much later, as in 2 weeks from today! Even then, he said he will try to get a cheque ready for me ~ it seems they have problems with their cash flow.

Initially I was angry. And frustrated. And disappointed. And immediately blurted out that I will never work with them again, ever. Fortunately, my husband who was with me, comforted me with a gentle reminder. Do not be hasty with what comes out of your mouth; rezeki is Allah to give. You never know, one day you might find yourself begging them for a job/assignment, if that is Allah's will!

And when I turned on my laptop, there among the earlier posts on a friends' face-book wall is a reminder on what makes us late in receiving our rezeki...

What do you expect, really?

So last night was the much anticipated though not by me, Anugerah Juara Lagu (AJL26) event that has become synonym with Malaysia's 1st private television station, TV3.

And for the 1st time, we watched the telecast from start to finish. As expected, we also got to read equally live 'broadcasts' of comments and updates on the walls of facebook friends.

Interesting though some may be, here I just want to touch on those who posed this as their fb status..."Between catching live telecast of AJL26 and a livestream of a religious talk/spending quality time with your children/attending your regular religious class etc., which would you choose?".

In most cases, you can guess the inclination of those who post this type of questions. Yet the comments that volley between them and their circle of friends following their status do little to reflect the kind of causes and lifestyle they advocate. In all likelihood, they come across as belittling those who chose to catch AJL26 over the other.

So my question to them is, what do you hope to achieve with that kind of questions, or any similar remarks?

See it for it is...

Why do we always try to look beneath, behind, inside and around every issues thrown our way and complicate matters?

We always think we know how another person feels, or think. If a person is happy, just accept that that person is happy and be happy for them. Lets not speculate that that person is actually hiding sadness and loneliness just because that person's life looks like it is not as terrific as what it should be.

Take things for what they are. Take things for what they seem. Not everything is a bed of roses, so learn to live with that. But just take what you see and what you see!

If your own life sucks, then that's just too bad...

Connect, Re-connect & Dis-connect...

Its funny how through the current social medium of networking, we meet up and catch up with friends...old ones, current ones and new ones. We trace friends we miss from way back when. They trace us, too...to find out the what, where, when, why, who and how of our lives.

Friends we lost touch with after so many hundred months suddenly become very close with just a click of a button and dash of the keyboard. We are able to share their evolution just by going through whatever photos they chose to post.

And yet, it is through this very medium that we sometimes find ourselves disconnected. We can laugh, joke and tease each on-line. We can be sarcastic in a non-offensive manner and they back at us! And that's okay. However, when a face-to-face connection is made, there abound acwkwardness in behaviors, boundaries as to what we can and should not utter.

So technology...high-tech yet low-touch; go figure!

Happy new year?

Already going into the 3rd day of the new year, 2011. Monday. The start of a new school year. The dawn of all things new.

A member of the family is anxious about tomorrow. Another is excited. And one family member is both...guess who is which and why.

May this be the start of the familys' journey of bountiful harvest, for the akhirat and wordly goods. Amin.

Walk the talk

We train others to "save face" even when it comes to reprimanding a child. Yet, when it comes to our own off-springs, we throw caution to the wind and release whatever comes to mind.

Forget about positive reinforcement, what more being constructive with our feedback. All that matters is to "get the message across by all means".

Sometime today

Sometimes it is best not to read too deep into a message or statement. Sometimes, all that a question needs is a simple answer and nothing complex or difficult to unravel. Sometimes, a message is just that, a message and not meant to be taken in any other way.

Lets not complicate our lives in trying to decipher everything that is said or heard as more than what is said or heard. Lets not make it any harder to live with each other in trying to figure out the "meaning" behind everything that is said and asked.

Life is meant to be simple. Live it that way.