20th Ramadan - Higher purpose

When someone helps you it is natural for you to reciprocate. There is no blessing in that. It is expected. But when someone persecutes you and you are patient and kind, there lies the blessings. The more you give, the kinder you are and the gentler you are to your prosecutor the more the blessings. 

Teheri for iftaar and for giving

Today being a Sunday, managed to get up for suhor. Of dates and water it was. Sufficient alhamdulillah. Did solat, read some Quran and went back to sleep. The kids missed their music classes because of that 😅.

Well, sometimes lessons need to be learnt through experiences. Today also I was forced to teach it the hard way. People say if your mother scolds you it means she loves you, how about canes you? She loves you more! Because she wants you to grow up to be responsible children and adults. That was how I was raised and that is how I shall raise my children. Tough love. Love it is anyway. 

I did a sharing on my LinkedIn profile today on the challenges in interview session in the UK and in Malaysia. Being from a multiracial and multicultural background in Malaysia does not have its perks. Being a revert to Islam may have but I have no intention to invest in that because for me, my faith is personal. Something to be kept and practiced from the heart and not to be displayed for all the world to see. That is also the reason I decided that my head covering should no longer be my brand as a muslim. My actions, words and deeds should be a testimony of me being a muslim. Not from what I wear. I took it off. Last month. 

So once more this April I am officially self employed or some would say hey, jobless. I am glad I am no longer working for an institution or boss who does not do what it should be doing. I am taking time off this month to reflect on my purpose, motivation and passion which should be beneficial for the community and for my faith and family. 

We proclaim the need for a higher purpose. All organisations do. It is how as an employee we see it in whichever perspective we have. In industry and corporations this higher purpose may not be so forthcoming. It may be a propaganda to persuade employees to work for the greater good. Be aware of what is said and what is done. How do you make money from working for a higher purpose cause? Time to think. 

May God make it easy for me inshaAllah.