Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Carpe`diem

You know that moment when you can finally tell you’re growing up? Yeah, I've been feeling that lately, and it's weird, but the good kind :). Everything is happening so fast, time is seriously flying by~. But I am so excited for what the future holds, if I get there InshAllah. I want to expand my horizons, there are so many things I want to do and accomplish, so much I have yet to learn, so many opportunities and moments I want to be able to grasp and seize. So many places I want to visit, so many people I want to help, meet, embrace, love. I want to be responsible for someone other than myself,.. for the people around me.

At this point in my life, I know what it is that I want, and I think too, what it is that I really need. Now it is just a matter of getting there and making things happen InshAllah. I feel like I've already experienced and seen so much, but I know the reality is I haven't seen or experienced anything yet, and I want to, I can't wait to. I am well aware that I may not have all of the time in the world but I want to do as much as I can with the time that I’m given. I am hopeful for the future, for what it has to offer me and hopefully, for what I have to offer it, it is all in Allah swt's Hands and I trust Him with every fiber of my being. "The pens have been lifted and the pages have dried". Bismillah* Ya Rab, allow me to have purpose in my endeavors, to move forward in ways that only please You. To have barakah put in the things that I do and get. For me to continue to want to grow, decide to grow, make an effort to grow and persist in growth, all towards becoming a better person and Muslim. To get the most out of what You have given me and to never stop learning and being grateful. And the same for all of my loved ones and the Muslim ummah around the world IA. Ameen*

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

The Bucket List :)

  • Visit Palestine
  • Go to a poverty struck country and help out in some way
  • Go to Umrah
  • Go to Hajj
  • Sponsor a child
  • Memorize a significant amount of the Qur’an, if not the whole Qur’an
  • Be able to name all the surahs in the Qur’an
  • Learn proper tajweed
  • Get my driver’s license
  • See snow
  • Ride my bike in the country side
  • Publish a book
  • Be the best Muslim I can be
  • Get married and have kids :)
  • Learn Arabic fluently
  • Visit Venice, Italy, and go on a gondola ride with someone
  • Visit Turkey, and the Islamic museum there
  • Learn something new daily
  • Climb to the cave of Hira
  • Help build a school and or hospital in a poverty struck country
  • Touch, pet, possibly own a lion? Baby sit one?
  • Hug a lion or a tiger, I’m not picky
  • Do a marathon for a good cause like breast cancer or autism
  • Ride an elephant
  • Stand at the top of a mountain
  • Go paintballing
  • Go on a Nile cruise
  • Go on a road trip with my best friend
  • Sight the Eid moon
  • Ride in a hot air balloon
  • Be a successful teacher
  • Get my masters in specializing with teaching people with special needs
  • Spend a week with no cell phone or computer
  • Endeavour to start everything with bismillah
  • Go whale watching
  • Successfully have a piggybank or whatever they’re called these days
  • Play all of my favourite songs on the piano
  • Stay awake to watch the sun rise and sun set in the same day with someone
  • Do something really nice for several strangers and expect nothing in return
  • Go camping
  • Go hiking
  • Learn to bake bread
  • Make wudhu in the ocean, and salah on the shore (beach)
  • Spend a night gazing at the stars on the beach
  • Be successful in speaking out to kids
  • Learn the meaning of my favourite surah
  • Go fishing, then cut up and cook my own fish
  • Go to a drive in movie, do they still have those?
  • Have a small library in my home
  • Shower in a waterfall
  • Buy a homeless person a pair of shoes
  • Donate blood
  • Send a message in a bottle
  • Get a kitten
  • Leave an inspiring book on a bus or train for someone to read
  • Run until I can’t breathe anymore
  • Go fishing in the middle of the ocean
  • Take a walk in the rain with someone
  • Write a letter and hide it somewhere in another country for someone to read
Bismillah* I really, really want to commit to this list and try to do everything that's on it throughout my life inshAllah :)

Note* will be adding things on as I think of them.