Shrinee

If companies that produce bottles of juices like Coke, Oasis, Fanta, etc started putting dispensers in stores.

People could bring in their own bottles and pay for say a litre of juice or 500 ml.

But Allah's help is promised, and no darkness lasts forever. Allah has sent Ramadan like a rising sun at the end of a long night. He has sent this month of mercy and hope to save us from ourselves. To liberate the souls shackled by despair and free the hearts enslaved to sin. To show us that truly with hardship, comes ease. And to remind us that no night lasts forever because the decree of Allah is swift and inescapable. And so we bow. We bow to His power. We bow to His mercy. We bow to the opportunity to show our gratitude for this gift. Let this Ramadan be a time of renewal. Transformation. And change. A chance to change our lives and ourselves. A stage to demonstrate to our Lord that, indeed, we hear and we obey. That indeed we love our food and our water.

But we love Him more.

Let this Ramadan be an opportunity to show our gratitude for another year of life. Of health. Of faith. Another year to witness this month, while so many others could not. And let it be a month of service and compassion towards ourselves and others. Let our kindness begin with our families and extend to others. For truly the best of you are best to their family.

And finally, let this be a time to let go of the chains that have bound us to the past--to the pain, the mistakes, the regret. Let us free ourselves from the grudges and the rage. Let us finally let go and let God. Let us mend what was broken and begin again. Let us see this new moon as a new start. For all of us.

A new chance to let go. To heal.

And then rise again.

Ramadan mubarak to you all.

— the banality  Of my own existence