Confusing but Focus

Salam.

I have read Pelukis Jalanan and Arkitek Jalanan this week. This is the book that if I were to become a writer, I want to impact my readers like these books had on me. #berangan

There were too many relatable occasion potrayed in these books and the author’s perseverance was erm how can I put this into words, I don’t know what is the right word. Maybe because the author is a very wise and strong humanbeing, he was tested in a very tough situation in which put me to shame on my dramaless life (not that I am asking for drama but imagine with my simple life like this, I had already feel stress, I don’t know what will happen if I was tested like author 🤦‍♀️). 

My favourite part is when the author said that life is a bridge, to eternity and fix our focus on our destination, while crossing the bridge so we will not fall down and manage to do our best in crossing the bridge. So if we were having problem like things that didn’t go as planned, hiccup somwhere, remind ourselves that this not the end, fix our focus and keep moving forward. Something like that. Insha Allah let’s. 

Aridity

Salam.

Whatever relevant in the past may not be relevant anymore in the future, or now.
Same goes to whatever bothering us in the past is no longer there to be worried of, either it went as smooth as our plan or not, it was in the past. I was really bothered with my placement and job offer back then when I was just graduated, now that I am already 7 years in the company, Alhamdulillah, there is no point to worry back then but of course, naive me would opt to rock the worrying chair.

Same goes to minimalism idea. It is not about painting all walls white and furnish our home with super sleek and expensive furniture. It is about letting go of the excess. Like we need food for its nutrition and fuel for energy to carry on with our life, not extravagant food everytime to be featured on Instagram posting (Instagram for me as Facebook is too ‘exposed’).

For mental, minimalism is also about encouraging to avoid overthinking mind, super high standard that is impossible to achieve. Like baju raya, as long as my baju can fit me and I look decent in it, there is no need to have new one for every occasion. First, because I am not a celebrity, nobody pay attention on what I wear. Second, Islam is all about moderation and I try to become a better Muslim by practising it. (Insha Allah). Third, people that are complaining is not the one who is paying, unless they are paying, their opinion is almost (if not absolute) invalid.

And it is about eliminating excess, not abstinence to everything.

Blessing

Salam.

One of my life greatest blessing is my sister. I don’t know how long we will stay at the same house and able to have roadtrips together, but I thought while we are still able to spend as much time together, we should and I would. I am alhamdulillah perfectly healthy, it is just that I don’t know much about future and I thought I haven’t pen enough appreciation on having her.

She is not avid reader of my blog, just when I forced her to she would come here,  either to check on content or grammar. So if I go somewhere far or we did go separate ways due to hectic life, this is a reminder that she is really a blessing to me. Whatever my posession is hers (already) and I thought that should remain because materials are meant to be utilized and that is the only hope of everything I  owned, to be beneficial.

We had our recent roadtrip to Ipoh and of course it was fun.