Check and Recheck

 

 

It has been an intense month.

 

I have close orders about a month ago and will be completing the remaining Raya dresses during this whole coming month of Ramadan.

 

There are experiences in life that one never plans for … it just happens.  No matter how hard you want to find the equation to come out with a solution. There is none. By the end of the day, it is the meaning of tawakal that we reencounter … to make peace with things.

 

I have never regret every single moment I have experienced, be it good or bad. Because this is my story. If time is indeed relative, then everything and everyone I have or will come upon are all apart of me and with me (some having higher intensity than the rest). Because this is my story.

 

Ramadan is just around the corner, it is the most appropriate time for us to check and recheck, to privately introspect ourselves.

 

Ramadan Kareem everyone!

 

I will be back after Raya … insha Allah. 

 

 

 

Say what you need to say ...

Today I listened to:

- a lady, during my 40 minutes commuter ride from PWTC to Shah Alam, in the verge of a nervous breakdown, revealing each and every one of her troubles to all the strangers around her.

- My friend Ras, pouring her heart out for six hours during our drive back to UUM.

 

They inspire me.

Even if your hands are shaking

And your faith is broken

Even as the eyes are closing

Do it with a heart wide open

Say what you need to say …

(John Mayer - Say)

Small is Possible

I am inspired and intrigued by this book: Small is Possible: Life in a Local Economy.

 

Below is an excerpt:

In an era when incomprehensibly complex issues like Peak Oil and climate change dominate headlines, practical solutions at a local level can seem somehow inadequate.

In response, Lyle Estill’s Small is Possible introduces us to “hometown security,” with this chronicle of a community-powered response to resource depletion in a fickle global economy. True stories, springing from the soils of Chatham County, North Carolina, offer a positive counterbalance to the bleakness of our age.

This is the story of how one small southern US town found actual solutions to actual problems. Unwilling to rely on the government and wary of large corporations, these residents discovered it is possible for a community to feed itself, fuel itself, heal itself, and govern itself.

There is also another appealing book from the same publisher: Ecopreneuring: Putting Purpose and the Planet Before Profits

I wonder if we can apply it to Changloon.

Now, I really do think it’s time for me to leave my membership in the NATO (No Action Think out loud Only) and start acting.

Sigh.