CHOCOLAT

guess what? iam turning into the biggest chocolate freak ever. my craving is beyong repair. i long for chocolate like a hungry child longs for food. he cries, he yelps, he kicks and shouts until what he wants is given to him. embarassingly yes, i have become that hungry child. today the urge was so strong, it compelled me to buy a jar of nutella's chocolate spread. and the feeling that overpowered me after eating one and half sandwhich cannot be described. it felt like heaven. like floating in air. hahahahah.....
everyday i try to find something new to thank god for. today was probably chocolate. yeah right. it was perhaps water and many other things. it always hurts when i see small children on the road without basic necessities like shoes and clothes. education and shelter would come much later. they are a product of starvation and malnutrition. their mostly beggers and i know that beggary is not encouraged in islam but sometimes i just cant help myself. they really look as if they havent eaten for days. one more roti might give them one more day to live.
today i want to share someones qoute that struck me as very relevant for our nation. we had a quest lecturer today ho works for samaa channel. anyway, he was trying to encourage the youth to be more passionate and patriotic. he said omething beautiful. he said we are always blaming people. whose responsible for cleaning filth? the janitors! whose going to enforce the law and order? the goverment! whose responsible for the mess on the streets? the police! so are you responsible for anything? you expect your kids to be looked after, your house to be cleaned by someone, your dishes to be washed, your clothes to be ironed? so whats your job? why are you here? what do you have to do? dont you have any responsiblity as a citizen if not a muslim? or vice versa. its sad. open the quran for guidance. its there. its all there. ok the guest speaker stoppedafter reponsibility and iam adding the quran part. but he made so much sense. iam finally reading my book called etiquettes in islam and iam surprised to learn that islam has solutions to all kinds of problems. iam on the chapter about friends and making friends and its so enlightning. islam is elevating the status of your friends too. allah says make good friends, and those that would not take you away from your religion. those that would attract you to it. be humble and patient around them. make them comfortable and the most interesting part was dont be informal rather enjoy life with them. i have all kinds of freinds. some fit this category sadly others dont. i have a recently turned naqabi friend whose thinks on the same lines as i do. when we talk its like talking to myself. and what i love about her is that she listens and guides me. she tells me when iam wrong and why. i have another friend who i also really admire. shes one of the most selfless people i have ever known. she will always think high of you, she will do anyhting to help you, sadly our religious lines dont meet. shes not the only one, i have many more more who i cannot share religious beliefs with but i still call them my friends. i pray to god to guide them. duas have such strentgh, if asked with true conviction.