The little things....

I just was reminded me of something which I think is a lost attribute in today's age, enjoying the little things in life. We're always in a hurry to get things done, always a train to catch or an escaping appointment that we tend to forget to stop for a second and see things around us. We always complain there isn't enough time in the world, those 24 hours in a day isn't enough to get everything done. Is it really healthy to always be on the go? Should we really speed through life without knowing where the past 24 years went? I don't know, to me that just doesn't sound health.

I know I'm guilty of speeding through life myself. I'm one who always needs to be doing SOMETHING. If I'm not doing something, I'll be sitting there bored out of my mind wanting to bang my head against the wall JUST for something to do.

I miss those little things in life. Things like it being extremely late at night with no one up with a raging thunderstorm thundering away outside and me curled up with a wonderful book in my bed (haven't done this in ages). Or just the chirp of happiness of my bird when he sees I'm up or just came home. And even having a wonderfully awesome khutba followed by the best recitation of the namaz, the type you get so lost in that you don't want it to end, ever.

Why are we always so quick to do things? I know it’ll sound cliché but why don't we stop to smell the roses once in a while? I’m fully aware of we all have homework, tests, relationships, kids, jobs, and whatever you have to take care of. I’m the first to say I can’t do something due to the fact I have a test.

Maybe there's something to it that babies know that we don't. They always seem to laugh at little insignificant things.

I think we as humans have to learn to take things slow at times. Take an hour a day where it’s YOU TIME. You just do something JUST for yourself. Be that reading a book, having a better relationship with Allah swt, or just watching tv while sipping tea/coffee. So get out there and do something that you enjoy doing and relaxes you, even if it's playing with your kids.