Musings of a Servant of Allah
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Excitement!
Salams world!
I’m so thrilled! InshaAllah Sheikh Nuh and his wife Um Sahl are arriving on Thursday! I’ve waited a year for this, and subhanAllah, what a year it’s been. So much has happened, and alhamdulilah, I’m so relieved that I’m in a much better place now.
My health issues have stabilised, and I’m looking forward to my trip to Jordan on the 23rd of June. Seeing my team of health care providers has really helped, alongside attending my weekly dhikr gatherings. Healing isn’t complete when it’s just the medical. There’s the spiritual side that needs nurturing too.
I’m currently catching up with friends and spending time with family. A year ago, I couldn’t have been able to imagine the general state of internal peace I’ve been blessed with. Verily, after every hardship, there is relief! Seeing old friends from med school is also so lovely…they’ll be interns in a matter of months. I’m so proud of how far they’ve come. It’s a journey I stepped away from, but here’s to my own version of a bright shiny future. My friends will all be incredible doctors. Caring, competent and insightful. Wonder what I’ll be?
I can’t wait to embark on the Shifa Summer Program in Jordan! It’ll be a welcome break after my YEARS of secular education. My decision to put medical school on hold has still ruffled a few feathers, despite my own state of contentment. It’s puzzling when spectators to my life are upset when I’m not! Strange, strange.
Sheikh Naeem raised an interesting point in one of his lectures. He said that the Muslim ummah is in desperate need of saviours to lead us out of the darkness of ignorance….but our best minds have been sent to study Medicine at Harvard because their parents want comfortable retirements. Sad, but true. Chasing after material wealth will never bring lasting contentment. Sure, we do need Muslim doctors to respond to the unique spiritual needs of Muslim patients, but it’s a sad day when Muslim parents are devastated when their children stop medical school to become scholars instead. And it happens.
Victorian bushfires
Please making dua for Allah to ease the suffering of those in Victoria. The death toll has increased to 84….makes you stop and think about the fleeting nature of life.
The saddest part of this tragedy is that some of these horrific fires were deliberately lit. Justice will be served – whether it be in this life, or the next.
I’m back!
*sheepish wave*
I’m still alive. Really! Incredible life changes have occurred…all positive, because alhamdulilah, everything is good for the believer.
Quick run-down: I’m still deferring Medicine due to illness, have worked in a full-time job since September 2008 and am saving up to go to Jordan in June, inshaAllah.
Alhamdulilah, I’ve never felt so at peace before. I’m in a new place of stability, and am not as unwell as I was at the end of 2007. 2008 was the best year of my life because I finally had the space and time to rest, recover, and sort out a new direction for me. So it’s onwards and upwards from here.
Full-time work is just fabulous. I’ve met incredible people, and made some friends whom I intend to keep for life…
On The World of Retail
If there’s one thing you take away from my entire BLOG – it’s this…..please, be kind to the person behind the cash register. We’re still people! With feelings!
I’m having a surprisingly great time, working as a Christmas Casual at one of the biggest department stores in Sydney. I’ve learned a lot about what it’s like to actually provide customer service.
I’ve worked at the loading dock and the shop floor. There’s this hilarious rivalry between the two. The folk at the loading dock are a lovely, down-to-earth type. The ones on the floor are very customer-service oriented. So when I got back to working at the loading dock, one of the guys asked “It’s better down here, isn’t it?” I grinned and laughed, and said it depended on my mood.
SO, be nice to your customer service lot! We’re still people, with feelings. When you browse, pick up the things you drop. We appreciate it!
