I can still remember that one day in my first
semester. It was neither a real good day nor a bad one. Nothing intervened in
the midst of the day like a powerful word to cheer me up and keep me feeling
whole, nothing also ruined my emotion. It was just
an ordinary day, after all. But I remember I was moved to the point of feeling so
right that I couldn’t stop from smiling, alone.
I was
heading my way to my ‘mahallah’ and I took quite a longer route than usual when
I experienced this kind of peaceful, delighting feeling within the very core of
my soul. I had to first pass the library, and then our beautiful mosque and the
cafe before the stairway connecting my ‘mahallah’ and the centre area showed up
in my sight. The stairway is quite high to climb after a long day - I called it as Batu Cave, just so you know -
but the thought of having to climb it, however, didn’t seem to disturb me
in that day.
When I was
walking, I noticed - though I cannot remember now either on my left or my right
side - a group of lecturers was also walking. I gathered they were on their
ways to the mosque judging by the way they talked and laughed while folding the
end of the hands of their shirts for wudhu’. They had quite a beautiful day, I
could guess. Not far from the group, I could see two beautiful sisters sitting
in the cafe. They didn’t eat, they were too, talking and laughing as if they
were long lost close friends. Not a single thing appeared to bother them; they
looked deeply immersed in their conversation. I gave them a glint as I walked
pass by them, basking in the ambience.
Nothing is special to see them walking and laughing,
of course. I’ve seen
something ever so special. The special thing I realized in that day, even
though it was not profound, was how at that moment I decided not to deny the
pleasure of enjoying a simple existence. It hit me that I was happy for no
reason. I felt happy merely because I saw how happy people were. And I felt
happy because I could feel their presence. Just look at all the happy faces all
around us, aren’t they beautiful? Can’t you feel it, how the sparkling eyes are
carrying happiness inside and outside? Sometimes, we were busy capturing
ourselves as being alive, but the fact was that we were not always conscious
while living our lives. Sometimes, we didn’t look deeper for the beauty in
simple moments, what more to appreciate all those moments. We didn’t look at
the small things which can give us a sense of happiness. Or even if we looked, we didn’t see.
We were busy
living our lives that we forgot how actually it is to just live a life!
It is really
beautiful to get engaged in the surroundings and embrace the beautiful
atmosphere, and I suggest you once in a while let it grab your heart. Listen to
the chirping of the birds and embrace the rhythm, enjoy how the squirrels
darting everywhere in the sparse crowd. Spend your time to watch the breathtaking
sunrise and sunset, observe how beautiful the way the leaves fall before they
touch the ground and watch how everyone is doing their thing and living their
lives. Take a breath and feel all other living creatures all around you, they
are too alive. And they are all beautiful
in their own ways.
“If the heart beats for
Allah, and for the beautiful things in life, it is a heart full of love” –
Sister Fadila Grine, Unlock Your Heart. Look, listen, and feel with your heart. Because life
is full of beauty, don’t waste this chance to spread our love. Then
which of the favours of your Lord will you deny? (al-Quran 55:13)
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