here’s my turn to review my 2009 before i get all busy with the remaining parties, meetUps and what-have-you’s. a bit different this year, i am NOT re-assessing my resolutions (well, i’d give myself a 3.0)… instead, i am reviewing my posts since january for thoughts or lines i love and still believe, hehe…kind’a like looking into my online diary of some sort. (oh, a change in the font colors would mean they’re already from a different post for the month)
JANUARY = Happily hopeful
HAPPINESS is knowing that despite every sad thing that’s happening in the world right now, the All-Powerful One has a good reason for everything.
(life) it always is a daily struggle–but a worthwhile one.
there’s no such thing as 100% sure. where’s the fun–or the suffering, hehe–in that?! take a “calculated” risk, i guess. whatever.
truly, just when you think you’re going to be rejected again…life takes an unexpected turn. Alhamdulillah.
i do know there will still be those who might not be able to make sense out of what we practice or who we are…there will still be those who will try to build walls…and this honestly happens not only between Muslims and non-Muslims but also among non-Muslims themselves and, yes, “Muslims” themselves…and this can pull our hopes and spirits down…but one simple yet important truth to remember:
in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest (Holy Quran 13:28)
but what if it’s time to let go, you ask?
i would like to believe when that time comes, i will know. HE will tell me. and that may pain me so much, but HE will give me strength.
MARCH = Madly Learning
no matter how much you try to expect the unexpected, what you actually experience is nothing compared to what you expected.
we’re blessed to have an opportunity to fail…some don’t even have that opportunity…let alone an opportunity to live. and though one lifetime may never be enough to learn them all, at least i have one lifetime to learn the most that i can. ONE. just one. and that makes all the much-needed difference.
APRIL = Professionally speaking?
learning doesn’t stop when you graduate. it’s not limited to the four corners of a classroom. it may present itself in a donut split into four, or in the voice of your anger-displacing boss, or in the goodbyes when you decide to try your luck somewhere else. learning indeed takes place wherever, whenever, with whoever.
i am not even interested in knowing what might have or what could have been because…although my life can be such a mess at times, i am insanely happy where i am. Alhamdulillah.
Happiness is knowing there’s nowhere you’d rather be than where you are right now even when people say things could be much better somewhere else. -JaMaDi9
MAY = Summer Sunshine
salamat, salamat, SALAMAT!
it isn’t true that constant communication is needed to keep the friendship alive… i think it’s the unspoken understanding that you’ll remain friends even when you don’t get to text, mail or talk as much as you want…
JUNE = PsychSpeak
you can actually listen with your eyes and more importantly with your…heart.
wejusthavetokeepthingssimpleordelightinsimplethings (yes, no spaces in original post, hehe)
amazing how HE gives us a chance every second of the day to become the people we’re meant to be, don’t you think? it may not always be easy but i guess if we all meet halfway, then we’d get to where we want to be…perhaps neither here nor there…but meaningfully, faithfully somewhere.
JULY = MindSwitch
instead of hating those moments when we feel so much the pain of losing someone, may we thank Him for allowing us to feel this way…for allowing us to not just exist but to truly connect and live.everything will be ok in the end, inshaALLAH.
everyday’s a challenge to be good…or to remain good. it is interesting to note that, at times, the more you try to be good, the more temptation there is around you.
SEPTEMBER = 29th
you live, you relate, you learn.
just when you think you are the craziest person alive, think again…the existence of someones who appreciate you and who are able to handle your crazy ways is already a clear proof that they are much crazier than you could ever be…thankfully!
flood levels lie in the eyes (or height) of the beholder
NOVEMBER = Numb Not
May we allow the ALMIGHTY to rule our land and our hearts.
we’re all students in this course called Life.
There you go…re-reading my posts just made me realize how tough 2009 was…but it also made me see how i can always try to remain faithful…Alhamdulillah. And, i don’t know if this holds true for everyone, but…
i’m not surprised that looking back at happy experiences makes my heart smile…it’s when i end up smiling when i recall painful parts of yesterday. Life is indeed filled with surprises, Alhamdulillah. 
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