Eid Mubarak!

Alhamdulillah. Extremely grateful to be able to celebrate another year of Ramadhan and Eid together with my family. Thank you, Allah...:')

In this year's Ramadhan, I have learned that our act of giving is actually not for the benefit of the receiver but instead, for the benefit of ourselves. Giving is joy. It heals our sorrows, fills our emptiness, and replaces grief with relief. It also makes us closer to God because God loves those who share and give. I have witnessed people who were not really grateful for the things I have given or donated to them, and I felt really sad because the intention was to make them happy but unfortunately it did not. So I reminded myself that at the end of the day, we give what we can. Even the less-fortunate people are human beings with flaws, therefore may lack gratitude and respect to those who are trying to help or simply being kind. So let them. Believe it is Allah who opens the best doors in life for us, not other people. Do not aim to make other people happy. Aim to make Allah happy.