Home is where the heart is

Well, it's a few days before balik kampung. I've been very busy - not able to leave KL, even on the weekends. But thank GOD for the 1-week raya holiday, i'll come back home soon! Although I bear in mind that I don't have much time left to be at home - before leaving M'sia!! And with so many reasons to be at home - although not-so-much activities to be done, there is a need for me to seize every moment (carpe diem)when I'm at home next week. Every year we celebrate the festive season with our families, it strengthens our ties and foster our love to each other. Families mean so much to us simply because we live, grow up and and share our lives together. In the Quran GOD has said,

"We enjoined the human being to honor his parents. His mother bore him, and the load got heavier and heavier. It takes two years (of intensive care) until weaning. You shall be appreciative of Me, and of your parents. To Me is the ultimate destiny." [31:14]

In another similar verse,

"We enjoined the human being to honor his parents. His mother bore him arduously, gave birth to him arduously, and took intimate care of him for thirty months. When he reaches maturity, and reaches the age of forty, he should say, "My Lord, direct me to appreciate the blessings You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and to do the righteous works that please You. Let my children be righteous as well. I have repented to You; I am a muslim."[46:15]

But who else should we be thankful to - for our kind parents and families - if not to GOD Almighty. So always remember GOD and be thankful for this beautiful life, because who else takes care of our family, if not GOD, The Sustainer of life?

"Proclaim: "If your parents, your children, your siblings, your spouses, your family, the money you have earned, a business you worry about, and the homes you cherish are more beloved to you than GOD and His messenger, and the striving in His cause, then just wait until GOD brings His judgment." GOD does not guide the wicked people."[9:24]

Thank GOD for my loveable, loving and caring family!