Grey Clouds Over Ramadhan?

It's the fourth of Ramadhan. Time really flies!

Things are different for us this year, as we are doing it ourselves without our maid. Its been fun so far and I really hope it will continue to be so.

As is our tradition, I stopped by the bazaar Ramadhan to get stuff to brighten breaking of fast. Surprisingly I could get parking so easily and I found that there weren't too many people there. There were some variety of food, but I felt that it wasn't to what I remember it to be. At the mosque, I found that that there were very few sponsors for the iftar, a far cry from last year when I couldn't get a slot to sponsor even though it was not yet the fasting month. And someone did mention that the iftar at the mosque was rather subdued compared to previous years.

Are we feeling the pinch now?

Let Go!

Just before the weekend, I ran into someone who mentioned that I haven't updated my blog for a while; how true it was. No excuses for not writing, and it is nice to know that someone some there appreciates reading what I write.

Recently I let things take their course and we let someone take the lead in one of our workshops. I must say he showed us that our judgement wasn't in error; and he did give quite a good account of himself.

The episode has given me some things to mull over, though. When we let other people a chance to shine, many times we measure it in terms of ourselves; we forget that everyone approaches things differently and we follow them step by step, expecting them to do every single thing the way we do it and at the slightest deviation, we are ever ready to pounce on them and take over what needs to be done. In the end, we bash the slightest bits of confidence they may just only be nurturing, and kill what ever enthusiasm they may have.

In all honesty, I must say that what matters is the outcomes. As long as the outcomes serve their purpose, then let others seek it out themselves. We have to let them sing with their own voice, run in their own shoes for as long as the outcome is the winning.

Yeah. I guess that's how champions are created. In the words of Judy Garland, its always better to be a first rate version of yourself than to be a second rate version of somebody else.

Go forth, my friends, and seek out the world.