Hey...it’s been quite sometime since I have spoken about what’s gwaanin down here, I mean going on. Well in the space of these days, I realised I am turning 22 this month. I remember this time last year, I kinda couldn't wait for my 21st (you know one of the 'special' birthdays). Anyway, so you know all the presents coming my way. Having a big family mashaAllah and of course being such a nice person alhamdulillah :oP I have many friends which meant 'bare' presents. Opening presents is always fun. I was reminded of my birthday as I was leaving London on the 12th of November 2005 to return back to Egypt. Although there were no presents this time round but my sisters organised an early cake for me since I wasn’t going to be in London for my birthday. It was really chweet but deep down the 'birthday celebration' just didn’t seem as exciting as it did a year ago. I wonder why? Well come to think of it, it's one more year knocked off my life.
Anyway two days ago, I was making two plats out of my hair whilst complaining that I feel old. I said to my flat mate "errrgghh, I’m turning 22, I feel old", she responded "nah Sabeen, you look 15/16 years old, like a little school girl". She misunderstood me altogether, I didn’t say "I look old", I said "I feel old". Whyzzz that? Hmmm 22 years, what have I done? What have I achieved? Well got a degree, met loadsa pretty kewl people, chilled out bare, cruised in my car, bla bla bla - the list can go on for ever, but anyway now I am in Egypt studying Arabic. I guess I have been able to achieve what I’ve always aimed for one way or another, even if that meant floooooking my way through it. However, one question I never asked myself was what would I do if I knew there was no tomorrow? What does this mean?. Well who knows how long I’m going to live, possible a year, possible 10 years or even a 100?!! I don't know but let me know if u do (with proof yeh). Let’s imagine for a minute that I had one more day to live. Yes not a year, not 10, just a day. I'm actually being pretty reasonable here coz I could be "gone in 60 seconds". Sounds pretty interesting or shall I say scary?. The question that arises is what do I wanna achieve and how before the angels come n get me? Is my objective going to open the doors to Jannah (paradise) or is it going to drag me towards the black flames of hell fire - Jahannum?. So if I had one more day to live, what would I do? Would I do everything possible for my entrance into Jannah or would it just be that one action I do to feel the flames - OUCH! (It's definitely more than just an ouch). Every action you do may be your last before you die. What are you doing to make sure you don't choose Jahannum for yourself? It may feel so much easier to engage yourself with Haram (crap) but is it worth the nateejah (result) in the akhira? - It may be too late.