THE STATE WE ARE IN
As I read the news this morning, I wept uncontrollably. Tried as I might, the tears just couldn’t stop flowing. There was this excruciating pain in my heart; pain of sadness and helplessness on one hand and unimaginable anger on the other. And I was not even the one who carried her in the womb for 9 months.
Such atrocity! How it came about and what drove a person to commit such barbaric act is beyond me. Is it a reflection of our failure as a society? Are not adults responsible to provide safe and healthy surroundings for the children to grow up in? Could we had done anything more? What can we do to stop this nightmare?
Ya Allah! At times like this, I pray for your guidance and compassion. My faith in You is the only guiding light that’s helping me get through this period of doubt and uncertainty. I know that You have a greater plan for the girl; she will be your guest in your beautiful firdaus right where she belongs, smiling from one ear to another for she knows there could not be a better place for her than where she is right now. I know You do not want us to weep her death but You want us to weep at the state we are in as individuals and society.
The worst thing we can do right now is turn a blind eye and deaf ear and pretend as if it had never happened. Let us be more alert, more vigilant no matter where we are. Maybe it’s time to get to know our neighbours and their children better. Maybe it’s time for us to pay more attention to the happenings in our neighbourhood especially, more closely. Maybe it’s time for us to be less selfish and start to think and care a bit more about other people too. Maybe it’s time for each of us to be a better member of our society. We should not let her die in vain.
May you rest in peace, little girl. Amin.
Salam Ramadhan by the way...
Such atrocity! How it came about and what drove a person to commit such barbaric act is beyond me. Is it a reflection of our failure as a society? Are not adults responsible to provide safe and healthy surroundings for the children to grow up in? Could we had done anything more? What can we do to stop this nightmare?
Ya Allah! At times like this, I pray for your guidance and compassion. My faith in You is the only guiding light that’s helping me get through this period of doubt and uncertainty. I know that You have a greater plan for the girl; she will be your guest in your beautiful firdaus right where she belongs, smiling from one ear to another for she knows there could not be a better place for her than where she is right now. I know You do not want us to weep her death but You want us to weep at the state we are in as individuals and society.
The worst thing we can do right now is turn a blind eye and deaf ear and pretend as if it had never happened. Let us be more alert, more vigilant no matter where we are. Maybe it’s time to get to know our neighbours and their children better. Maybe it’s time for us to pay more attention to the happenings in our neighbourhood especially, more closely. Maybe it’s time for us to be less selfish and start to think and care a bit more about other people too. Maybe it’s time for each of us to be a better member of our society. We should not let her die in vain.
May you rest in peace, little girl. Amin.
Salam Ramadhan by the way...
posted by Ms O at 12:45 pm
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