Every Ramadan without fail several people say to me some variation of, 'Fasting is so hard. I could never...aren't you hungry?' My usual response is something along the lines of, 'it's really not so much about food' or 'the not eating part really isn't that hard'.
Each year I try to focus on something during Ramadan. One or two things that I want to improve or at least be more aware of. In past years, this has been mostly mental. This year my focus is mostly physical; my focus is food. So much of what the things I listen to are about how to balance deen and dunya. Food is both.
I tell people every year that Ramadan is not really about food, but this year it's a big part of it for me.
I waste a lot of food. I want to waste less. Every meal that I don't finish my food, I waste it. The wastefulness is pervasive and affects so many aspects of life. In me, wastefulness breeds an undeserved attitude of entitlement and privilege. I want every time I eat to be a reminder that I have so much. Rather, I have just the right amount; the amount I am supposed to have. No more. No less. It's up to me to take the right amount.
Really, I'm trying to be mindful of food. This hopefully translates into being mindful about other things. Be mindful year round Taher.
I believe that I'll get what is coming to me. No more, no less. It's up to me to be happy with whatever that is. Taher, let every time you eat be a reminder.
Each year I try to focus on something during Ramadan. One or two things that I want to improve or at least be more aware of. In past years, this has been mostly mental. This year my focus is mostly physical; my focus is food. So much of what the things I listen to are about how to balance deen and dunya. Food is both.
I tell people every year that Ramadan is not really about food, but this year it's a big part of it for me.
I waste a lot of food. I want to waste less. Every meal that I don't finish my food, I waste it. The wastefulness is pervasive and affects so many aspects of life. In me, wastefulness breeds an undeserved attitude of entitlement and privilege. I want every time I eat to be a reminder that I have so much. Rather, I have just the right amount; the amount I am supposed to have. No more. No less. It's up to me to take the right amount.
Really, I'm trying to be mindful of food. This hopefully translates into being mindful about other things. Be mindful year round Taher.
I believe that I'll get what is coming to me. No more, no less. It's up to me to be happy with whatever that is. Taher, let every time you eat be a reminder.
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