Training for the rest of the year.

Asaalam everyone!
I know that I did a blog recently about the abilities you would be taking away from Ramadan, but today I am going to talk more deeply into this topic.

Recently, at many talks I've been to, I've heard this point that Ramadan isn't switch on and then stop. You don't come out now and go into hibernation after Ramadan. It's like a training ground, to get ready for the rest of the year, or a blender, your making a milkshake so you can drink it for the rest of the year, and you need the right ingredients. There are different flavours, everyone's probably going to make a different one, or take away a different one, with different ingredients. If you do not use the right ingredients then your milkshake will not turn out right. It should keep you energised, keep you cool etc. whatever the purpose should be. However, it won't be if you have not made it properly.

So what abilites MIGHT you be taking away? It's probably different for everyone. I just wanted to write down a few habits you may or may not be taking away from Ramadan, just a general chat on the topic.

Firstly, some of the basics, how about Salah? In this month I see people clean the slate and start again, especially with salah. Maybe you were running behind on Salah just before Ramadan, getting into the habit of it now will help you for the rest of the year. Maybe it might just be waking up for Fajr instead, or staying awake a little later, maybe just waking up afterwards from a quick nap, for Eesha.

Secondly, maybe you have found a charity you want to donate to again. Giving charity benefits YOU, so why think of it as a burden? It helps others in the process to.

Maybe you have gained some health benefits, maybe you used to have one STRICT diet. One thing for breakfast, another for lunch, another for dinner, same thing for breakfast tomorrow and so on, and you have to eat at one time. Through fasting you might lose this habit, and instead you will have a more varied diet.
I have a relative whose health has actually got better through fasting, obviously if you know your health will get worse through fasting, you don't have to fast, but that's a different topic, Insha-Allah, I will
write about that tomorrow, or another time.

Finally, perhaps you have adapted a good quality or lost a bad one, for example maybe you have become more patient, or have become less greedy etc.

It really depend on how your Ramadan has gone.
I hope you are having a nice Ramadan!
Ramadan Mubarak!