Abstain

For a month, once a year, many people abstain from food – which we refer to the month of Ramadan or fasting.

If man, can abstain from food and water for a whole day, it is without doubt that man can go without sex.

We as humans can abstain from many luxuries in life. We can live without the need for console games, mobile gadgets, luxury cars and branded cotton.

We cannot live without water, the sun, basic food – carbohydrate and protein, electricity (to a certain extend).

Every day we face Death in the face, but Death just walks by. This is because it is not our time yet.

But when Death decides one day, it's our day – it might be all too late.

We take money, love, sloth, kindness, friendships, jobs and convenience – all for granted.

If everyone could follow Death in to his darkness, and be given the chance to come back to this haven, everyone will be a better person.

Don't assume when you wake up, the job will be there waiting for you.

Don't be surprise to wake up one morning, to discover your loved ones have walked out on you.

Don't turn your back on your friends, those who deserve to be called friend (not the ones who are superficially there) to realise you thrown that friendship away.

We have to convince ourselves that we love to wake up, head to work.

We have to shout out loud and express the love we have for the ones who stood by us.

We have to stop every once in a while, reflect back and realise we have it.

What you may ask me? Most of us have lives, where others only dream of.

Abstain from the greed.

Abstain from jealousy.

Abstain from sloth.

Abstain from screaming our lungs out at the next person.

Abstain from infidelity.

Abstain from anger.

Abstain from hatred.

We have many things to abstain from. It all depends on what and which part we want to improve on.