The Family At R&R Seremban Southbound
THE FAMILY AT R&R SEREMBAN SOUTHBOUND
This happened a few years back before I went for Hajj.
I was on the way back to Segamat with my wife Siti Hajar. We stopped at the R&R of Seremban (Southbound) for supper.
While waiting for our foods, I noticed a family – a mother father and a daughter (8-9 years of age perhaps) – was having a decent helping of food.
The family is obviously poor, judging by their clothing. The meal they were having are being paid by somebody else, somehow I overheard.
The thing that captured my attention was how happy they were. Although the hardship of living a decent life was pretty clear on the face of the father, he kept smiling and talking softly & sweetly to the daughter.
The father even declined to have other food, because he was just enjoying a loaf of bread with his mug of hot milo.
I learnt something quickly form them…..
Being happy is the main thing that you should do with your family, no matter what is happening around you.
A poor father, sacrificing his needs of having delicious food and opted for a loaf of bread as long as the family members are having better food than him. Really back to the basic, which is something that we often neglected, or take for granted.
And what have we been up to?
Complaining about some not so delicious food at a 5-Star hotel function, paid by the company, whereby some people have to work really hard to have a simple breakfast for the whole family.
Well, some of us tend to have the mind set that it is enough for us to give away some amount of our income for the needy, we have done enough for them.
Perhaps it is not fair to stereo-type these kind of people as heartless….well at least they do contribute some of their income to the needy….at least….
Till when do we want to dwell in the “at least” territory?!!!
This happened a few years back before I went for Hajj.
I was on the way back to Segamat with my wife Siti Hajar. We stopped at the R&R of Seremban (Southbound) for supper.
While waiting for our foods, I noticed a family – a mother father and a daughter (8-9 years of age perhaps) – was having a decent helping of food.
The family is obviously poor, judging by their clothing. The meal they were having are being paid by somebody else, somehow I overheard.
The thing that captured my attention was how happy they were. Although the hardship of living a decent life was pretty clear on the face of the father, he kept smiling and talking softly & sweetly to the daughter.
The father even declined to have other food, because he was just enjoying a loaf of bread with his mug of hot milo.
I learnt something quickly form them…..
Being happy is the main thing that you should do with your family, no matter what is happening around you.
A poor father, sacrificing his needs of having delicious food and opted for a loaf of bread as long as the family members are having better food than him. Really back to the basic, which is something that we often neglected, or take for granted.
And what have we been up to?
Complaining about some not so delicious food at a 5-Star hotel function, paid by the company, whereby some people have to work really hard to have a simple breakfast for the whole family.
Well, some of us tend to have the mind set that it is enough for us to give away some amount of our income for the needy, we have done enough for them.
Perhaps it is not fair to stereo-type these kind of people as heartless….well at least they do contribute some of their income to the needy….at least….
Till when do we want to dwell in the “at least” territory?!!!
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