The price for laziness

Assalamualaikum and good morning.

Monday, 13. A public holiday.

From a morning walk at Tasik Shah Alam on this holiday.

 Holiday? Yes, it is supposed to be a day for a rest. Resting means not doing anything. Being served a nice food, sit back enjoying your day, doing things that you want to do. That’s a definition for ‘MY REST DAY’ @ ‘HOLIDAY’.

But .. the reality is not always like what we dreamt off … my rest day will normally be doing all the house chores that awaits me during the week days … pile of them, a long list. 2-3 days wont be enough to clear up all the back logs.

But there is always a lazy day. And i declare today as a lazy day. Beginning early in the morning I have announced that “ibu is not cooking, ibu is not going to do anything. Ibu is going to enjoy the day.”

But, this rest day comes with a price to pay. Ibu agreed to pay for the lunch. It costs XXX bucks. Yes, that’s the price for being lazy. You pay the price for being lazy.

The morale of the story : Nothing good comes with being lazy. There’s no winning when being lazy. It is always about losing when being lazy.

So, buck up ibu …  buck up everyone … don’t be lazy.

Hence the dua’ that Rasulallah taught us, and we asked to say it every morning and dawn:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ الْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ الْجُبْنِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ غَلَبَةِ الدَّيْنِ وَقَهْرِ الرِّجَالِ

Maksudnya: “Ya Allah, sesungguhnya aku berlindung kepada Engkau dari kedukaan dan kesedihan. Aku berlindung kepada Engkau dari sifat lemah dan malas. Aku berlindung kepada Engkau dari sifat pengecut dan bakhil. Dan aku berlindung kepada Engkau dari bebanan hutang dan penindasan manusia.”

(Sahih Al-Bukhari, 7/158)