The Run,The Dance

Assalamualaikum everyone,

As you may have known,one of my resolutions is to try to get a number or at least run without stopping  in my school's annual cross country.Guess what? The day was today! I didn't managed to get a medal though.I may have been too ambitious when I wrote that.Nevertheless,Alhamdulillah,I am so pleased that I managed to finished the circuit in 20 minutes,which is a new personal achievement.I noticed that I could run faster and better without taking too much of a break compared to the previous years.All those sweaty runs I had done were definitely worth it.I was quite close to Top 20 but I'm still satisfied with what I have achieved.All in all,I enjoyed my run so much,especially with my friends.

After the run,we had the medal ceremony and in between that and the final results annnoucement,we were given a short break by the teachers,whilst they calculated the accumulated points for each sports house,where they blast a song through the school's speakers and one by one,groups of people went to the centre of the school and danced.Yes,that's right,danced.I believe it was an impromtu.It got a little bit out of hand when the second song started and don't even let me start on the third one.Eventually it was stopped by a teacher.Despite it being a little bit inappropiate seeing that there were teachers there,it was quite amusing to see one by one person running towards the middle and got on their dancing pants.I will definitely remember this day forever,for sure.

But on a more serious note,it is amusing,amazing and scary at the same time how music can influence people so much.How music can reunite people.How music is a universal language.Like everything,there are always the good side and the bad side.I feel like the younger generations are so influenced by the western way of living.The fact that they are exposed to social medias such as Twitter and Instagram at a such early age,at an age when back then I was only deciding which pencil colour I want to colour my drawing with and not which nail varnish I want to paint my nails with.I feel it is as if they are growing too rapidly,not in a mutured way but in a way where they experience weird adolenscene phases way earlier.And that isn't good.I see kids of age twelve,of age eleven on Instagram posting pictures with captions that sound as if they don't want to live anymore.It is very saddening and worrying to think about the future of the younger ones,what more,my generations'.

This is definitely not a situation where we can just point fingers to anyone.We live in a world where Internet is widely used everywhere and at any time.We need it.It helps us with our daily activities.It's quite inevitable for kids to get exposed to it at an early age.Sure,they know how to use the Internet.Sure,they know Twitter and Instagram.But the ultimate question is - Are the kids lack of guidance? Are they lack of attention? I don't know.

I feel the need to make a change.I feel obligated to do so.But what? What can I do? What should I do? Where do I begin? All these uncertainities are stopping me from taking any actions.However,I am very certain if we work had to make sure our aqidah and akhlaq are excellent,Insyaallah He will protect us from the darkness.May Allah bless us & protect us.Amin.

This entry started pretty relaxing but ended with a quite serious note.But after witnessing such incident my worries for what's to come have grown bigger.Despite the worrying thoughts,today was a very good day.I had fun at school.I enjoyed my final run at this school.I will definitely miss this event ♥