Blink Of An Eye
It’s crazy how time flies. This time last year I was a senior in high school and I didn’t really know what I wanted to do with my life and I had no idea where I would be going to college. If you were to tell me this time last year that I will be attending SUNY Old Westbury for my first year in college and that I will like the school, make some good friends and know what I would like to do with my life I would have probably laughed in your face. SubhanAllah time is crazy. On Tuesday (5/13) I completed my first year in college. I remember walking out of my last final thinking “I’m done…I’m done?!?” So much has happened in one year, and I learned many lessons. I remember this time last year I would be with some friends and we would say that we will come back and still be friends, but since high school ended I’ve “re-united” with about 2 friends and talked to some other friends through facebook-which really doesn’t mean anything. It goes to show that you can never know what the future holds for you. My parents always told me that I should be very careful with who I chose to be my friends, and who I chose to hang out or associate with. People come and go in your life, but the one’s that are there for you, that call or write to you no matter how far they are, the ones that check up on you, those are the ones that are your true friends. In high school we associate ourselves with groups, I think it’s in college when we learn that it’s better to have a couple of close friends that are there for you, care for you, change you in a positive way, and who understand you than to have a huge group of people who you call “friends.”
It seems that each year of my life goes by faster and faster. I can remember my freshmen year of high school, and I thought to myself wow I’m done with my first year of high school-and now I’m done with my first year of college. Time goes by so quickly, its a pretty scary concept. This year went by so fast I can’t imagine how fast next year and the year after that will go by. It shows that we need to make the best of each moment, never waste any time because time is something that we can’t control, and once its gone, its gone forever and we can never get it back. Khayr summer is here and well I avoided taking summer classes so now I might get a second job, but at least I can catch up on my deen, review the books that I have and try to go to as many lectures and stuff as possible over the summer-which reminds me, I need to go sign up for ICNA!
For those of you who are still taking finals, good luck and inshaAllah you’ll get A’s! For those of you who are done for the year, congratulations! Go take a break, relax, reflect on your accomplishments and give thanks to Allah for everything that you have.
Take care inshaAllah.
-radf
Add comment May 16, 2008
