Ramadan Mubarak to all my Muslim brothers and sisters! Lets make this month a rewarding one! (and before people start trolling, all together now: U-S-A! U-S-A!) :grin:
Going to be tough, from 5 am to 8 PM on summer days but its a special month with high rewards, good luck to all of you and Ramadan Mubarek brothers !!
to celebrate Ramadan with you guys, I will enjoy some nice being honking piece of barbecue animal. Peace be with ya homies. Stay fockass, stay strong. <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rggi83vkHvU&hl=en_US&fs=1?color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rggi83vkHvU&hl=en_US&fs=1?color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>
Ramadan Kareem to all brothers and sisters in Islam. InshaAllah a blessed and fulfilling time for all. Al salamu-alaikom Moe
May Allah SBT accept our fasts and forgive our sins during this holy month of Ramadan Inshallah. Ameen.
Ramadan Kareem guys! Smooth sailing on the first day here, did not get hungry or thirsty at all, and did some charity for good measure I feel pretty good about it, can't help but wonder as to why I do not act in the same manner all year long, and try to do at least one act of kindness towards a stranger each day that I am alive. I guess Ramadan is more about self-reflection than anything else. And one practically half of your day is an act of worship, you tend to reflect on more things than you might like to.
What if I was a better person/Muslim outside of Ramadan than I am inside of Ramadan? Also, what about non-Muslims? How come their behavior doesn't change if the devil is locked up?
Day 1 was a breeze, although being tied down at work from 5:30AM to 7PM definitely helps the time go by faster.
There's actually a whole lot of research that extended fasting can induce a general temporary sense of well being. There was a story on the subject unrelated to Ramadan on This American Life this week. There are all sorts of New Age 'gurus' who advocate a starvation diet as a path to enlightenment, and they have some very devoted followers who swear by it. In the short term if you are really starving, a burst of energy and a positive emotional lift prevents a downward spiral whereby lack of food prevents you from having enough energy to search for food, which results in less food, which results in less energy to find food, ad infinitum.
