one munching non-muslim friend away
Or one munching non-practicing Muslim friend away...
MashaAllah, I liked your post a lot, Skye. JazakiAllah kheyr!
When I get the urges to give up, I look around me. Food is near, elhamdulillah, I have no need to think I'll die starving today. Then I look into my heart, and Emaan is there, but oh so often blurred. I know I need this, an Emaan booster, to fast and sense that I am doing something for the sake of Allah subhana we ta'ala.
Each day is not easy, sometimes harder sometimes easier, but the sensation in the evening... I always eat firstly ONE date, ONE ONLY... And I feel that's enough already. Don't misunderstand me, I do eat more, haha, but see, sometimes we think we are more tired and hungry than what we really are. Our mind is playing a trick on us. Why would I give up fasting for that one little date to eat and give up all the blessings? The days I can't fast, I feel empty. i eat my food, but remember the times I fasted and even without eating, survived the day quite well, elhamdulillah.
In the end, it is your choice, but I request you to not give up too early... There is a sweetness in the struggle itself.