Ramadan day 8 - Resilience vs. Fragility.

Ramadan naturally brings more challenges, and it is one of Allah’s ways for us to be more resilient and strong from a physical, mental, and spiritual perspective.

Most people only focus on the physical and mental, but they forget about spiritual nourishment in their daily lives.

Remember, Allah wants us to fast so we can be more God conscious:

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ ١٨٣

O believers! Fasting is prescribed for you—as it was for those before you—so perhaps you will become mindful ˹of Allah˺. (Qur’an 2:183)

Fasting from food, water, and sexual relations is our way of depriving ourselves of our most carnal desires, and if we are able to control those for a whole month, than surely we can control ourselves from lesser desires. That is the goal - to be more resilient to temptations. To live a fragile life is to give in to every temptation and to never take self accountability.