So many things happened, both mentally, physically and spiritually.
So many mishaps happened, though it does not affect me directly, but definitely has an impact on me.
2014 was a rough year for the mankind as a whole.
Air industry was in chaos ever since March, then it kept getting chaotic by then.
The sea industry was not even spared any mercy.
One thing for sure, all those mishaps happened are definitely an eye opener for me, that nothing can be compared to the power of Allah swt. And that mankind has no power in anything, even if they created the plane to fly across skies, or the ship to sail across oceans.
Previously, when I was a little younger, I would always watch airplane crashes documentary on TV and it only showed crashes like in the 90s or before. And a part of me felt great because there wasn't any crashes that I've known in the 2000s. But, the events that happened in 2014 totally proved me wrong.
"It is Allah who has created seven heavens and of the earth, the like of them. [His] command descends among them so you may know that Allah is over all things competent and that Allah has encompassed all things in knowledge." (65:12)
Despite all that, 2014 was a year I've never felt any more blessed than I already am. Continuous happiness blessed upon me and the love I felt between me and my Creator. I'm pretty sure, and definite about it, that 2014 was a year I felt so close to Allah, after years of being so absorbed with the worldly affairs.
Ever more blessed for a protected journey outside of Singapore, especially since I had to fly days after MH370 went missing. Nobody knew how fearful I became of flying, and to be very honest, I actually wished my trip was cancelled. But, I felt like Allah told me Kun Faya Kun, that anything can happen to anybody when He wishes it to be.
More than anything, I'm glad I was over the compulsory education phase, because truthfully, I regretted being too focused on this world's education system, but my religious studies weren't even thought of. That's particularly why I felt even more blessed that 2014 was a year I can do whatever I want, at my own time, for the sake of Allah and my Hereafter. But all that would not even happen if it was not for my mother who continuously inspire me to be such better Muslimah. Truthfully, my idol, my role model is none other than the woman who gave birth to me, who bore the 9months pain.
All in all, I'm just so glad and grateful that 2014 was a year I felt so close to Allah, and that my heart was at ease because Allah and the Hereafter was always in my mind 24/7, for 365 days, throughout. So Alhamdulillah for that.
With that, goodbye 2014, you were very good to me, and I'm ever more ready for 2015.
Of course, thank you Ya Rabb, it was You who made 2014 good for me.
So hello, 2015.