starting a new year

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2017 has begun and it was welcomed the same way 2016 was welcomed and 2015 and all the years before that. Laughter, fireworks and big parties are thrown to mark the end of the previous year and welcome the new one but after that live goes back to normal again.
Reaching a new year is a blessing because it gives us the chance to contemplate on the previous year and make a change to the new year that has started. Many people do not have this chance because they did not reach the new year and since we did not know we will reach the next year we should use this opportunity wisely. Every day we get to see the sun rise to a new day and breathe the air of that day is a chance to make a difference in our lives. It is a chance to be thankful for the blessings we have never been thankful for before that we have been given before they are lost. The prophet (s.a.w) told us to remember Allah during are times of prosperity so he may remember us during our periods of adversity.

It is a chance to make up with those we have cut or treat unfairly such as parents, family members, friends, neighbors etc. as you never know if you ever will be given the chance to say sorry or a kind word if you give that chance up. We are taught that Allah only forgives what we do in disobedience to him but does not forgive what harm we do to others. Rather, it is for them to forgive us and pardon our wrongdoing.   

The new year gives us the chance to be hospitable and charitable do something productive for our lives. Giving charity and showing good character towards others is important, giving charity does not mean you only give money although you should but it also includes other good deeds. This includes smiling which is considered a charity, helping others such as removing something harmful from the road is a charity and helping others out or just saying a kind word. Every day in our lives we can do these little acts of charity but most of the time we let them pass by saying we are too busy or we just can’t do it.  Helping out those who need our help benefits us more than the person who needed the help, this is because this person will find help one way or another but we passed out on an opportunity to do good. Doing good and helping others softens are attitude and weakens selfishness and helps us become selfless.


Whatever way we choose to begin each new year; we should first know that we are blessed to reach a new year to make a change to our current living standards for the better. Each new year should help us improve our standards from the year before so we can make a productive change to our lives and of those around us. 

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