Can you remember the last occasion that made you exhilarated in the year 2011? Is there any event which brings the fond memories of doing something that made you feel satisfied deep inside? Which event is the most memorable one in the last 365 days of your life?

Do you remember the day when you slapped a rickshaw puller? Is that the day when you ceased the file of a teacher who needed the pension badly? Is that the day when you did beat your hands off on the poor maid because of the wrath on your husband? Was it chatting with the most beautiful class mate for hours and forgetting to prepare for exams?

Was it promising your young lady secretary to help her grow in her career, breaking the trust of your beloved wife? Is that the day when you took part to complain against your colleague to your boss because of some personal conflict? Or the day when you were so happy to snatch all the money illegitimately from the savings of those hard earners? Or the day when you and your unreasonable bicker for a smart phone brought tears to your dad’s eyes? Is that the party you were missing so much when you kept your pale young daughter to your house keeper when she needed you the most? Is that the day?

Or is it like the day when you had to work day and night to prepare the final report for your boss and who congratulated you highly when you handed it over? Is that the day when you were determined to study hard although the friends were yelling at you to go for movies which resulted having the top mark in the exams? Or is that the day when you had to burn your last cash to collect a charity bank and got all the thanks from the donor who was successful to evade the deadly operation because of the boon of donation?

Do you remember the day when you were admired because you donated blood which helped a dying person to revive from his dire strait? Or the day when you were able to help your weak mother-in-law by helping her to cook something despite the entire squabble she had? Did you feel the bliss, when you helped your spouse by taking care of your infant reducing her stress in spite of her regular unreasonable complains against you? Did it make you feel content, when you forgave someone for something which has really caused you pain for months? Isn’t it so wonderful to do something beneficial for someone without asking for anything in return?

Obviously it is magnificent. These are the true moments which really give us the sense of fulfillment in life- the moment when you bowed down to your creator and cried like an infant to ask for forgiveness or the moment when you felt the essence of truth in deep contemplation which gave you the true meaning of life.

You start to feel you are not alone anymore. There is someone who cares for you. There is enough for you in the midst everything out there. Isn’t it wonderful to discover every morning that you are blessed with a new day? It means you have something to do with fresh starts. Isn’t it wonderful to feel that God almighty is nearer to you than you have ever thought? Don’t you remember the day when you felt from the core of your heart that ‘He who strives never perishes’?

Do you remember now? The deeds that made you feel that you are a better person or the moments that should not have happened. Is the hollowness creeping inside you and regret bursting out of you?

Actually, time never waits and time is never added. It is the action we do; the work we do is added. We get results as we do. However, we tend not to give proper value of time. Once honorable Abdullah Abu Syed sir quoted, ‘Everyone seems to be unhappy about the death but no one is grateful for the wonderful life he has’. It is never too late if you are willing to start your life from this very moment. So that when the eve of next year comes to your plate you can fill in the gaps more rather having them. It does not matter how many time we fall, what matters is the desire we have to attain our goals. That is why we are ‘Humans’.

Let this New Year, by the grace of almighty, bring you the fair wind of Happiness, Success and Wellbeing.