End of Ramadhan Thoughts

Drive carefully at all times. Always think of your loved ones. Be responsible parents. Know what your children are doing. They might be playing with firecrackers and endangering their lives and others.



All these reminders are becoming so common that people might have just blocked them out as noise. Yet, we still hear of many fatal accidents and children wounded by firecrackers. Who should we blame?



Should we blame the impatient driver? Or maybe, the slow vehicle on the right lane or on the only lane is at fault? Maybe what you do or don't do can cause accidents to other people. An example would be giving a signal too late when you want to turn at a junction. Other people will speed since they thought there are no reasons for them to slow down. How would you feel if what you do or didn't do causes other people's accidents?



Should we blame the seller of the firecracker? Or maybe the children themselves are to be blame since they know bad things can happen with the firecrackers. They should know better since they must have seen all those children already wounded from firecracker mishaps shown on TV. What is the responsibility of the parents then? Maybe they are too tired with daily chores that having their children playing outside the house is a great relief. Don't care what the children do, as long as they come back in one piece.



So many questions and maybes there. Only YOU know the answer. If you feel at peace with yourself, with whatever that you're doing, and your conscience are clear, good for you. Otherwise, you're existence in this world is a nuisance and I don't think such people are fit to be living in the society. These words maybe too harsh in the approaching Syawal with its spirit of forgiving and seeking forgiveness. But that is what I feel every time when the news of fatal accidents and wounded children are shown on TV. A numbing sadness, robbing the place of the festive cheerfulness.



Lastly, I'd like to wish everyone a Happy Aidilfitri and Maaf Zahir Batin. Be happy and be safe.