Fasting Month

Fasting Month has just started yesterday for the Muslim Community. Just a brief background on the subject matter, the muslims fast once a year, for more or less 30 Days. They are not allowed to eat, drink, or take any substances into their body while the sun is up. By practice, a friend of mine doesnt eat from 4am to 6pm approximately.

No, I am not a muslim. However, Id like to express my sincerest admiration for their practices. For about a month, they test themseleves to the limit. Waking up before 4am to take their morning meal and to say their morning prayer. They go about their daily work with a promise that they will not host any negative feeling inside them. That they will let the hunger remind them of their proper place in Life. They will pray at least 4 times more and it reapeats all over again, for 30 days. Trully fascinating.. and inspiring.

Although I was raised in the Catholic's teachings, Ive always admired other religions such as Buddhism and Islam. It saddens me how in our country, the Muslims are stereotyped because of all the war happening in the southern parts. Fact of the matter is, I find muslims to be more peace loving than catholics. Well, it might be assuming of me to blame it on the religion. For all i know, it could be just the culture. But im no historian, i have no PhD in culture or anything even close to that. What i have are just little slices of experience and a handfull of observations. I would have to say...