Experience of second Ramadan
'So why do you fast?', I asked my team mates few days ago, as they were preparing for their second iftar - the team one. 'Well...it's just so much more than not eating or not drinking..it is more of being a better person...more of spiritual experience...more of unity with each other and the whole Muslim world', both of them were mentioning almost identical things.
Last year I fasted one day. Last year I had Ramadan when all of our Jordanian MC were foreigners, we have not had members, and I barely knew maybe 2-3 people who were fasting.
This year I'm surrounded by almost 70 members, and I am the only foreigner in my MC team who is not fasting. Or was not.
After this long and exciting conversation with my team in the kitchen over iftar preparation, I decided to fully engage in the Ramadan experience this year: partially because I want to be a better person, and I find Ramadan as a perfect opportunity for me to work on the weaknesses I so want to get rid of; partially because I want to have the experience that the whole country is having, the experience that seems to be so empowering only once you are actually in it.
So far - it's been more than I was asking for!
Yesterday I septn my iftar with a family member and since I stayed over night there, I had my suhoor with them and it was a totally incredible experience with having the whole family waking up at 4 am, sitting around the kitchen, talking, joking around and eating - I've never enjoyed my food that much as today at 4 am.
Feeling of unity with my team, with my members, understanding EXACTLY what they are going through; sitting with them at the Hashem's tables and waiting for that 6: 57 pm to happen; getting a call from a team mate so excited that I am fasting and so anxious to break fast together with me!
Incredible experience, joyful and fulfilling. I am so happy I decided to go through it
Ramadan Kareem from Jordan!
Last year I fasted one day. Last year I had Ramadan when all of our Jordanian MC were foreigners, we have not had members, and I barely knew maybe 2-3 people who were fasting.
This year I'm surrounded by almost 70 members, and I am the only foreigner in my MC team who is not fasting. Or was not.
After this long and exciting conversation with my team in the kitchen over iftar preparation, I decided to fully engage in the Ramadan experience this year: partially because I want to be a better person, and I find Ramadan as a perfect opportunity for me to work on the weaknesses I so want to get rid of; partially because I want to have the experience that the whole country is having, the experience that seems to be so empowering only once you are actually in it.
So far - it's been more than I was asking for!
Yesterday I septn my iftar with a family member and since I stayed over night there, I had my suhoor with them and it was a totally incredible experience with having the whole family waking up at 4 am, sitting around the kitchen, talking, joking around and eating - I've never enjoyed my food that much as today at 4 am.
Feeling of unity with my team, with my members, understanding EXACTLY what they are going through; sitting with them at the Hashem's tables and waiting for that 6: 57 pm to happen; getting a call from a team mate so excited that I am fasting and so anxious to break fast together with me!
Incredible experience, joyful and fulfilling. I am so happy I decided to go through it
Ramadan Kareem from Jordan!
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