Nobody does it alone.

Ever have the fear of being alone? Not having anyone on your right or your left, neither in sight nor at a near distance. It gives us the feeling that nobody has got our backs. Nobody we can turn to in times of need or desperation. Its human to feel alone and want to be accepted. Its not wrong, infact its just so important in everyone's life. We can't ever think about getting through this life without a friend or companion beside us.

Life is like a plate of rojak. Lotsa things get mixed inside, fruits, cucumbers and lotsa nice stuff. In order to actually make that rojak, it takes the rojak man a long long time. He has to cut up all the ingredients and mix the sauce just right. If not, it doesn't taste very nice. In rojak, all the various components complement each other, remove one of it and the whole thing will taste totally different. Throughout the process of making rojak, things are added little by little, it starts with one ingredient and it adds another, and it just keeps going on until the rojak is completed and served.

It is just the same with life, its a very long journey. For some it might be short, but whatever the duration, it is a road. The road has been preplanned, filled with bumps and stuff. But along the path of hijrah, out in the desert , we meet random strangers that we don't know. We invite them into our tents, shower them with gifts, and get to know them and make them feel at home. Soon we befriend them, and another new person is added to the group. So the convoy continues moving along the sandy road, picking up more strangers.

As the trip continues, there are issues, tyres go flat, no water, no food. Well we don't eat our friend or anything, but we work together to fix and to ensure the journey continues. If things get harder, we might even have to make a complete stop, just to repair to resupply and to get ready to move out again. In life, we gotta be ready to stop, reflect, fix and change. We can't continue moving with a broken tyre or no water cause that would be utterly foolish. We work together to figure out a solution, helping one another to survive until we reach our destination.

Once we reach the place where we were intended to be, the friends part ways and never see each other again. Not a telephone call, or a letter, neither a picture nor voice. Life goes on as usual, we move on but somehow something just feels incomplete, and we can never forget the hardships or events that we went through together.

A friendship is defined by the events that cultivated that bond. It is made and shaped due to the things that both people experienced. Character is changed to suit one another, emotions are joined as one. They are no longer seperate bodies but are 1 in mind. The more amazing things that are attempted together strengthen that bond of friendship and create a deeper emotional attachment.

At the end of the journey, we realise that it wasn't the destination that was the most important thing. The best part of the journey was the time that the friends spent together, getting sunburned. One needed another just as much as another needed that one. As a result, we come to a conclusion that the journey wasn't a solo attempt done by 1 man. The success of the journey was caused by the determination of a flock. A multitude of people that depend on one another. The road with friends is much better than the idea of reaching the destination. Nobody does it alone. You are not alone in this. There is always an invisible friend called Jesus.