Knowing your Neighbors.

Assalam Alaikum

The other day I was mulling over the fact that I had to be a better neighbor. It started like a week ago. Like the usual, I heard something about treatment of neighbors as taught in Islam through a radio station.  It wasn't like I was learning new things and it wasn't like I never thought of it before. For sure I never really thought of it deeply like I am now. It came to my attention that I was disconnected with them.

I knew I had to do something but I didn't know how. How is it possible for a person to suddenly change their norm?
So that was really stressing me out in my head. Not  mentioning the biggest trigger to this stress.
Apparently we have a neighbor who is trying to avoid us and when I made a plan to try and gap the awkwardness, I told it to someone. Like usual, the great idea I thought I had was crushed and I was left feeling worse. Picture this, you're a person who's aware of how the prophet pbuh treated his neighbor and so you want to implement that into your life. Are you with me there? You think of ways to get your neighbor and yourself on good terms and you don't consider hard core failure. You don't anticipate too much bad, maybe a door to the face. You're heart is all in for this and your brain is gearing for this and you smile away as you think of when you'd like to go through with you idea. Maybe you wanted to bake some cookies or just have a chat or bring some gifts, whatever it is, you think you're doing what's right. Now you go share your idea and immediately it's being torn apart to the point where your told to not even bother. You're told things that are more worse than what you imagined and so everything is all ruined.

Everything seemed harder, 'This test is hard!' I kept thinking. I kept questioning how it was possible for me to go about this .


Then one day, I got a letter saying BINGO NIGHT in my building and that there would be prizes.  I was all riled up for the game, it sounded fun not to mention there would be other neighbors.

On the actual night, not only had I wanted to attend, but four of my siblings one of which had no idea what bingo was, were all game.

There I was going in for the fun  and I actually won  a round along with my little brother who had just learnt the game. I went home finally knowing a bit of my neighbors who were literally 1-2 doors away! It was only after that game was over I noticed that this building event was a brilliant way to know people. They turned out to be a lively bunch.

Then I go and here stuff about them which ruins their image.

PEOPLE STOP RUINING OTHERS REPUTATIONS! You make my life harder.


Other things that happened around this period of time:

Technically I got 90's in all my subjects. Though one of the more crucial subjects, I got a 75 but there was a culminating before it where I got 95/100! I mention this because I made dua for that.