It is precisely that quality time that we long to have returned to us these days but unfortunately, I don’t see that ever happening.

When I say quality time, then it surely is that time that we spent during our childhood years. Living in nostalgia is quite pleasant at times. These were the years in which we did not have much access or knowledge about cellular phones, internet availability, PC’s, PDA’s, etc. etc. or any of these high-tech gadgets of today that we simply cannot breathe without; or so it seems.

These items have been made into our necessities. Items that make us feel lost if we are without them. However, we do not feel lost if we are without Islamic guidance and knowledge that holds more precedence at any given time, doesn’t it?

I remember growing up with my siblings and feeling life’s simplest pleasures. The littlest things in life brought so much joy and happiness to our hearts. As opposed to today, while such gadgets exist amongst us in society, we are still stressed out and full of tensions and probabley now more than ever. Sometimes I wonder how much sense that actually makes. Wasn’t technology supposed to make our lives a lot more easier and stress-free? Rather it has been all the more successful in making us much lazier and lethargic. It has not only been successful in doing that, but it has also taken away so much of our precious time spent with our loved ones. Whether it be our parents, siblings, spouses or children, we are just not around them as much to spend that valuable time as much as we would like to be. But obviously who is to blame for that now?

Although I must admit that cyberspace and these modern day electronics have given us a lot and in many ways made life a lot easier for us, but at the same time have been successful in taking away a lot more than we bargained for. I still remember as kids, my sisters and I would spend a substantial amount of  time learning new card games and other related games from our father, he would participate with us in family boardgames while he would try to cheat and laugh simultaneously before ending up getting caught by our mother whilst still trying to deny it. Now that was amusing. It was such simple things as these that gave us so much joy. I can only count the number of times we have actually sat as a family these days to play anything. I really miss that quality time.

We learned to be happy in whatever amount of time we spent together and it always seemed like there was a heck of a lot more time back then. Even going to McDonald’s to dine out once a month was the greatest feeling in the world, whereas now even if we ended up going once a week, it wouldn’t really be the cause of much excitement at all. Then I tend to wonder what it is that has changed. That little bit of family fun time and valuable experiences have surely helped in the upbringing of my own kids in the best ways possible. Ways in which I know I would never want them to forget, but it also saddening when I wonder sometimes how much of this legacy they will ever be able to pass on to their own children and their future generations.

I must say that it is the smallest things that have made a difference today that were looked after so carefully yesterday. Believe it or not that it always brings smiles to our faces when we remember how our parents use to make time for us to take us to our swimming and ice-skating lessons. How overjoyed we would get to partake in extra-curricular activities. I think that has not changed a whole lot though and parents are really seeing the significance of exposing their children to extra-curricular activities outside of just the academics only. I personally think that the more exposure children get today towards various activities, the more they will enjoy life and all it has to offer. Of course on the same note, for all of this to happen we ( as parents, friends, mentors and loved ones) have to invest some quality time to be able to reap the rewards.

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