Not just the regular traffic...

The journey home from work for the last two days resulted in endless traffic which could be seen as far as the vision would go. It was evident that despite the orderly traffic, followed by the odd chaos at junctions, there had been a grand scale chaos somewhere beyond. It wasn’t just the regular mad rush and traffic of everyone trying to get home, it had to be an accident, spillage, or anything of such scale that would cause this kind of hold-up. Lorries crossing over central reservations, cars and motorbikes colliding and amidst all of this, lives are lost, the injured and the wounded leave the scene, some walk away unmarked, but surely they will walk away with scars that are beyond the comprehension of the naked eye…

As I hummed away with Zain Bhika’s ‘Mountains of Makkah’ waiting patiently in the traffic, I recalled mom’s words every morning "drive safely" and we do. I am sure, most of us set off on our journey cautiously with all good intentions to be safe, drive safely and respect the safety of other road users but there are always matters beyond our control that may put us in danger. Who knows what caused those accidents and does it even matter? If one is driving safely, what more can one do? We certainly cannot control the actions of other drivers. Maybe sleep overcame the driver of the lorry, or maybe driver of the car was distracted with a phone call, or the motorbike thought he could squeeze through between the lanes…the possibilities are endless…

It is without a doubt, that any journey we embark on we put our total Trust in God for He God can protect us and protect what is within us and deliver us to our destination, to the best of delivery, and will make easy all our difficulties and for He God, most Merciful is the Facilitator of our journeys.

And so the traffic inched forward, lights turned green and back to red and some of us moved and some us didn’t, but it sure didn’t matter; all wanting to reach their destination but all accepting that these were circumstances beyond our control…at least we were all safe -:)

Aisha