Somebody once asked: What is your goal in life?

I answered to myself: I'd aim to become a good doctor.

Then he said: What happens after that? After you have reached that goal, will you stop living?

I stopped to think for a moment.

Then I remembered something that happened in my kampung during the holidays.

My grandmother and my aunt wished me all the best in my studies, telling me study well so that I'll become a good doctor, insyaAllah. 

One statement that followed struck me and I froze: "Tapi rasanya tak sempatla kot sya nak rawat tok/mak jah"

There was only one fearful though that occured inside my mind. It's nothing related to them. But to me.

What if something happens to me along the way. Nauzubillah.

But considering all possibilities, what if?

I then told myself: It must be sad to leave when you haven't even reached your dreams. When you have done so little good deeds.

Isn't it true? We don't know when our time will come, yet we make ambitions that would take years in order to achieve them.

Is it wrong to stick to those ambitions? No, I don't think so. But I tell myself from that on that becoming a doctor can be my "side goal", but the major thing is "to make the most out of a day."

Which means..that I'll have to treasure every moment, remember Allah in each of my heartbeats, make the best choices in life, repent after every mistake, and aim to end each day with a smile before closing my eyes.

Easier written that done, right? But let's give it a try, insyaAllah. :)