Life balancing

People always talk about how to balanced between work and family life. But I feel it's always easy said than done. You dream of to be a better student, employee, mother, wife, cook..and the list goes on..

How on earth you could be a better mother when you came back from work (or university), feeling so damn tired, then you have to cook, with your kids busy asking this and that and at the same time your head is aching, your body tells you to lie down and your mind is full of problems from work?

They expect you to smile when you seriously feel stressed out?? They say you have to spend time in the gym to relax your body, hence your stress level would go down. But hey, you don't have free time to go to the gym!

Excuses! (Say them? Say you?)

I think, from a Muslim point of view, the root of the balance issue is a balance between what we do which benefit us in this world and the hereafter.  Yes. There's no other way for us. That's the only way. It's final.

When we understand the important point about life balancing, I bet we won't complain on the small things anymore. Should there be complains, it has to be on (not all, but some which come to my mind):

1) How easy we delayed our prayer
2) We have not read a single page of Quran in one day
3) We don't make a do'a for our parents
4) We forget to donate some of our rezki to others in need
5) ...

And the list also goes on...

Oh Allah, give me strength to fulfill all the duty as a Muslim in a better way.

Hanya kepada Engkau aku sembah, dan hanya kepada Engkau aku meminta pertolongan.