Today taught me a lesson about partners. Partners as in mean husband and wife. I've always wanted so much to be married and having someone to go through the rough and good times with. I've always think that team work is very important between spouses. And I always look excited and thrilled to having someone who have this same vision as me. Yet today, today taught me more than that.

Marriages takes a lot of sacrifices, compromising, understanding and not forgetting compassion. I remembered when ibu says to ayah, "Abang, you never kesian (pity) me? I kesian (pity) for you, you know. Go to work no food, that's why I woke up early morning cook for you. You never kesian (pity) me." My dad who was always patient, he just smile. I remembered during one of the Safinah's Talk when Ustazah Liyana asked what's love, and I couldn't answer. Because to me love is Allah, Nabi,  my parents, my siblings, those who matters, animals, society and not forgetting the beautiy of Allah's creations. My parents taught me what's the meaning of love. They show me how to love. Therefore I can't find my answers to what love is. There is no right answer to love, as it could be anything. Just anything.

So as my sister and I watch the old couple pack up the tentage, which was synchronise and rapid. I stood there watching them, with tears welled up my eyes. The sacrifices they make to earn a living which became one of the source of their necessities. What more overwhelm me was that, imagine doing it for every night. Setting up the tentage from scratch. Really, it require skills and effort to setting up a tentage. I mean imagine setting up a tent in the woods, I think I would do it for hours! But that couple, it became their forte. They were efficient and fast, Mashallah. May Allah bless them!

Watching them makes me believe in love deeper. For having someone to go through your life together, through thick and thin. That's somewhat amazing and beautiful. Compassion. And I'm not wrong to say and feel that love, is compassion.