Ramadhan Mubarak

This year's Ramadhan is no differ than before, except the fact of having it with the 2 new people in my house. No routine change, alhamdulillah no hardship in facing the day despite the low blood glucose level. I think I've become a more organised person having to do many things in a day, I scheduled my routine carefully to make full use of the time. One great thing about Ramadhan is I wake up early everyday for solat and sahur that make me start my everyday chores earlier than usual. And it's true that when U start your day early and well, the whole day would proceed to become so well on U. And hey, it's a perfect timing to plan the diet now. The intake of food for my sahur is not too bad I guess; (try these, recommended by myself :p)

1. non-sugar based food: 3 tamar, 2 spoonful of honey with milk
2. an apple: the sugar in this fruit is released slowly as the day goes, unlike chocolate which is a source of fast sugar
3. a slice of whole-grain bread with some left-overs lauk from last night

Albeit, I've been eating so much for breakfasting, which in a way got me back to the zilch point in my so-called diet plan. And this doesn't include the incoming plan of iftar at the mosque with the delicious tandoori chicken rice. And other still-considering plans of breakfasting outside at a restaurant or any kebab house. But who can make one to not tasting the sweetness of Ramadhan during breakfasting God's promised?

By the way, I'm sharing this article with all. It's about the opposing forces we have in ourselves. It's a good one, go on read it. U'll be amazed to realize how true it is.
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Opposing Forces

Psychologically speaking, every person has two forces of work within him/her. One is the 'driving force', which pushes him towards some actions, and the other is the 'restraining force', which holds him back from others. Patience essentially harnesses the driving force to push us towards good things, and the restraining force to hold us back from actions that may be harmful to ourselves or others.

Some people have strong patience when it comes to doing what is good for them, but their patience is weak with regard to restraint from harmful actions, so we may find that a person has enough patience to perform acts of worship (Solah, Sawm, Hajj), but has no patience in controlling himself and refraining from following his whims and desires, and in this way he may commit haram deeds.

Conversely, some people may have strong patience in abstaining from forbidden deeds, but their patience in obeying commandments of and performing 'ibadah is too weak.

Some people have no patience in either case! And, needless to say, the best people are those who possess both types of patience.

So, a man may have plenty of patience when it comes to standing all night in prayer, and enduring whatever conditions of heat or cold may be prevalent, but have no patience at all when it comes to lowering his gaze and refraining from looking at women. Another may have no problem in controlling his gaze, but he lacks the patience which would make him enjoin the good and forbid the evil, and he is so weak and helpless that he cannot strive against against the kuffar and mushrikun.

Most people will be lacking in patience in any one case, and a few lack it in all cases...
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So which one exactly do U lack with?