I don't want to repeat the same life

One of the most things that get on my nerves, is how entitled many Muslims can get. I think this comes from a place of ignorance. They don't really realise that there are way too many religions and beliefs in the world, and that to the believers of those religions, they are just as important as Islam is to Muslims 🤷‍♀️

Since I will be travelling during Ramadan, the topic of Ramadan came up the other day..
Over here, as it is an Islamic country, working hours are reduced in Ramadan. My colleague asks in a serious tone: So are working hours reduced only for Muslims over there during Ramadan?

Me: So you mean you want Muslims to be treated more favorably than the rest of employees? Will Buddhists also get reduced hours during their fasting time? Will Christians and Jews? Will... Idk what other religions are out there... Plenty. Man, we won't be finished organising work schedules based on religions. 🤷‍♀️

She didn't know how to respond to that because no normal person (put aside those extremists) will frankly say, that yes, my religion should be treated favorably. Also, I genuinely don't think that it is anything intentional in the minds of Muslims, it is just 'inherited' entitlement, some sort of blindless, or living in a small world where Islam is the most important religion, so they think that they should be catered for anywhere they go, and they never wonder about how they can cater for the other religions living on their lands.. It simply just never crosses their mind. They are not really realising that their religion is pretty much a small part of the huge belief system. There are literally thousands of other religions that all resemble each other, and yours is just another copy, maybe with some poor editing too.

While, thankfully, I sort of gotten out of that box, some of this still remains at the back of my mind. Sometimes I surprise myself.

I am hoping that my next journey living somewhere else, teach me new things about life and people... and one of my goals, is to travel more and meet more people. I want to get out of that life where I stayed in the house most of my time.. and if my mother's life taught me anything, is to just do and see more, because well, life ends anyway.. She was buried in a place that she wanted to leave for so many long years, but never got the courage to leave it. I don't want to repeat the same life.