SEJAHTERA

 Hi Assalamualaikum and welcome back!

The term 'sejahtera' have been gaining popularity over the months as the pandemic has struck and impacted Malaysia severely with the constant increasing in daily cases. furthermore the app mySejahtera is being used throughout Malaysia as a health tracker for citizens. I believe they didn't just choose the name of the app coincidentally. 

The term 'sejahtera' means well-being, also known as wellness, prudential value or quality of life, refers to what is intrinsically valuable relative to someone. Well, that's according to google though but how I see it, it's more comprehensive and sophisticated than just wellbeing, which is just one layer of its meaning. Sejahtera is a rather multilayered concept that conveys a deeper meaning than any single word can convey. As such it has no equivalent in other languages, neither can it be accurately translated into different languages due to its close cultural leaning and nuances to the local Malay tradition. Sejahtera is understood as balancing the social, intellectual, spiritual, emotional and physical aspects of life.

You may know what it means but do you really translate it into reality such as in classrooms, lecture halls, learning and activity centers, whether public or private, and in normal or religious environments?

Lets take a university or any place where it requires communication and active learning environment.

When you are working with someone, whether its your groupmates, colleagues and etc. It is important to be open minded and active listening to feedback from others. This builds respect and prosperity amongst you guys. secondly, build trust and communication between team members to strengthen co-existences. in other words, build the mutual respect. Now this point does not only apply to universities and work environments, it applies to the relationship between countries as well. I'm not an expert in politics around the world but I believe this sejahtera value, is an essential part of building relationships and networking. This is really important for trading and doing businesses too. No matter what your beliefs are, every mankind wants peace and living harmoniously together. We need to find a balanced co-existance.

With that being said, it makes me really sad and angry with the palestine-israel 'conflict'. This over a decade long war certainly does not portrays and follow the sejahtera values. I sincerely hope my brothers and sisters in Palestine are safe and stay away from danger, Ya rabb please ease my brothers and sisters hardships and make this war to an end , I can no longer see them suffering again Ameen.

Whatever it is, the most important thing is to ensure rhetorical statements on ‘sejahtera’ values are being translated from paper into action, touching the hearts and minds of all Malaysians.

That's all for this blog, I hope you have learned more about sejahtera and how and why it should apply into reality. 

Thank you and see you next time byee assalamualaikum.