Most people (including me) do something when it's convenient to us or when it benefits us. Rarely do we look at the bigger picture. What matters are usually the now and the here. Well, of course the now and the here is important after all "life is short." But also remember the adage (I'm using my perspective as a Muslim and a human being) "Play as if you will live forever, Pray as if you will die tomorrow"
Ok I have digressed 😁 Back to what benefits us, the now and the here. This is what I meant.
We pump our car fuel at Shell coz this is the brand we know since whenever. We go all sceptical over filling our tanks with Petronas or BHP coz they are local aka Malaysian-made.
We subscribe to the most "credible and reliable" (perception only okay) mobile communications network like Maxis coz we believe theirs is the best. We complain about how Celcom or Altel service sucks no matter how they can be good too, simply because they are homegrown too. It doesn't matter you see, where our money goes to when Maxis profits vs when Celcom or Altel profits. (Celcom also has foreign stake now 😐)
We must have Astro in our houses and not TM's HyppTV. Again doesn't matter to us where Astro's profits go to and where TM's profits go to.
For the Muslims, we go to the Banks and take conventional financing but not one that is Syariah-compliant because the monthly instalments are more affordable they say. What about the guilt of riba now against saham Akhirat when doing good. Don't you have faith in The Almighty that the extra ringgit you pay now for a Syariah-compliant financing will actually open the rezeki floodgates for you?
All the above, and more...I am reminding myself too. As I am equally guilty of acquiring what tends to benefit me now.
I'm not done here. I will continue.
