The Road to Mecca

There are two reasons basically of why there is a need to go to Mecca as a Muslim. One is to perform Umrah and another one is to perform Hajj. My mom has been asking me to go with her for Umrah and my wife has been asking me to go to Hajj as soon as possible. As a Muslim, it has been my target or objective to perform all the five pillars with such a tip top health mentally as well as physically. My friend somehow or rather got a free everything to perform Umrah. It feels weird because he was the last person i would say to go to Mecca and perform Umrah or Hajj. Yet due to work requirement, he got that opportunity FOC. He told me what he did when he was in Mecca. From some conversation, i got a feeling that he is feeling a bit transformed. I always wanted to feel healthy physically and this gives me an idea about why i need to take care of my physical well being. With a target set for me to perform Hajj during my last year of working, there is a need to be in a very good conditions at that age. I would be almost 60 at that time. Having said that the target is set to perform Umrah in the very near future. I went to see an orthopaedic to get my knee fixed ... that was the start.