One is that, while we are fasting, our entire daily routine changes. We wake up at a different time to eat, we gather to eat again at a different time of the day, our visits to the mosque may increase, our sleep at night may decrease and we longer make as many visits to the fridge. In fact, when you, by habit walk to the fridge and take something to eat and then stop yourself from putting that piece of food in your mouth, you are teaching yourself a great lesson in how to jolt your mind back into gear after its having become oblivious of the presence of Allah. Your mind strayed and forgot, and you had to pull it back into line. This, and the entire change in daily routine, again work to make you think always about what you are doing.

Our daily routines are part of what desensitizes us to our actions and whether they are being performed correctly. When this routine is broken, we can step back and evaluate our lives and make any necessary changes.

What one must not forget, too, is that Ramadan is a training course for the rest of the year. In this month, you pick up certain habits which you should keep for the rest of your life, and you give up certain habits which you should continue to abstain from for the rest of your life. The month of constant awareness of Allah should help you become always more aware of Allah.

At the end of this holy month, if your fast was performed with sincerity and diligence, and with a pure heart open to the path of Allah (swt) then you will be rewarded as Allah (swt) sees fit. Rest assured that the mercy of Allah (swt) goes beyond seven hundred times your action, and that you can not imagine the extent of the grace which he will bestow upon you, for Allah (swt) has written mercy upon himself and sworn to bless each of his creatures with it. 

Taken from ramadan.com.au