One of the best deeds I continue to do is to ask Allah to grant me the disposition to accept what I cannot change. Even if I don’t get what I want, it has kept my heart full of gratitude. Holding enmity and resentment is a waste of our precious hearts.
You might think that someone has it all together by what they say or what they post on social media, but absolutely no one does. Life is a balancing act; some people just juggle it a little better than others.
Sometimes I think Allah delays granting me what I want because the peace or happiness that I’m yearning for doesn’t come from getting what I want, it comes from having redha over Allah’s decision, which includes his delays.
There are huge blessings in the waiting.
I used to think if life wasn’t exciting or over-the-top happy then there was something lacking in my life. But actually, there are a lot of blessings in the monotonous moments we often disregard. As long as we are breathing, every day is still a gift.
Like everyone else, not getting what I want upsets and frustrates me but I’ve learned recently, just because things could have been different; doesn’t mean they would have been better. We are always at the right place at the right time, we just lack the wisdom to see it.
Everyone has a breaking point. I’m of the belief that no one is able to be strong forever. At one point, the heart can’t take it any more.
Most of all, I’m still attempting to accept that life’s not a race circuit. As many people have told me over and over again, there is no fixed point where we should be able to see the light. No matter the twists, bends and turns, we will always somehow make it to the end.
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