Don’t let the past freeze you in place, and don’t punish yourself for things you cannot change.

Everything you have experienced: the happy times, loneliness, laughter and tears, all have meaning, and have all gone into making you who you are. If you have any wisdom or insight, it is probably a result of hardship you have experienced in the past.

Everything that you do today has meaning. The caress you give a child, the help you give a stranger, the quiet charity, all matter and make a difference, even when you don’t see it. It’s all worth it. Your love matters, your work matters, your life matters.

Keep your head up, and forge forward fee-sabeel-illah. Accept yourself and be at peace. Look ahead and smile. Stand up straight, and don’t bow your head except in prayer. Keep praying, learning, thinking, following your dreams, and loving the people in your life. You are my brothers, my sisters, my heroes.

[Food for thought] “People will love you for a short time but Allah (swt) will love you forever. People will listen to you sometimes, but Allah will listen to you all the time. People will forgive you sometimes, but Allah (swt) forgives every time. Allah Hu Akbar Kabeera!”

[Take 60 seconds…] and make someone special [parents, wife, siblings, friends, colleagues, a complete stranger] in your life smile today only to attain the love of Allah (swt)!

May Allah (swt) grant us the best in this life and the next. Ameen

THIS STORY BROUGHT ME TO TEARS

 A married lady was expecting a birthday gift from her husband. For many months she had admired a beautiful diamond ring in a showroom, and knowing her husband could afford it, she told him that was all she wanted. As her birthday approached, this lady awaited signs that her husband had purchased the diamond ring. Finally, on the morning of her birthday, her husband called her into his study. Her husband told her how proud he was to have such a good wife ,and told her how much he loved her. He handed her a beautiful wrapped gift box .Curious, the wife opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Qur’an, with the wife's name embossed in gold.

Angrily, she raised her voice to her husband and said, 'with all your money you give me a Qur'an?’And stormed out of the house, leaving her husband. Many years passed and the lady was very successful in business. She managed to settle for a more beautiful house and a wonderful family, but realized her ex-husband was very old, and thought perhaps she should go to visit him. She had not seen him for many years .But before she could make arrangements she received a telegram telling her that her ex-husband had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to her. She needed to come back immediately and take care of things. When she arrived at her ex-husband's house sudden sadness and regret filled her heart. 

She began to search through her ex-husband's important papers and saw the still new Qur’an just as she had left it years before. With tears she opened the Qur’an and began to turn the pages. As she read the words a tiny package dropped from the back of the Qur’an 'It had a diamond ring, with her name engraved on it-- the same diamond ring which she saw at the showroom. On the tag was the date of her birth, and the words. 'LOVE YOU ALWAYS'. How many times do we miss Allah's blessings, because days are not packaged as we expected?

BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU HAVE ESPECIALLY FOR EVERY BLESSING ALLAH (S.W.T) GIVES US SUBHAN'ALLAH ♥