How it should be

"Sometimes the answer to our prayer is

not that it changes our life but it changes ourselves"

I wanted to touch on the tudung-club issue which have been a really "HOT" topic but I realise why talk about other people's problem when I have my own. HAHA! And since 2018 was all about positivity and reflecting about myself, I shall stick to my main principles of why I blogged in the first place.

Honestly, there were so many things that I want ed to reflect this week. 1. University life have been the TOUGHEST like what I mentioned in the past few blog post. I didn't know how I managed to get through it but it was really tough. Could really feel lethargic every single day. 2. I recently found this post on my Facebook which was posted 7 years ago which kind of made me in awe.

"Oh Allah, please guide me through this. For I am weak and lost without YOU" is the very same doa I am still making even after 7 years. Why? Because life is all about being patient and getting through challenges that will make you a better person. And one of the ways to get through this is with the help of Allah s.w.t. Without Him, we are just a weak tiny soul right here in this large universe.

This reminds me of this paragraph I read in Revive Your Heart by Nouman Ali Khan... "Dua is not placing an order at a restaurant. Dua is not placing an order for a product. When you place an order, you pay something and you get what you expected.

When you make doa, we pay nothing. When you pay nothing, then you have no expectations, you have no right to complain about what you get.

Allah, whatever you give, I'll take it. And if you decide not to give, I accept, because you know better than I do."

And when I remembered reading this paragraph, my heart dropped, in tears. Because of this, I realise how I actually made it through half of my university life, how it got so intense and difficult that I nearly gave up but Allah is still there to guide me through every single bit of it. It got me thinking, how beautiful it is to not have expectations in life and just go with the flow (with hard work of course!) because Allah s.w.t is actually controlling everything, every single thing.

And for once, I felt the power of tawakkal. I was too stress and tired about school that my brain did not think of anything else and I just did what I have to do which is study. After which, put faith in Allah that He will settle the rest. In shaa Allah.

Let me just conclude everything in simple terms: 1. Doa is something that is never ending until the day you die because you must always seek for Allah's help throughout your whole entire life.

2. Do doa but don't have expectations because remember, we are just servants and Allah is the Master. He decides what will happen in our lives.

3. Still put in the effort after making doa and think good of Allah. (I've talked about this in a previous post before) 4. There will always be a wisdom in EVERYTHING - you might see it now or maybe in the future or maybe Allah will hide it for a reason. But always try to see positivity in everything.

I pray that every one of us will be given the strength to go through the difficult challenges every day. Remember to do everything for the sake of Allah. Also, I pray that everyone would learn from each challenge face in life and see the positivity in everything and remember life is not about ourselves, but it is for Allah. ♥

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