You spent too many years of your life reflecting on what couldn’t be, and too little truly reflecting on all that came to pass.
The friends you didn’t make. The courses you didn’t take. The degree you didn’t do. The relationships that didn’t happen. The career that didn’t develop. The failure you seemed to have been.
Sometimes you get so caught up in your what ifs and regrets that you fail to see what’s right under your nose. Have you really achieved nothing at all?
Why not alhamdulilah for all that you have been bestowed with? Alhamdulilah for those answers to your prayers. Alhamdulilah for the companions destined for you. Alhamdulilah for your income and sustenance.
What couldn’t be was never destined for you anyway. You just had to be patient, to await your turn. And then, when it was granted, to be grateful. Really, what did you do to earn any of these things? Rather, this was your rizq.
O soul! Won’t you just be grateful?
Last modified: 8 January 2024
