you have to be very direct and intentional about what you will accept and what you will not accept. standards can not be ambiguous, you have to let the world know where you stand and live according to your very own compass.
what's chosen by Allah is best for you, even if it is outside your desire.
what if everything only gets better from here on out? what if everything works out for us? what if all of our best days are still ahead of us? what if all of our dreams come true?
Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
For your own peace of mind and sanity, don’t try to make sense of everything.
At some point you have to really ask yourself how it impacts your life and if it have anything to do with your goals. You don’t have to understand everything. You can’t control everything. You can only control yourself and the impact you have on everyone and everything in your life. There is no one more important to understand and be at peace with than your own self.
dating someone with childlike playfulness who makes you laugh, brings out your inner child, and makes you forget about the exhausting adulting >>>>
appreciate the men who still hold doors open for you, who walk on the street side, who open car doors for you, who place their hand on the small of your back while walking through a crowd. they are a dying breed because of a society that's become unhinged toward men with manners
“Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution.”
— Albert Einstein
