Because life is.....

Because we seek for happiness and joy all the time...
We want things to be fine and for us to get along...

BUT

Life will never be so.

Not everyone will agree,
Not everybody will see what you see,
Understand the way you do,
Care when you want too,
Worry about the same things that you do,

Life will never be so...

That our perspectives will  be the same,
That the reasons behind our actions will be similar,
That our joy will be also joy to another.

Our joys seems annoying,
Our tears seem confronting,
Our shares seem destroying,
Our views are twisting...

So I comfort myself saying life will never be so...

Never perfect,
Never pleasing to all,
Never without faults,
Never without failures,
Never without mistakes,
Never without embarrassments,

Never without sins,
Never without wrongs,
Never without sadness,
Never without pain...
Never without grieve,
Never without worry...

So you see...

The mistake you see in me...
Is a mistake you have in you...

The mistake others make, we simply make it too...

Take it easy...

People are silly, people say things that are nasty...
 

BUT

People who do reflect...

They feel slightly uneasy,
They say sorry,

They try to improve...

They realize,
That truly life is temporary...

So don't waste time with issues that are petty,
Just focus and be the best you can be.

Forgive yourself AND also others,
Consider all your sisters and brothers,

Just simply move along,
Be strong,
Don't prolong,

Because sometimes things that matter don't matter...
And things that don't actually do..

IF you understand what I'm trying to tell you :)

-Just another night in Brisbane-
 

GIVING UP

It is not possible to give up simply because you are a Muslim. You feel like giving up at times. The blessed Prophet did as well. Frustrations are a part of life.

BUT Muslims don't give up. They just don't. They have faith. And faith does magical things to a person.

BUT at times giving up on someone make sense. Because actions speaks louder than words to put it simply. The "attitude" that drives you up the wall is there to test your patience.

How patient must you be if the person does not take extra effort to change? How long must you swallow and how long must you weep in silence hoping for something or someone to change? Maybe yes long... The Prophets peace be upon them all -- some waited hundreds of years.

Acquiring patience is a skill.   I don't have the skill and have yet to master

patience... My Ummi reminds me of the ayah in Ali-Imran constantly... ayah 200. I can remember it at the top of my head...

"O you who have believed, persevere and endure and remain stationed and fear Allah that you may be successful."
  
I have not persevered. How can I expect anything from Allah I ask myself...


Well one thing for sure is that anything which befalls a believer is good for them. I believe that. VERY much. For the hadith states clearly


Wondrous is the affair of the believer for there is good for him in every matter and this is not the case with anyone except the believer. If he is happy, then he thanks Allah and thus there is good for him, and if he is harmed, then he shows patience and thus there is good for him.
Source: Sahih Muslim 2999, Grade: Sahih 

How amazing is that. How wondrous is that. 

And that is how I will choose to live. 

I will add sadness, anger, shame, regret, tears here and there for I am a human being.

But at the back of my complicated, passionate mind I  say to myself...

It is all good

.. despite.....

Australia
-Brisbane-

عَجَبًا لِأَمْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِ إِنَّ أَمْرَهُ كُلَّهُ خَيْرٌ وَلَيْسَ ذَاكَ لِأَحَدٍ إِلَّا لِلْمُؤْمِنِ إِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ سَرَّاءُ شَكَرَ فَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ وَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ ضَرَّاءُ صَبَرَ فَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ

Wondrous is the affair of the believer for there is good for him in every matter and this is not the case with anyone except the believer. If he is happy, then he thanks Allah and thus there is good for him, and if he is harmed, then he shows patience and thus there is good for him.
Source: Sahih Muslim 2999, Grade: Sahih
- See more at: http://www.faithinallah.org/everything-decreed-is-good-for-the-believer-both-ease-and-hardship/#sthash.v6sSIwTf.dpuf

عَجَبًا لِأَمْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِ إِنَّ أَمْرَهُ كُلَّهُ خَيْرٌ وَلَيْسَ ذَاكَ لِأَحَدٍ إِلَّا لِلْمُؤْمِنِ إِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ سَرَّاءُ شَكَرَ فَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ وَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ ضَرَّاءُ صَبَرَ فَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ

Wondrous is the affair of the believer for there is good for him in every matter and this is not the case with anyone except the believer. If he is happy, then he thanks Allah and thus there is good for him, and if he is harmed, then he shows patience and thus there is good for him.
Source: Sahih Muslim 2999, Grade: Sahih
- See more at: http://www.faithinallah.org/everything-decreed-is-good-for-the-believer-both-ease-and-hardship/#sthash.v6sSIwTf.dpuf

عَجَبًا لِأَمْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِ إِنَّ أَمْرَهُ كُلَّهُ خَيْرٌ وَلَيْسَ ذَاكَ لِأَحَدٍ إِلَّا لِلْمُؤْمِنِ إِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ سَرَّاءُ شَكَرَ فَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ وَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ ضَرَّاءُ صَبَرَ فَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ

Wondrous is the affair of the believer for there is good for him in every matter and this is not the case with anyone except the believer. If he is happy, then he thanks Allah and thus there is good for him, and if he is harmed, then he shows patience and thus there is good for him.
Source: Sahih Muslim 2999, Grade: Sahih
- See more at: http://www.faithinallah.org/everything-decreed-is-good-for-the-believer-both-ease-and-hardship/#sthash.v6sSIwTf.dpuf