If there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations.
YASMIN MOGAHEDBe grateful for every single person who was part of your story.The ones that hurt you. The ones that helped you. Because they all taught you.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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Most of all, we must never be deceived. We must never allow ourselves to think that anything in this world succeeds, fails, is given, taken, done, or undone without Allah.
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Don’t get attached to moments. Good or bad, they all pass.
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Sometimes people have nothing to say because they’re too empty. And sometimes people have nothing to say because they’re too full.
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It is in that which you love the most that you find the greatest tests.
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Try not to confuse attachment with love. Attachment is about fear and dependency, and has more to do with love of self than love of another.
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You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He’d saved for you, the sea.
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Do not say that every day you spend on this earth is a day closer to dying. Every day you spend on this earth is a day closer to finally living.
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Give. Even when you know you can get nothing back.
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When the pain overtakes you, reach inside. Gather the broken pieces, and hand them to God. Ask Him to remake your heart. Different, this time. Stronger. More beautiful. This is how we are made, and remade by the Maker.
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Tell this imprisoned soul that it will never be owned. Nothing will ever own you. But God.
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Once in a while, people enter our lives and lessen the loneliness of being away from Home.
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My Nafs screams out for what it desires. But my will to be free screams louder.
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Hope shouldn’t increase with good deeds and decrease with sin. In good deeds, my hope is for Allah to accept. In sin, my hope is for Allah to forgive.
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But, this dark place is not the end. Remember that the darkness of night precedes the dawn. And as long as your heart still beats, this is not the death of it. You don’t have to die here.
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If you wonder how you’ll get through this new heartbreak, just think back. Remember all you’ve been through in the past. And how each time you swore, you’d never get through it. But you did. And look where you’re at now. This too shall pass!
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