A friend's post..

ALLAH'S PLANS

Some things are beyond planning.
And life doesn't always turn out as planned.
You don't plan for a broken heart.
You don't plan for an autistic child.
You don't plan for spinsterhood.
You don't plan for a lump in your breast.

You plan to be young forever.
You plan to climb the corporate ladder.
You plan to be rich and powerful.
You plan to be acclaimed and successful.
You plan to conquer the universe.
You plan to fall in love - and be loved forever.

You don't plan to be sad.
You don't plan to be hurt.
You don't plan to be broke.
You don't plan to be betrayed.
You don't plan to be alone in this world.
You plan to be happy.
You don't plan to be shattered .

Sometimes if you work hard enough, you can get what you want.
But MOST times, what you want and what you get are two different things.

We, mortals, plan.
But so does Allah (SWT) in the heavens.
Sometimes, it is difficult to understand Allah's plans especially when His plans are not in consonance with ours.

Often, when He sends us crisis, we turn to Him in anger.
True, we cannot choose what Allah wishes us to carry, but we can carry it with courage knowing that He will never abandon us nor send something we cannot cope with.

Sometimes, Allah breaks our spirit to save our soul.
Sometimes, He breaks our heart to make us whole.
Sometimes, He allows pain so we can be stronger.
Sometimes, Allah sends us failure so we can be humble.
Sometimes, He allows illness so we can take better care of ourselves.
And sometimes, Allah takes everything away from us so we can learn the
value of everything He gave us

Make plans, but understand that we live by Allah's grace.

Although they plan, Allah also plans. And Allah is the Best of Planners.
[Holy Qur'an 8:30]

~Sofia Osman

Well wishes for my kids..

Often at night times, I am somehow inclined to look back at what I have done through out the day. Mostly, my attention will be around my kids. If I have spent enough time with them, if I have teach them anything good today, if I really Iistened to them telling me their stories... Sadly, honestly, I feel guilty. At the end of the day, when my kids are already sleeping, I realized how I should have spend my day today. I should have let Nazrin come and sleep with me, it's his request that I said 'yes' to, but because I wasn't really listening, he ended up sleeping in the other room. Well there are too many things that I could have done better today but I didn't. Too bad the day is already over. The kids are already asleep. And I am at this position, the same as any other nights before.. Feeling guilty..
Well, tomorrow is a new day. Let's try again tomorrow, try harder. I should get some sleep in order to function properly, shouldn't I?! :-) Ok, sleep now, let's cook some good breakfast tomorrow morning!!

Fainted.

I hope everyone out there is doing well.. That's the least that I could wish for. I just had an accident, from a split second of fainting. It was yesterday morning as I was walking into the bathroom for a shower. I had to hold on to the bathroom door, as I was feeling dizzy, didn't get the chance to sit down and suddenly I was already on the floor. Back of my head hurt very badly. I could only lie down and my view at that time was the bottom of the sink. My head must have knocked on the sink as I fell to the floor. I could even feel the swelling grew bigger and bigger as I was holding my head.. I measured it later, yep, it was big.. 10cm in diameter. Big and painful. My kids who were sleeping in the room, were awoken to the loud bang. They came running to see why was I on the floor (I'm sorry kids, you had to see your mama at her worst).

Alhamdulillah, I'm still alive. I could have fallen differently and it could be fatal. There's not much safety features in the bathroom. There is a shower partition that has a sharp edge, and I knew my fate will not be the same if that was where I landed yesterday. Well, that's all I want to share. With it, I hope we will get our lessons. Whatever that you can think of, never forget to thank Allah, He watches over us. Again and again..