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*Disclaimer: i posted this already on IF- so you don't have to re-read it again if you read it there :thumbs_up *
Subhan Allah, this week (not even the whole week) has been a real eye opener. I thought I'd share it with you guys- maybe we can all learn a lesson from it. I know i did!
It started off with me waking up early morning, getting ready to go on the bus. Mind you, the bus comes at 7:00 so- I usually wake up at 6:30 (*pretty fast at organizing myself*). All of a sudden, even though i woke up, my mom decides we're not going by bus and instead, she'll drive us. I was irritated that i had actually woken up early....
so when we reached school, i was complaining and everything....
after a while, a friend came and i saw she was crying. I had no idea what was wrong, and nothing serious entered my mind...so i went up to her and found out she was crying because her grandfather (Allah yarhamoo) had passed away.
And there i was making such a big deal about waking up early. At least I did wake up- at least, i was alive!
But Subhan Allah, how different her day began from mine...early the night before, my aunt called and told us my cousin had a baby girl . That was the other eye opener. You don't know what's going on in your friend's life....you may be having a really happy day, and she's actually having a very "sad" day....
The next surprise came actually from the forum IF. First emel's uncle ( I believe emel is also a member here but under the name asmauk) was diagnosed with colon cancer. Please make dua for him. If you're on IF this is the link"
http://www.gawaher.com/index.php?showtopic=19871
La hawla wa la quowata illah billah. During the school week, I often complain about all the tests and the stress- but what about those who are really struggling? Is getting a bad mark on a math quiz really the end of the day?
Soon after, another on IF named Lost Forever made a dua request for a friend (Allah yarhamoo), please check this out:
http://www.gawaher.com/index.php?showtopic=19910
He died (Allah yarhamoo) before Ramadan started. What made me so sure that I was going to live to see Ramadan and Eid?
A few days later I actualy lived one of my nightmares. I am scared of cats. I once had a nightmare after falling asleep to the sound of a cat fight in which a cat like....I can't remember...but it terrified me.
As it was, on Wed. I went to the park (swings) in my compound. It was late- around 10:30 and we saw only two kids there (me and my twin). The kids decided to hang out with us....
Pretty soon this cat came and i started to get a bit panicky because it looked like it was following us. One of the kids got curious over the cat and she went over to it- i told her to stay away because you never know what a stray cat carries with it- she didn't listen. She went over, and then bored, left the cat...then the cat started following us. Not in a purrrrr way. I mean she was like "pouncing on us". She started running and i got scared so i started walking fast with the kids...and then she came charging at us, and the weirdest/scariest thing happened.
Her eyes flashed red.
I'm not kidding.
Even the kid noticed it.
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