Sometimes the toughest battles are the silent ones within.
It's not you against them. It's not you against the world.
It's YOU vs who you are and who you could be.
Peace begins when you choose growth over fear. Win that fight today. Then repeat it tomorrow.
There is a difference between loving someone's potential and loving who they actually are. One waits for change, the other accepts what is already there. The second kind is harder, quieter, and far more lasting.
It does not need convincing or conditions.
I stopped asking for the life I imagined and started finding peace in the life Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala had already written for me. Somewhere between patience and prayer, my heart found home.