saw this one du’a on tiktok that made me bawled my eyes out. it says,
"Ya Allah, make it happen in such an impossible way that I know it could only be from You. You are Al-Fattah, The Opener, so open doors for me that no one can shut. You are Ar-Razzaq,
You've got to get almost annoyingly serious about trusting yourself. You heard what you heard. You saw what you saw. You felt what you felt. Your body is speaking to you. Believe it.
It is a sin in Islam to think you are superior to anyone, and it is also a sin in Islam to think you are inferior to anyone. you've heard the first part often, don't ever forget the second part.
the female body loves rituals.
massage oil onto the skin.
wear perfume for yourself.
brew loose-leaf herbal tea.
stretch slowly.
pray before sunrise.
buy flowers every week.
take walks through botanical gardens.
give yourself devotion.
Omar Suleiman in one of his Ramadan series episode said;
If Allah can be patient, waiting for you to return to Him and doesn’t punish you immediately after you commit a sin, why can’t you be patient with His plans and trust Him over your own desires?
i had a friend in grad school who loved to eat berries—strawberries, raspberries, a pomegranate, etc—when she smoked, and that ended up being a whole paradigm shift for me
You’re standing on a planet with molten lava at its core. Trees are turning sunlight into air you can breathe. Your heart is beating without you asking it to. There’s a moon in the sky and bugs that glow. This whole thing is absurdly beautiful. Don’t forget to notice it.