A reminder to us all to always be thankful for what and who we have.

planning and death

Planning for life somehow just brings mortality up to the fray.

After a session with the insurance agent and trying to dust the cobwebs off the finance knowledge I was supposed to have acquired in school, it gives me such anxiety over what I need to do in my life... how much I need to earn to live comfortably.. how much complexities and uncertainties not only in life but in the damn financial products... how to prepare for life and death... financially and spiritually... and not least of all.. how to enjoy this damn life. and how to make full use of it alone and in company.

so many questions. so many what ifs. so many i wish-es.

always one to hate uncertainties...

no guts no glory? well lets just say... my guts have been and are still churning.

wasnt youthful frightful energy supposed to go away with age?

have neither the guts nor the youthful energy to keep up with this.

Let this pass by painlessly and quickly.

Let me be a better person for this.

the uncensored versions always sound strange...

If happy ever after did exist  

I would still be holding you like this  

And all those fairytales are full of (sh)it  

One more stupid love song i'll be safe sick

who says hair is just a girl's pride and glory? sure makes a helluva difference for sure! 

that and probably photoshop...

dimples/drinkles on the other hand.. are always yums

Croatia... my next dream beach getaway!

Patience is not the ability to wait. But rather, it is the ability to keep a good and faithful attitude while waiting.

 "It WILL happen. His way, not mine. His perfect timing, not mine."

Sometimes, we all need a little source of strength and dash of faith.

To attain that state, don’t let your source of fulfillment be anything other than your relationship with God. Don’t let your definition of success, failure, or self-worth be anything other than your position with Him. And if you do this, you become unbreakable, because your handhold is unbreakable. You become unconquerable, because your supporter can never be conquered. And you will never become empty, because your source of fulfillment is unending and never diminishes.

The losing and regaining of the gift is inconsequential. The taking of your heedlessness, your dependence and focus on other than Him, and the replacing it with remembrance, dependence and focus only on Him was the real gift. Allah withholds to give.
And so sometimes, the ‘something better’ is the greatest gift: nearnesss to Him.

I know you see my tears. I know you hear my prayers. I know you are testing me. And all I ask from you is to strengthen my Imaan so I can handle the struggles in life and have patience.

- http://myhadithoftheday.com/inspiration/why-people-leave-each-other-part-ii/

sometimes think I should really quit fb for the sake of my own sanity.

perils of living in a goldfish-attentionspan era.

A strong woman is one who feels deeply and loves fiercely.
Her tears flow just as abundantly as her laughter.
She is not afraid to be afraid.

A strong woman is both soft and powerful.
She takes compliments to heart and treats herself like the queen that she is.

A strong woman is equally visionary and decisive.
She is able to hope when things look hopeless.
She is both practical and spiritual.

A strong woman in her essence is a gift to all the world.
- Washington Irving

Stole the quote off Sya's status.

I wonder if anyone else has the same paradoxical feelings of being so strong and so weak at the same time.