About Forgiveness
If there's anything valuable out of things that God put me through this year, it would be forgiveness.
It hit me when a person I met frequently, who happened to drive me crazy all the time, started to be more religious, in other words: hijrah.
He took baby steps in everything and months later I realized just how different he was than the first time I met him.
He was more patient, more emotionally stable, more kind, and all.
Right now I honestly enjoy being around him and I sincerely ask his opinion about things.
He once told me that he was abigger jerk years ago, he made people cry, he sometimes forgot people also had feelings.
Now that he changed, I must say that he is surely an awesome person beneath all his personality that drove me crazy at first.
Also, there is another person I know.
Let's just say that she started to explore the world that she found different that the world she had always known since she's little.
As she grew older, she crossed her boundaries and became a figure I never thought she'd become.
Looking at how she was raised, it seems like her life now is not very likely to be true.
But she is soo happy with her life and surely her personality changed pretty dramatically.
It was kinda surprising but hey, this is her life to live.
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Things change so slowly and subtly but yet whenever I look back, the difference is real.
It makes me think that sometimes I am comfortable to be around someone because I meet her when her traits just fit mine at that moment.
But who knows? 10 years from know she/I could be very different and it could make me frustrated just to be around her.
On the opposite, I might find someone who drives me crazy on daily basis but 10 years from know it could be just nothing but memories.
(Although deep, deep down I know that some things might never change)
Now every time I am mad at somebody I would train my mind to think:
Well it happens that I meet this particular person at his worst, who knows maybe next year he could be the 'hijrah' guy I told you at the beginning of this post.
It's just an eye-opening experience for me since all these years all I listen is about how to not judge and all.
But hey, it is true that people go through phases in their lives and most of the times, bad things they do toward ourselves are nothing personal.
Most people are busy dealing with their own problems.
Especially when you grow older and you realize you have tons of responsibilities on your shoulder.
You have to think about your career, your family, your love life, your friends, your ambitions, your family's expectations, your dreams, or worse: money.
Not only that, it's also burdening enough when insecurity hits and you'd feel like your life is soo behind your peers.
It sucks but it's real.
People might be mean sometimes. However, please make sure that they're not the last thing in your mind before you go to sleep.
They could be different 10 years from now.
And so are you.
It hit me when a person I met frequently, who happened to drive me crazy all the time, started to be more religious, in other words: hijrah.
He took baby steps in everything and months later I realized just how different he was than the first time I met him.
He was more patient, more emotionally stable, more kind, and all.
Right now I honestly enjoy being around him and I sincerely ask his opinion about things.
He once told me that he was a
Now that he changed, I must say that he is surely an awesome person beneath all his personality that drove me crazy at first.
Also, there is another person I know.
Let's just say that she started to explore the world that she found different that the world she had always known since she's little.
As she grew older, she crossed her boundaries and became a figure I never thought she'd become.
Looking at how she was raised, it seems like her life now is not very likely to be true.
But she is soo happy with her life and surely her personality changed pretty dramatically.
It was kinda surprising but hey, this is her life to live.
---
Things change so slowly and subtly but yet whenever I look back, the difference is real.
It makes me think that sometimes I am comfortable to be around someone because I meet her when her traits just fit mine at that moment.
But who knows? 10 years from know she/I could be very different and it could make me frustrated just to be around her.
On the opposite, I might find someone who drives me crazy on daily basis but 10 years from know it could be just nothing but memories.
(Although deep, deep down I know that some things might never change)
Now every time I am mad at somebody I would train my mind to think:
Well it happens that I meet this particular person at his worst, who knows maybe next year he could be the 'hijrah' guy I told you at the beginning of this post.
It's just an eye-opening experience for me since all these years all I listen is about how to not judge and all.
But hey, it is true that people go through phases in their lives and most of the times, bad things they do toward ourselves are nothing personal.
Most people are busy dealing with their own problems.
Especially when you grow older and you realize you have tons of responsibilities on your shoulder.
You have to think about your career, your family, your love life, your friends, your ambitions, your family's expectations, your dreams, or worse: money.
Not only that, it's also burdening enough when insecurity hits and you'd feel like your life is soo behind your peers.
It sucks but it's real.
People might be mean sometimes. However, please make sure that they're not the last thing in your mind before you go to sleep.
They could be different 10 years from now.
And so are you.
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