We All Have Time Machines. Some Take Us Back, Those Are Called Memories. Those Are Called Dreams.
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Our Lord! Grant us the good of this world and the Hereafter, and protect us from the torment of the Fire. ~2:201
Rabbana atina fi dunya hasanatan wa fil akhirati hasanatan wa qina adhaba an-nar.
ربنا آتنا في الدنيا حسنة وفي الآخرة حسنة وقنا عذاب النار
Do you stand up for your partner? Do they trust you to protect them? A true friend, keeps your secrets, watches your back and stands up for you when you're not around and stands beside you when you are.
Maybe it's easy to stand up for them with strangers, but what about when it's your own family or a close friend that's talking bad about your partner, what do you do then? Do you go along with it, sit there and say nothing, or do you speak up for them? Or what about your partner's family, do you stand by and let them talk down to them or push them around?
This is one of the most damaging situations in a relationship, being with someone who is too weak or afraid to stand up for you. How can your partner trust you if you don't protect them, or worse, betray them by joining in with criticizing them?
Your partner has opened their heart to you, allowed themselves to be vulnerable and share their pain, their fears, their hopes and dreams with you, you are the person that they should be able to trust the most. It's up to you to show them who you really are, show them that you are a person of integrity, a person with the courage to protect their dignity and their heart.
We all try to be tough, to be strong, but deep down, we all want to feel that someone has our back and will do whatever it takes to protect us. Courage is not the absence of fear, it's being afraid but doing what is right anyway. When you show your devotion by protecting the one you love, you earn their love, trust and loyalty.
(This post is not implying that you should protect an abuser or if a loved one is trying to help you get out of a toxic relationship. It's to encourage people in a healthy relationship to support each other better.)
#Abdullah - Love, Life & Relationship.
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A story doesn't exist unless it's Told.
I’d like to disappear for a while. I don’t want to talk to anyone. I don’t want to know anything.
You were not born to pay bills, lose sleep, and answer emails. You were born to romanticize your life and make questionable decisions.
One of the hardest pills to swallow as an adult is that not everyone can afford to sacrifice.
Not everyone can drop everything all at once and go on a great venture towards the uncertain roads―just to feel something new or just to restart life. Some find it easy to risk because they still have something to return to. But what about the others? What about me? What I have now is all that I got. If I stumble, it’ll take me years to get back to my feet again.
All the steps I take are counted one by one, and I feel like I was always unlucky when it comes to finding my place in this world. I am a coward, but I am extra careful. I am hesitant, but I am always protective of what I have earned.
Maybe, making mistakes is a privilege. Everyone can move forward with questions left untouched in the morning, but for someone like me who doesn’t have lifelines, I fear the cruel answers and rejections that would come up with the sun.
All my life, I have been mending the damage of my wrong decisions. And so, I pray this time, that even if I am granted nothing else but just a mediocre life―let it be gentler. Safer. I hope I am content. I just don’t want the world to once again take me at an unfair advantage just because I don’t have enough support systems.
I have no other options but to be my own safety net.
"Perhaps, somewhere, someday, at a less miserable time, we may see each other again" - Abdullah.
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