Mindset

A splatter of my thoughts and hopes

Change your mindset, change your life

Just as you are your own poison

You too are your own antidote

Only you.

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Vicariously express your soul

Love fearlessly

Open your mind and never limit it

Take and give

Seek knowledge

Don’t neglect your studies!

Keep the ones who are dear close

Be kind

Learn to forgive yourself and others

Hold yourself accountable first

Don’t live an easy life

Put yourself in your place

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But do not be alone,

Call for help — to the one who will always respond

Lay your worries and helpless spirit bare

And witness the miracles of your Lord

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Call to the people, they have wisdom if you are humble

Bid farewell to self-fulfilling prophecies

Then renew yourself

With a sincere heart, aim for the skies

And by Allah, you will not be disappointed

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You will fall again, you will keep falling hard

But you will only continue to rise

Be grateful for the trials and the darkness

For they are forgotten gifts that bring you closer to your Lord

But do not dwell, instead use it to propel

Forward — to a future of sunlight and success

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This a beautiful, fresh start and only you are the storyteller.