At every given moment there are many reasons to be afraid, and perhaps many reasons to despair. But in those very same moments, there are more reasons to be inspired, to be at peace. To be grateful. And I promise you the power is in a choice God gave you: The power of focus. The focus of your mind and heart. We can choose to focus on problems, everything that's gone wrong, everything we *don't* have. We have the choice to focus on the darkness that most certainly does exist.

Or, we can use that God-given power of choice to focus on what we have, what is good. On the light and the beauty that surrounds us at every given moment. It's always there. Always. We choose what to focus on. And then what we choose, focuses on us. And grows.

This is the way of the universe and the Divine design. "I am as my slave thinks of Me," God says. So think well of Allah. Think well of the people and the world. There is always good. And we are promised that the resilience of goodness will remain in this ummah until the Day of Judgement.

So do not despair. And despite the storm, stay focused. Even in the thickest fog, there is the lighthouse. A ship must look through the fog and focus on that light. That's how we remain afloat.

That's how we are saved.
-Yasmin Mogahed

♡❤ TRUST IN ALLAH ❤♡