The Loud Mind

  بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم | In the name of Allah the Most Gracious, The Most Merciful | *image from Pinterest (theprojecttwins.com)* Assalamualaikum everyone. I'm super excited to talk about today's topic which is about changing your weaknesses into a blessing. But before that, I wanna ask you one question. Have you ever think of your weaknesses as a blessing in disguise? Because I do. And I just realize that at the age of 23 (turning 24 soon). That idea put a smile on my face. You see, I've always been a terrible overthinker. I used to hate the fact that I've got a hard time sleeping at night, I've got a hard time staying focus in class, and I even ruined my relationship with people because my mind is too loud. Honestly, it makes me feel suffocated and restless. Maybe because I used to bottle things up a lot in the past. But Alhamdulillah, it's no longer that case anymore. . I read about this statement somewhere before, but too bad I don't remember where I s...

  بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم | In the name of Allah the Most Gracious, The Most Merciful | I've heard a lot of people saying that failure is what makes you successful. Back then, I thought that success is merely about the title that you've gained for yourself. What I mean by title here is your status in your education or your career. During that time, failure for me is very synonyms with exams, grades, and even your status in the eyes of our society. But then I come to realize that we can fail in many, many ways. Not only in exams. We can fail in controlling our anger, we can fail as a daughter/son, we can fail as a friend. If we can fail in so many ways, we can also succeed in many ways too. Life itself is a test anyway... . As long as you're breathing, you always have the chance to keep on trying, and trying and trying again, until you can successfully control your temper, successfully become a good daughter/son/friend/person, successfully love yourself. Yes, that's right...