Choose Your Hard. Choose Your Freedom, Insha'Allah

Assalamu Alaikum - there’s no easy road in this life. Every path asks something of you. Praying to look after your body and exercise is hard. But staying weak, tired, and stuck in a body you dislike - that’s even harder. Learning a new skill or seeking knowledge is hard. Relying on others forever and never feeling capable - that’s harder. Opening your heart, trusting people, and building sincere relationships (within halal boundaries) is hard. Living with loneliness and acting like you don’t care - that’s harder. Quitting bad habits and addictions is hard. Being a slave to them day after day - that’s harder. You can’t avoid trials. You can only pick which trial will shape you. One kind of hardship wears you down; the other builds you into someone you can respect, with tawakkul and effort. So choose the hard that leads you to goodness and freedom, with the help of Allah. When you do what’s hard, life becomes easier over time. When you keep choosing what’s easy, life becomes harder. Keep going, one day at a time. You don’t need to have everything figured out - just keep choosing growth over comfort, Insha'Allah.