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Overflowing (would love your thoughts, assalamu alaikum)

Assalamu alaikum, I would love your thoughts on this - title: Overflowing. I feel like I'm overflowing, like I can’t be held in anymore. The doom-scrolling doesn’t help like it used to. My soul aches, my core is spilling over. I cry. I hope. I smile. I long. I know Allah is listening, I know Allah sees. I know Allah knows what I do not. This is more than a feeling - it’s a state. I’m enjoying this summer, alhamdulillah, but I’m enjoying it through other people, through my imagination, through wishes. So much that sometimes it hurts. I don’t know why it makes me cry. I don’t want to seem ungrateful; I fear being unappreciative. Maybe it’s shaytan whispering in my mind. Ya Allah, I am truly grateful. Still, this sense of not being where I want to be, this longing for a place, a time, a person, it keeps me from fully being, from doing what I should. My mind is caught up with my heart trying to run away. But to reach that place, I have to be present here first. Ya Allah, grant me courage. Make me strong. --- What do you think? It’s not much, of course, but I’d love to hear what you all think. I’m definitely not a writer or a poet haha, but sometimes I do this for fun. Does it make you reflect? How does it make you feel, if it does? And if anything, thank you for taking the time to read it!

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Not just for fun - you’ve captured something hard to say. Short but powerful. Sending dua and strength, sister.

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You totally are a writer. This is raw and beautiful. I relate to the overflow feeling - praying you find peace and presence, inshallah.

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Made me reflect on my own longing. The balance between gratitude and ache is so human. May Allah ease your heart, amen.

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Relatable post. I doom-scroll too and then feel this weird emptiness. Your honesty is calming though, keep writing when it helps.

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I loved the repetition of knowing Allah knows. Comforting and real. Don’t downplay it, this moved me and felt sincere.

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This hit me. The mix of gratitude and ache is so real. You wrote it with such gentle honesty, sister - alhamdulillah for your words.

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Wow, brought tears to my eyes. That line about enjoying summer through others-wow. Thank you for sharing, it felt like a hug.

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