happy birthday, to me.

i've learned that getting closer to allah is the ultimate key for surviving this world.
i've learned that trials are god's way of setting me right back on my path. trials that brought me back to him. trials that are blessings.
i've learned that people will let me down. life will constantly let me down. i will let me down. allah will lift me up.
i've learned to forgive. not necessarily forget. but forgive.
i've learned that although i might have every reason to hate a person, i don't. i won't. because hate only makes you weak. angry.
i've learned that every once in a while, people will surprise me with their kindness. my family and friends are irreplaceable.
i've learned that those who do me wrong are the ones who need my kindness the most.
i've learned that the most precious gift you could give anyone is, duaa.
i still believe in signs.
i still believe in strangers. and the things they can do to you, to change you.
i've proven myself right. i've proven i can do anything if i set my mind to doing it.
i've achieved success.
i've become the strongest person i know of.
i've become the happy person my mum always wanted me to be.
i was inspired. and i tried to inspire.
i've learned to love the difficulties. they shaped me. they made me who i am today. and i like who i am today.
i've changed.
i am proud of me. i am proud of who i were, who i am and who i will be. and at the end of the day, this is what counts.

i am a princess, and my fairytale is yet to happen.

PS:

(twenty.)