God's Plan vs Our Plans: The Intersection of Grief and Gratitude w/ Halima Jama

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🗓️ 7 June 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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What do you do when the things you want most are happening for everyone but you?Who do you become when your plans don't fall through? When you are in the waiting period of your life? When I look back on my own life journey thus far, I realize that if everything had gone according to my plans and not God’s Plan, I don't think I would have been as intentional or filled with all of the gratitude I have for all that I was blessed with today. Maybe my relationship with Allah wouldn...

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0:00.0	I know as human beings, we always remember there's space for duality.
0:11.8	There's this is is of the Quran where I adore and I love and it keeps me grounded where
0:16.1	Allah talks about and I'm the Lord of tears and I'm the Lord of Joy.
0:19.9	And it's this idea that you can have both.
0:21.8	So I am allowed to grieve the life I wish I had.
0:25.6	I am human.
0:26.6	I am allowed to grieve the life I wish I had.
0:28.6	And I'm also allowed to have hope in the life I wish I could have.
0:32.3	Right.
0:32.5	So this idea that I'm allowed to grieve.
0:34.4	Allah allows that in my humanity.
0:36.0	He gave me those feelings. I'm allowed to feel them.
0:38.4	And then I'm also allowed to be like,
0:40.6	in addition to grieving what I wish I had,
0:42.7	I also have the hope that I know.
0:44.3	Whatever Allah loves me will be.
0:46.1	And yeah, I just, I pray to Allah that we always remember that. What do you do when the things you want most are happening for everyone but you?
1:05.2	You're listening to Unsweeten and Unfilter the podcast episode 11 of season four.
1:10.2	Who do you become when your plans don't fall through,
1:12.7	when you are in the waiting period of your life? When I look back on my own life journey thus far,
1:17.6	I realized if everything had gone according to my plans and not God's plan, I don't think I would
1:23.0	have been as intentional or filled with all the gratitude I have for all that I was blessed with
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