Why life is not as bad as it seems #6

Because $3 dollars is better than none.

Useless story
Few months ago I tried to sell this one book I really disliked. The book store guy said "umm $1" first, then said, "actually we don't even have this book in our database." I remember telling my Professor how much I disliked the book and he shouldn't make his students read that book in the future, and he said "NO."


So I took the book in today along with some other books to sell, and they gave me 3 bucks for it. I am really glad to get rid of that book. I am one of those people who can't throw books away. I still have books from 6th grade. So the only way I can get rid of them is by giving them away or selling them.

Why life is not as bad as it seems #5

Because even after crying my eyes out for feeling helpless there is this feeling that "everything will be okay. God will fix it" Having faith in Allah just makes everything okay. He fixed everything before and he will fix everything now.

Why life is not as bad as it seems #4

I saw 3 different movies at the theater today.

Harry Potter Deathly Hallows part 2 was amazing. I wanted to watch it again the second the movie ended. 

I love Movie therapy!

Picture of the day

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Love Boba tea!

Why life is not as bad as it seems #3

Because I lost friends, and as much as it hurt, it made space for new friends. Friends who make me laugh, who brighten up my day. They inspire me to be myself, and many times better than myself.

When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It helps not because it settles the question for you. But because in that brief moment when the coin is in the air, you suddenly know what you are hoping for.

Why life is not as bad as it seems #2

Because today I got to wake up at 12:30 pm, and I did not get scolded by my mother.

Why life is not as bad as it seems #1

Because when I say or do something really dumb, instead of calling it as it is my friends say things like "you are so cute" or "I love you."

Sure my brother and sister pretend to dislike my moments but they still can't help but laugh.

Rain in Florida

Just this morning I woke up and found out it was raining. No big deal, I live in Florida, it rains here every other day during this season. Not to mention I like the rain. Unless it messes with my absolute favorite tv show that can't be watched online or a very important football match, I truly don't care much. I don't even care when the power goes out due to the heavy rain and I end up driving on pitch dark roads at night, alone. The sight of seeing south Tampa flooded doesn't scare me. I am usually so used to the hot weather, such things tend to make my life more interesting. So this morning I didn't care that the rain ruined the cook out plan I made with my friends. If we can't have a BBQ in the park, we can always have it indoors. And that is exactly what we did. I didn't mind going out in the rain to grab things from my car, and when my friends offered me their jackets and umbrellas I said it was not necessary, and they were being overprotective. That was precisely the same thing I told my dad when he offered me his umbrella later on in the day. After all I like Rain :D

But then I got stuck middle of no where. A road I have never been to and have never heard of. The car stopped working, there was no one around not a single person. 911 and 411 was no help. (911 should not be called the emergency line. They didn't even seem to empathize..  The 5 towing companies I called didn't know where I was and water started getting inside my car. Everything seemed to go wrong and all I could think was how thankful I was for everything, and how things could be much worse. I could have a smaller car and my car would've drowned sooner. I could have had no phone, or a phone with no charge but I had two phones at my disposal. I could be totally alone, but I had my dad with me. My dad was really tired though, and he was starving. My dad is my weakness. I thought it was so movie/ tv show like. My sister and I always joke around when such things come up. What if we become the next "Criminal Minds" case? Get stranded middle of no where and get killed. I wish she was with me because if a "Criminal Minds" case was to happen that would be the perfect place. However nothing like that happened. And after cancelling on handful of towing companies, getting yelled by them, and waiting 4 hours middle of no where, a random towing truck came from no where, and the guy dropped us home.

Things I learned about myself today:  
Allah is always looking out for me, today could've been much worse.
I am actually quite a strong person, as long as my family is not involved in the situation I always see the bright side of the things.
I can be quite realistic because I didn't mind for a second that I was wearing flip flops and my feet were under the dirty icky water.

I think that's about it. I just had to write it down. Because till today my biggest rain story was when I gave a complete stranger a ride to his work in heavy rain. The guy jokingly hit on me on the way, I didn't know if he was serious or he was just being nice because I helped him. What I remembered most that day was that I had the courage to help a guy knowing it could've gone bad. And when the guy called me an angel and said he hoped good things would happen to me it made everything worth it. I really needed that good wish, because a big test for my family was coming up. And Alhamdulillah it went well.

Before that my biggest rain story was the time I tried saving a bird from a mean cat, but that didn't go too well and it haunted me for a while.