How many of you have had to do something, because of circumstances, that you have always sworn never to do?
Do you not think sometims that life puts you in the exact situation you promised never to be in, and your helpless to do anything but go ahead and do what you always hated doing.
Like for e.g. when i saw religious couples a loooooooong time back i always promised that i would never be like that. The other day we were driving home. Him with his beard, and i on the way back from work and had a hijab on. And i thought…mannnnnnnnnnnnnnn, there was a day when i used to be the girl walking down the road, looking in thinking…that is not going to be me in my future life and here i am today!
You are Right. I learnt a lot in a very short period of time. A lot of things, I said, and they proved exactly the way I did not want it to happen. A lesson from Allah indeed.
I also find myself, a lot of time, what I must have said, I can never be. One of the things, being religious! I just hope and pray to God that may He forgive me for saying all those stupid things, ameen.
I think its a lesson to stop being so sure of yourself, when He wants you to do something - you will do it. The circumstances are such that you have no other way, and then its like 'did the sky fall down on your head'? No.
I need help quitting smoking...although i dont smoke everyday, but just the habbit of 2-3 cigs a week is not going away and i promise my self that i will quit but i guess i am lacking will power :)
many things but then our plans & his [God] plan’s don’t exactly go hand in hand. also old days thinking gets mature with time and we start to understand things more clearly and logically.
I believe that if you are not doing something out of your belief then you should NOT do it just to show. Now I would not wear a head scarf till I think I really want too and no one can force me also.
I just started praying generally and it was from heart and not something I think I am forced to do.
Same thing goes for other religious believes.
We tend to do things we 'swore' never to do cos at different points in life we want to do different things. this is a result of us evolving, growing, changing as a person. ofcourse, circumstances play an important part as well.
believe me, this is something most people wonder about a lot.
i had no choice but to learn how to cook :(
i had promised myself i would never learn this "useless, boring, unneccessary" act. i would make money and hire a cook and get frozen meals.
The first and only time I had to use a plunger. Though, honestly I never swore not to do it before that. It just never crossed my mind that there are such yucky tasks in the world.
but then our plans & his [God] plan’s don’t exactly go hand in hand. also old days thinking gets mature with time and we start to understand things more clearly and logically.
I confess that too 
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