Journey to The Change

‘Life begins at the end of your comfort zone’. Now I truly started to grasp the meaning of this profound saying. 

My new life began the day I got on that plane. I left everything behind,- my job, my friends, my home. Getting on that plane was like doing spring cleaning in the middle of winter, when you throw away all of your old clothes, do the laundry, change sheets and repaint cracks on the walls. Except that my cleaning is deeper than this. It’s the cleaning of my own soul, emptying my own heart, getting rid of all bad habits and finding the inner peace. 

By coming here I separated myself from everything that stood between me and Allah (swt), torn my heart wide open and got ready to let Him in, got ready to allow Him to change my life. No change comes easily. I got out of the environment that I was used to and placed myself in the hands of another culture, climate, people, and it is all for one reason- to catch the only hand worth holding on to- The hand of our Creator. 

Sometimes the part of Allah’s plan is to get us away from home in order to bring us Home. It’s a long journey through the rivers of our own nafs (ego), through the valleys of our own selfishness and desserts of our weaknesses. But there is a light in the end of the tunnel- you just need to get there.

‘Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. So if you’re feeling uncomfortable right now, know that the change taking place in your life is a beginning, not an ending.’- Neale Donald Walsch.