We arrive with heavy suitcases and even heavier expectations. We come with blueprints for our future, timelines strictly drawn, goals rigid and set only to find that life unfolds according to a different, divine design.

In the quiet moments of a foreign city, when plans crumble or results don’t match our efforts, it is easy to feel lost. But looking back, we realize that every perceived failure was actually a redirection. Every closed door was not a rejection, but a protection steering us away from a path that was never meant for our growth. Surrendering our limited view is the hardest part of faith, yet it is the most liberating. It asks us to trust that the confusion of now is preparing us for the clarity of later. It reveals the mercy hidden within His timing that He delays only to give you something better or to build the character you need to handle the blessing.

To the heart anxious about tomorrow, breathe. Release the tight grip you have on the uncontrollable. Without you knowing, you are being guided. Trust the Architect. We often obsess over the singular brick we are holding for instance the exam, the rejection, the delay. Forgetting that He holds the vision for the entire palace. What looks like a demolition site to us is often just the necessary digging of foundations. Your story isn’t falling apart; it’s falling into place. The chaos you feel is simply the dust settling before the structure rises, stronger and more beautiful than you could have planned for yourself. As the Qur’an gently reminds us…

“But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allah Knows, while you know not.” (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:216)