While people on social media share their achievements of 2025, mine is this: I survived. The past few weeks felt like my last days on earth. I slept sitting up because I couldn’t lie down, and even lying on a hospital bed felt like an extreme task. I needed help just to stand. Every moment felt heavy, exhausting, and uncertain.
Those days stripped life down to its reality. When you are truly suffering, when your body gives up and your strength disappears, the world keeps moving. Very few notice. Very few stay. In the end, it is only you and Allah.