It takes a few relationships. A few broken ones. A few downfalls. A few assholes who break your heart, and a few let downs…to realize you never needed them, and you never will. It takes a few breakdowns to realize you don’t need anyone to understand you, you don’t need anyone’s shoulder to cry on, you don’t need anyone calling you at 3am to listen to you. It takes a while to get a point where you know that all you really need is Allah (swt), all you need is peace in your heart that can only come from the One that created it. All you really need are duas, prayers, the Quran, and sabr (patience).
But you can still thank those heartbreakers, you can still thank your dysfunctional relationships, those terrible people that left you alone over and over again…you can still thank them, because if it weren’t for them, you wouldn’t realize Who you REALLY need.