power of the mnid....

If you can read the following paragraph, forward it on to your friends and the person that sent it to you with 'yes' in the subject line...

Only great minds can read this This is weird, but interesting!


fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can. i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is t aht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs forwrad it

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Islamic Hijri Calendar

Embracing Islam- my journey to becoming a Muslimah

Background

I am from CO, USA. I consider myself very open-minded and loving to learn so I always had some knowledge of different religions. I grew up in a progressive Christian household [I say 'progressive' because we moved a lot [military] and didn't belong to a church or held fast to having to go to church due to knowing there were judgemental Christains and it was hard to find a 'Church family]So I grew up respecting God

Conversion

I always resisted 'religion' with its rules and hypocritical followers. But I had a personal crisis the fall of 2008 and felt down about life and everything in it. I got out of the cloud when I felt pulled to read about Islam and I was hooked- everything about Islam made sense to me and its 'rules' were ones I understood to be done to get closer to Allah. I was ok with changing my life to submit to him and releasing my control on my life to Allah.New Year's Eve 2008 I converted to Islam and a week after started wearing hijab- not because I felt forced to or even commanded to, but because I want that constant reminder of being a Muslim and of correcting my behavior to be a better person/Muslim. Also I see it as a way to submit to Allah.

My Life

I feel more confidant and happy with life now- everything is not perfect but I now know its not hopeless. As a fashion-minded person, I have a nice collection of hijabs but try to make sure I am modest at all times.

As I learn about Islam, there are some issues I disagree with [such as no dogs and not praying during menstruation] but I enjoy knowing that my personal relationship with Allah is the most important [above other's judgments] and how I live as Muslim is for him to judge alone. I enjoy the freedom to worship Allah as I see it best and from what I learn in the Quran and not be pushed into worship that I don't believe is right.I work in a high school and have had no issues- the students ask questions about my hijab and Islam and its kinda a learning experience.My main issue now is finding a Muslimah network and learning, learning, learning more about Islam!