Let your body settle
Notice your shoulders.
Let them drop, just a little.
Unclench your jaw.
Soften the space between your eyes.
Let your hands lie open.
You are not required to carry tension right now.
Think of one thing — just one —
that exists in your life right now
that was not guaranteed.
"And if you tried to count the blessings of Allah, you could not enumerate them." — Qur'an 16:18
He is close
You do not have to travel far to find Him.
You do not need perfect words.
You do not need to have everything together first.
Right now, in this quiet,
He is nearer to you than your own jugular vein.
That is the whole prayer.
Short enough to hold.
Deep enough to last the rest of the day.
You didn't fix anything.
You didn't arrive anywhere new.
You simply remembered — and in remembering,
something in you quietly settled.
That is what He promised it would do.