Accepted

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Dua:
This happened today (2/26/18). I'm currently on vacation in Florida. I was eating at a quiet restaurant where they had 12 different flavors for chicken wings. We ordered Lemon Pepper. The man who served our food highly recommended the Mango Habanero chicken wings. Since the second he mentioned the word "mango", I was daydreaming. Coming up with different instances we could order the Mango Habanero chicken wings. Maybe today, maybe tomorrow, maybe eat-in, maybe to-go, maybe before we leave Florida on Friday... I was half ranting to my parents about how I was craving that specific dish.

Allah's plan:
After we were served all our food - and it was a lot, considering the fact that the servings were LARGE and I was partially full from before - the same man came back with a tray. I was thinking, "What?! We didn't order anything else." Right then, the man said it was on the house. At this point, I was like, "Wait, what?" As he was placing it on the table, I saw 6 small pieces of chicken covered in orange sauce containing chili flakes. I was staring at those little balls of chicken in anticipation, and he said it was the Mango Habanero chicken! I was super excited!! :) The second he left, I reached out and grabbed a piece. It was hot, as in warm-hot and also spicy! The first piece was enough to satisfy my wild cravings. It was crazy! I literally didn't even expect that, and I'm so grateful that I got to taste that! Though I suppose the man did that to boost the reputation of his place, but who could blame him? We were at no loss, so I couldn't care less about his intentions!

No matter how bad you think you are, Allah loves you. If He accepted Iblees's Duas after he showed arrogance and became Shaytan (the devil), you're nothing! You'll never be as bad as Shaytan. How lucky we are - we have free will and can reach the ranks of any of Allah's creations, from the pointlessly grazing animals with desire and no purpose to that of the obedient angels worshipping Allah in the heavens continuously from the moment they were created till their moment of perish. As a dear friend once wrote in my autograph book many years ago, "Keep hopes high and never give up!" ❤