Inspired.

She would study at the library, determined to consciously know the material. She was just your typical girl who had a dream, a destination... like any other. She would stroll into class with her pretty hair done and her typical outfit: long-sleeved shirt, vest, jeans, flats and a two-shoulder backpack. She would answer different forms of the same question with a contagious, bright smile, tediously but one would think it was the first. She once made an announcement, about some sort of student group organization that she was a part of, forgetting what she said and just focusing on her strong, independent voice, I applauded when she ended. She was in a few classes of mine for the next year and there always was something noticeably unique about her. Something special. Something worthy of my curiosity. I recall seeing her randomly and wondering "could she really do it? or is it just another false prospective?"
After not seeing her for over a year, I saw her the other day while sitting with some friends and my heart was tied into a knot. I rubbed my eyes unable to believe what I just saw. "Mashallah, wow, I'm amazed." Thoughts ran, bounced and returned to my mind nearly driving me insane. My friends were talking to me and to one another but they were entirely tuned out for a couple minutes, while my mind took me on a jetplane to the real thoughts that had always been in the back of my head. I knew it was true but at the same time I couldn't believe it. She was determined, focused and now she is settled, resolved. I guess what your heart says is true but it is your mind that lies to you. I knew what I felt was true all along and she just proved it to me passively, without even knowing she did. SubhanAllah. All it took was a glance. And all I could think of how she inspired me. Her unintentional inspiration inspired me to go that extra mile and I could almost love her for that. Alhamdulillah, she has come into my path and Alhamdulillah for making her walk by the same place that I was, at that same instant and subhanAllah how I happened to look up. This must be for a reason, because everything happens for a reason.