To change or not to change??

Assalamualaykum, this is a quick reminder for me and all the readers out there.

Changing ourselves can be the hardest thing to do sometimes. It can be a physical change or spiritual change. It can be from good to bad or vice versa. What makes it hard is because when you change, other people might judge you and you are not incompatible with your friends anymore, etc etc. But of course, we all want to change to a better person everyday.

In order for you to change, it's not just by asking other people to pray for you, but to ask yourself whether you really want to change or not..

The best examples are like wearing hijab, stopping from smoking, praying 5 times a day, etc

Allah has said in the Qur'an that if we want to change, we got to do it ourselves first.

"That is so because Allah will never change a grace which He has bestowed on a people until they change what is in their ownselves. And verily, Allah is All-Hearer, All-Knower." (Al-Anfal:53)

"...Verily! Allah will not change the good condition of a people as long as they do not change their state of goodness themselves (by committing sins and by being ungrateful and disobedient to Allah)..." (ar-Rad:11)

But Allah is the Most  Merciful that if you repent, your bad deeds will change into good deeds.

"Except those who repent and believe (in Islamic Monotheism), and do righteous deeds, for those, Allah will change their sins into good deeds, and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (al-Furqan:70)

So it's proven that when someone said "Please pray for me that I'll wear the Hijab one day" or "When the time comes, i'll wear the Hijab", or "When Allah gives me the Hidayah, I'll wear the hijab", they are just lame excuses. If you want to wear it, you'll wear it now! If you really have a great desire in changing, Allah will definitely help u along the way.

That "one day" will forever be "one day". The scary part is that you never know when you will die. So, make the change now.  InshaAllah, Allah will ease us in making these changes and accept from us our repentance.