Hi, Salamm,
Salam and blessings to all,
I've been on this site for a little bit, but never took the initiative to introduce myself. I'm terrible at introductions! >.<
I'm usually the adorkable introvert. 
How I got to this point in my life...well, it's quite a long story filled with a lot of B.S.
Yeah! Bad Science! We have to go through it to learn. No way around it in the process of learning!
I am very new to Islam. I started seriously researching about it in June of this year (with absolutely no knowledge of Islam beforehand), took my shahada by the end of June, took on Ramadan mid-July, got enlightened to Quran alone because of the ridiculous and illogical "rules" of Sunnism during Ramadan, eventually found this website and the Monotheist translation of the Quran (Thank you guys SO MUCH for that translation! Saved my Ramadan and my religion!), and finally was a full-blown Muslim before Eid hit.
Yea. Super quick.
Awareness happens in no time. However, for the self to accept the change and swallow it, if ever, it takes time.
But I think my journey came so fast because I was kind of ready for it to a certain extent. There were days and nights where I would sit for half an hour or more begging God to guide me on a straight path. And man does He ever answer prayers! It was the first time I earnestly spoke with Him in my life I think...
You must have been in the Roo7, where you can be right at and with the source of your being, at that particular moment! Awesome!
perhaps once before when I was a teenager. I was just so tired of crap. I was tired of being lied to. All my life I bounced around from being Catholic, to Baptist, to Athiest, to Agnostic, and I even considered Satanism at one point. Crazy, I know! 
You will still be lied to and pulled by forces that come disguised as the truth. But that is just part of the "thrill".
But thankfully, I realized that all I really had to do was ask for the answer, and listen.
And filter if you were asking humans!
It was that easy! Six months ago I would have NEVER thought to be serious about any religion at all. This is a complete 180 for me. I haven't even told my friends about my conversion yet (and they weren't serious friends anyway so go figure. Haven't heard from them since I went on hiatus from facebook) but if they knew about it, I think they would laugh in my face. What? You? Religious? HAHAHA
NEXT SUBJECT!
Religion is a big word. Waking up will do for me! LOL! So now that I've woken up, what shall I do? Well,, there is a lot.. ahead.. you will come to realize. Just don't be discouraged by the heaviness of its weight. It is overwhelming to say the least. When you want to move forward yet there are people and things that are pulling you back. But as you have already done, trusting in God is the one and only way. YOu've seen it. So keep doing what you are doing.. keep asking as earnestly as you did before: "Ihdinaa al ssira6 al mustaqeem".. and you will be shown the way,, the road of the true religion.. a very empty, rough road! Isolated, with no travelers, , maybe very few in the distance, who could be waving to you to keep going,, so keep on moving forward.. with such emptiness you will only feel the company of God even greater, and sense how it is fulfilling and lasting than any human company. The price of finding God is to give up on all else.
Anywho, so I am five months Muslim and I have only read the Quran in its entirety once. Of course I read a Surah here and there, but I plan to read vigorously once again when I fast this December. I really hope to memorize the Quran, and I mean that as knowing what it says, not how it sounds! I want to be a walking Quran, a Muslim encyclopedia for every situation, a permanent student in Islam! I am sooooooo excited about this change in my life because I finally belong somewhere.
For sure, there is always room to learn and grow from the Quran. Never stop studying and pondering on it. But we need to realize that whatever we could come to find out of it, that in reality, it is a very tiny bit of the truth, and there is the possibility that we could be even wrong about it! In [27:40] The subject who brought the throne of Sheba to the mighty king Suleiman had clearly more knowledge (3ilm to be correct.. I don't know the equivalent in English) than Suleiman. Suleiman was given a lot, kingdoms and such, but not a lot of 3ilm it seems. Yet that did not upset him the least. To the contrary! It made him more grateful! There is a lesson in that for all of us. No single person can be a walking Quran, or a Muslim encyclopedia for every situation. No one can get the whole picture.
You will read the Quran, for zillions of time, like me, but know that you will not fully get it, not all of it. No one will. Should that deter you? Not the least. I read the Quran 24/7.. as a matter of fact it plays in my ears around the hour (almost), yet, I still realize things and get answers for the first time in my life!! It stops me in my tracks! (in a good way).. yet I cannot permit myself to be so sure! I would think that I should still be open and praying for further 3ilm and verifications.. That is my quest.
The Quran is a single window/pointer to the Truth. To put too much emphasis on it or to expect that it is easy to understand is an invitation for confusion, especially when what you can get your hand on is a translation, tainted by the translator's point of view.
You are not lost without the Quran. That is what I am trying to say here. There are other pointers. The Fitrah is one pointer [30:30].. The gut feeling is another pointer [91:8]...
To me, the really main pointer, the one that you came to life through and became a conscious and aware being, and was given responsibility because of it, is al Roo7. Strive to be there. It is where you can have a talk with the Creator and tune in for answers and comfort.
I have finally found the logic to life and that fact brings me peace. And God is so awesome and I love Him so much! (Though that feeling is quite new to me as well. Hopefully that love will grow as my journey continues.)
The sweetness you experience within will continuously be challenged by the bitterness of some people in the world around you. Again, part of the journey!
The only thing that I'm frustrated about with Islam is the fact that so few practice it! Grrr. Why is Allah=sufficient such a minority mindset?! It doesn't make sense. =/
Don't worry about that. There are people in this world who choose to sleep, and stay asleep. Their choice. If they have a chance to wake up then it is something between them and Who Created them. It breaks my heart to see them ruining our Earth, but I can and will do whatever I can do. We need to fix what they destroy. We need to do whatever we can.
Either way, here is a short and extremely condensed video about my conversion:
http://youtu.be/r4yZsNK4OyU
Very interesting. I loved it, Thanks
As I have spoken to a few of you already, thank you guys for being so amazing and supportive. Peace, blessings and love to all!
Salam,
-Inq
I hope I haven't bothered you with my thoughts.. My best wishes to you, sister, and very warm welcome.. xoxo