Life is not always about racing towards your goals. You will constantly keep running from one accomplishment to another. Sometimes, when we run, we lose control of ourselves. We slip on important stuff and miss things that matter the most.

Be gentle on yourself. Just stop for a while, slow down and breathe. Take one step at a time. Live in the moment and enjoy it to the fullest while preparing consciously for the future.

Work on your connection with the Creator and direct your sole focus on the Now. Train yourself to not rush through it all, adopt to the
pace of nature and you will experience
a new kind of elation. Practice
patience as you accompany time
for a short period on its never
ending journey.

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Stop comparing someone's pain with another person. Hurt is hurt no matter what and only the one who is feeling it knows the real meaning of that pain.

People seriously need to learn better than to belittle others by making comparisons. You are not supposed to say, 'you are lucky you got off with only this much pain, imagine the struggle *he/she* must be going through. Yours is nothing compared to it, so cheer up,' to someone who is at their lowest.

Just because they do not show their pain to the whole world to see does not mean that they are not broken inside. Someone who is drowning and fighting to breath needs air regardless of how deep they are underwater.

This is not a competition to determine whose problems are worse than whom and who has got it as bad as them. Life is different for each of us and the way everyone takes it is unique as well. Always remember not to trivialise what anyone undergoes in the pretense of empathising with another.

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Sometimes you have to be tested with calamities in order for you to understand the magnitude of your Creator's blessings.

Human beings have a tendency to take things for granted when everything goes well in their lives. The difficult times they may face help them remind the One Who is in control of everything and urge them to rely only in Him.

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Constantly reminding yourself of who
really is in control can do wonders for your
mental well-being. It also helps you move
forward towards your eternal goal of
pleasing the Almighty, which definitely
is a win-win situation.

Stepping away from what harms you or
avoiding things that might disturb your
peace of mind is not being a coward.

Rather, cowardice is when you are unable
to fight your demons and stand up for
what is right, it is hurting everyone around
while you give in to your desires, and it is
refusing to acknowlede your mistakes as
you try to pinpoint them on others.

Cowardice is also being silent when you
see someone purposefully wronging
another, hiding the truth in order to
protect them from justice, and not feeling
any kind of guilt nor remorse.

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Life is a circle of happiness, sadness, good times and hard times. Our courage is shown in how we face both good and bad days without giving into those moments. Be modest and humble when you are happy and be patient and resilient as you go through difficulties.

Everything happens for a reason and it is neither a necessity for us to know all those reasons nor our duty to probe into them. If it is the Almighty Allah's will to keep things hidden, let it be. He is the best Planner afterall and He alone is aware of what is better for each of us.

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When certain people try to make you lose faith in humanity, Allah sends beautiful souls your way to restore it and remind you that He has always had your back.

If you start counting your blessings and the amount of times the Almighty has fulfilled your simplest of prayers, even the ones you have never voiced out, I do not think you will ever even think of complaining about Him.

Let us learn to be more grateful and content in our life rather than being unsatisfied
all the time.

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Never think you have lost something if you are lied to, cheated on, or betrayed by people you had trusted. They have blackened their souls in the process and have handed you over opportunities to purify yours; they dared playing with the fire of Jahannam while being a tool to ease your path towards Jannah.

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When the plectrums of rain finally hit a smooth surface, they clasped hands with their kin, sliding down together, gently touching the ground as a mixture of water and salt, just like the ever swirling emotions inside of her.

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You stood alone,
Unique and bold,
In a desolated desert,
Against myriad odds,
Surviving all facades.

I saw you collapse,
When a storm did blast,
With a lightening flash,
Thunderbolts roared,
You tumbled being frail.

Yet what I knew not,
Made my brows arch,
Your struggles last long,
Even if you turn to ashes,
It only made you strong.

A fiery Pheonix were you,
Rising from the remains,
Thriving betwixt thorns,
Determined to live,
Revamping the ruins.

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She let the silver droplets caress her
soft skin and relished the feel
of them as they slid down.

The cool breeze did not dissuade
nor did the muddy puddles stop her
from getting drenched in the pouring aqua.

She hoped that her welcoming arms
would somehow comfort the
miserable clouds and would convert
their weeping tears into happy ones.

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