Muslimah.

The example of the person in this duniya, is like people who are on a ship, stopping at a nice island. The captain of the ship, tells the people, go to the island, look around and enjoy yourself, but don't become too enthralled with the island. A person will be in either of 3 groups. One group of people goes to the island, looks around, is impressed, but goes back to the ship right away, and their travel was easy. A second group, spent a little more time on the island, barely making it onto the boat because they brought back many things from the island. Because they brought back so many things to the boat, their travel was harder because of the extra baggage rocking the boat. The third group of people, will look at the island and love it so much that they will stay there and the boat will leave. Eventually, the island will be destroyed by typhoons and hurricanes and they will be left with nothing. ~ Imam Al Ghazali (RA) (transliterated by Imam Suhaib Webb)

Ana Muslimah

Run from the world knowing that material things are just there to distract you. Remember that you, just like everyone else, have your limitations and that your faith has its guidelines that allow you more than one way to get to the gates of Paradise. Me? I continue to run in hope that as hard and difficult this life might be, there might be some moments that brighten up our lives while we're still here.