For a wound to heal, you have to clean it out. Again, and again, and again. And this cleaning process stings. The cleaning of a wound hurts. Yes. Healing takes so much work. So much persistence. And so much patience. But every process has an end and an appointed term. Your healing will come... And like all created things, your worldly pain will die.

You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He'd saved for you, the sea.

The poison leaves bit by bit, not all at once. Be patient. You are healing.

I think we seek out people who we hope will fix what our childhood broke.

They say you don't get over someone until you find someone or something better. As humans, we don't deal well with emptiness. Any empty space must be filled. Immediately. The pain of emptiness is too strong. It compels the victim to fill that place. A single moment with that empty spot causes excruciating pain. That's why we run from distraction to distraction and from attachment to attachment.

If you're having trouble waking up for fajr, set your alarm to play Quran. It works!

Never curse a fall. The ground is where humility lives.