I get it. Allah put me through it first so I could rise back up and help those around me. He trains you first. Then He sends the people to you and you to the people.

Ya Allah, envelop our hearts with a shield of your light and mercy, so the pain doesn't penetrate.

Sometimes the gifts of God aren't wrapped as we expect.

If you allow dunya to own your heart, like the ocean that owns the boat, it will take over. You will sink down to the depths of the sea. You will touch the ocean floor.

It is in that which you love the most that you find the greatest tests.

Be grateful for the wound that pushes you towards God.

Most of all, we must never be deceived. We must never allow ourselves to think that anything in this world succeeds, fails, is given, taken, done, or undone without Allah. It is only by our connection to our Creator that we rise or fall in life, in our relationship with our world—and with all of humanity.