Ibn Qayyim رحمه الله said: "Your soul is just like your enemy, once it finds you serious, it obeys you. If it finds weakness from you, it will take you as a prisoner." ‎● {بدائع الفوائد ٣/١٢٠٢} This shows the importance of discipline and staying away from everything and anything that harms us whether in worldly or religious matters

I will always remember this day: The Day I Did the Impossible. As some of you know, I'm an athlete, and every year I have to attend a physical exam. My exam consists of riding a stationary bike and maintaining a certain speed for about 5–10 minutes, but the resistance increases every second. Kinda tough. One day I had to attend this exam. I still remember pushing so hard that, at the end of the session, my feet were trembling. I didn’t know what I had accomplished → At the end of the session, the doctor looked at me and said: - "How did you do it?" I was confused. I asked what he meant by that, and his answer changed my view of the world: He looked at the results of the exam and said: - "Because of your genetics, you shouldn’t be able to pass this exam." I did something almost impossible → I unlocked a new level. When I got back home, I kept thinking about this all day: - "If I passed an exam that was supposed to be impossible for me, then what am I truly capable of?" If I did something like this… then what are YOU capable of? Get After It. Zazzakhallahu Khairan All praise to Allah, the only one who gave me the strength and the opportunity.

Ibn Al-Qayyim رحمه الله said: "Disobeying the desires puts a servant in position that if he makes and oath by Allah in supplication (to receive anything) Allah will fulfil it. So he excutes for him many folds more than the desires that he abandoned." ● {ﺭﻭﺿﺔ ﺍﻟﻤﺤﺒﻴﻦ ١/٤٨٤}

Assalamu alaikum Now answer the question: Did you find yourself? If your answer is no → my question is: why not? - Was it a lack of knowledge? - Was it a lack of self-confidence? - Was it a lack of time? Whatever the lack is, find it. Because you cannot take any more time for granted—you don’t know how much longer you will be here. Spend some time alone, because trust me, there is nothing worse than dying without ever knowing yourself. Once you find yourself → you become dangerous: - you don’t let other opinions overwrite yours - you don’t care about the circumstances - you always have a back-up plan - you eliminate the “giving up” button - you become That Guy But this doesn’t mean the journey becomes easier—it means you are always found, and that’s everything. Get after it. Jazakallahu Khairan

Even if you’re busy and depressed there is always a way to success. And that is consistency, even if it’s little. Don’t come to a complete stop and just close all the doors on yourself. Even if you manage to move 1% that is progress. Some days you might do more and some days you might do less. But no matter what don’t stop. Don’t procrastinate, make change حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ سَدِّدُوا وَقَارِبُوا، وَاعْلَمُوا أَنْ لَنْ يُدْخِلَ أَحَدَكُمْ عَمَلُهُ الْجَنَّةَ، وَأَنَّ أَحَبَّ الأَعْمَالِ أَدْوَمُهَا إِلَى اللَّهِ، وَإِنْ قَلَّ ‏"‏ Narrated `Aisha: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Do good deeds properly, sincerely and moderately and know that your deeds will not make you enter Paradise, and that the most beloved deed to Allah is the most regular and constant even if it were little." Sahih al-Bukhari 6464