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you realize the things you give away make you happier than the things you keep for yourself.”
“If we can be strong enough to resist the stuff Allah has allowed, it makes it easier to resist the stuff that’s forbidden. I know Ramadan makes me appreciate the things He gave us that I usually take for granted, like food and water.”
“always look beyond what your eyes initially recognize and find out what is real, what is possible, and what is the truth.”
“It’s hard to see the beauty in things when you can’t see past your insecurities.”
Maya Madinah loved her aunt’s ease with silence and her deep listening. So many adults she knew only pretended to listen when in fact they were just waiting for her to pause so they could jump in and lecture her.
“Families can look a lot of different ways, Maya Madinah. And each of them is beautiful. We each have a biological family, the one we’re born into. You have your parents and relatives. And we each have a chosen family, which might include people we are related to and those we aren’t. Look at us! We may not be related by blood, but I am so glad to have you as my chosen niece.”
If they couldn’t be what they had been, could they become something new? She wasn’t sure. But maybe it was worth trying—one breath, one day at a time.
