We have a family tradition where we check on each other’s day when everyone is at home from school and work... So the other day Ayah asked me about my day and I told her that “I was on the couch most of the day” —doing couch related activities like reading, watching, tasbeehing, resting, napping, eating and eating some more ๐ So Mariam jumped in and said: “so you did nothing mama...” Upon hearing those words I actually saw myself (in my head) rolling up my sleeves and I fixed my posture up lol I explained to her and her sisters this: When you use your phone all day and then put it to charge; it’s “sitting there”; but can we say it’s “doing nothing?!” They said: “ofcourse not...” It’s actually doing the most important thing it can do in its day... if it doesn’t “charge” it won’t work, it will turn off, it won’t be of use, it will shut down... Imagine you are running on the 1%?! Running on low is not patience, sacrifice or hard work — it leads to destruction of self and ...