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You have to take a moment to value what you already have.

And if you're not able to put into perspective what you already have,

then what you call for will also be skewed and must up.

If you're not dedicating a time of your prayer and your supplication just to say

al-Ham-Dulah, just to thank Allah for what you have. The value, those of us who have children,

of being able to go home and hug our children. That value is more precious than anything

in the world and there were a dozen or so people today

that were in downtown Dallas that would wish they could be like you that would wish that they could just

have the ability to hug their children and to have them still alive

with them in this world. Think about that for a moment. Think about how blessed you

already are and if you realize in al-Tijah, it starts off with praising Allah

Subhana al-A al-Hamah al-A-Lhamin, thanking Allah for what you already

have, thanking him for what he's already blessed you with.

Then once you've put that into perspective, then you know what to ask him for.

And instead of being obsessed over asking for your next promotion or asking for more money or asking for,

blessings of this and this and that, first and foremost,

al-Ham-Drela for what I already have,

al-Dhame-Dilah for what I already have. There are people not just thousands of miles away, there are people that live next door to you

and people that live 10 miles away from you.

That would kill to be in your position just from what you have

the things that you can't assign dollar amounts to and how much of your d'A goes to just saying al-Ham-Dilah, goes to just thanking Allah

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