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— Antoine de Saint Exupéry, The Little Prince

// Ursula K. Le Guin

— Rosamund and Benjamin Zander

— Nicholas Sparks, At First Sight

Patience with God, His decree, and His plan for you, does not mean you won't get sad or tired. It does not mean that you won't have days when the pain will make your heart heavy and constricted. TRUE patience, the most beautiful patience, can only exist in the presence of these struggles, not in their absence. Otherwise it wouldn't be called patience, if you felt good all the time or your hardship brought you no pain. So do not judge your patience by your painful emotions. Patience is judged by how we react to our pain, by our actions, by how we keep redirecting our hearts to God and reigniting our hope in what He has promised and holds for us, not only in this world but the next.

Allah won't give you more than you can handle. If your situation seems harder than most, it's because He knows you're strong enough for it and He wants to make you stronger. Please be patient and trust Allah's plan.

Marriage: And among His signs is this: that He created mates for you from yourselves that you may find rest and peace of mind in them, and He ordained between you love and mercy. Certainly, herein indeed are signs for people who reflect." (Qur'an 30:21)

— Hussain Anwar