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About a story to present 4 different
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birds.
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And when we look at ourselves,
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we might
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have the
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same situation of 1 of them.
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The story talking
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about a crow, a
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boab,
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the black
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bird.
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He used to be happy.
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He used to live in the forest.
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So happy
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until
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one day,
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he saw
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the swan,
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very white
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swan,
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and he become jealous.
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And he changed his mind,
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and
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he went to the swan
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asking, swan,
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you must be the heaviest
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bird
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in the world
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because you are so shiny. You are so
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white,
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and I am
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dark and black.
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And the swan respond to the crow
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and said, I used to be heavy,
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but
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when I saw the bird,
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I changed my mind because I have one
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color, and the parent has 2 colors.
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And you have to go to the parent
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to ask him
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about his happiness.
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And the crow went
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to the parent
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al Ababa,
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and asked him,
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what do you feel about your happiness?
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You must be the heaviest
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bird in the world
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because you have 2 cars.
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And the bird respond back to the crow
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and said, I used to be heavy
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in my life
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until
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I saw
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the peacock,
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Paus.
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He has
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magical colors,
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and for me, I have only 2 colors.
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And you should go to ask
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the peacock
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about his happiness.
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And he lives
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in the zoo.
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And the crow went to the zoo,
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and he found hundreds of people
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over there taking the pictures for the peacock,
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and he was waiting for long time for
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people to leave.
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In the end,
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he come closer to the peacock
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and asked him,
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you must be happy.
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You must be the heaviest
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bird
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in the world
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because you have multiples,
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colors,
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and you have a lot of visitors every
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day.
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And I
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am so dark,
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and people
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chased me away.
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And the peacock
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looked at the crow
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and told him,
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I used to be happy,
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but since they
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put me inside the cage
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and they sent
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people to take pictures,
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and people will be happy to take pictures
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with me.
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But I have no freedom.
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I
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am
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not happy
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because I'm staying all the time
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inside the cage,
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I cannot
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fly.
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But I think
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the most
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heaviest
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bird
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is
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the crow
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because crow can go anywhere.
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No one can stop him.
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In that moment,
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crow realized
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that he is
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the happiest
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bird in the world,
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and this is the situation
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for us.
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When we
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compare ourselves
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with others,
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we might be
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unfair
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because we know nothing
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about Allah's
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wisdom. Why Allah
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made
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some of us rich
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or healthy
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or has more children than others?
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And when we look at our conditions,
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we might have
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the dark skin,
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but
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we should be happy with in any condition
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that Allah choose for us.
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When we compare ourselves
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with the other
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people conditions,
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we should
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consider
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that
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Allah, almighty Allah,
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what he took away from them to give
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them health or wealth or children.
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When you see somebody is laughing,
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laughing, you do not know how many pain
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that he hide
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under his clothes or her clothes.
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But we know nothing,
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but Allah knows everything.
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We should
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appreciate what Allah
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gave us.
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Whatever the situation that we have, this is
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the best situation for us.
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When we look at the claw in the
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beginning of the story, we might say, you
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know, he has right to complain because he's
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very dark,
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and he's very black,
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and he has nothing of beauty.
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And when we look
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at the parent
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or the swan
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or the
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the other parent,
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we might think for a while,
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it's okay
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to complain.
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But in the end of the story,
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Kroll realized
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that he is
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the happiest
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bird in the world
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because
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he can
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fly anywhere.
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He can go anywhere.
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No one can stop him.
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And the situation that we have today,
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especially
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when I came back from the journey,
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I realized
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we are so lucky
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to live here. We
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are so
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lucky
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that Allah choose us
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to have very peaceful
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life.
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If we do not thank Allah for what
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he gave us,
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it might go away from us.
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And whatever you have,
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whatever
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you have in your
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life, I swear
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this is the best situation that Allah
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put you on in.
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Because
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if you have a child or children
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or even if you have no children,
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this is the best situation.
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Because like I mentioned, we know nothing.
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If you have
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less
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wealth than others,
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You should not compare your condition with others.
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If you really wish to compare yourself with
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others, you have to compare yourself with the
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one who has less than you,
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not the one who has more than you.
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Because we do not know what Allah
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took away from those
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rich people
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or from those who has a lot of
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children or for those who has a good
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condition
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in health.
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We do not know,
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but Allah knows. But we know very well
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about ourselves,
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how Allah
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read.
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Very generous
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with us
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In any details of our life,
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he is
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the most generous.
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Since we can eat or drink normally,
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this is blessing of Allah's.
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Since we put our head in the door
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and sleep normally,
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this is a great blessing from Allah
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Since we can use the bathroom normally,
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this is a lot a lot of bounties
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from Allah,
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and we should not
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play
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against Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
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We should not reject what Allah subhanahu wa
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ta'ala did for us.
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And this is my advice
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for myself,
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my brothers, and my sisters today.
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Allah says,
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If you
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become thankful for for what Allah
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gave you, Allah will increase
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you in the same niyama that you have.
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And prophet Muhammad, salallahu alaihi wa sallam, mentioned
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this is the nature
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or this is the natural way
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of life
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and the nature of human beings.
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Our prophet Muhammad mentioned,
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if the son of Adam has
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2
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valleys of gold,
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he will wish to have the third one,
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and he will not stop
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unless
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if he dies
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and
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enter into his grave.
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Means when he dies
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and to bury his body
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into the ground,
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you know, in this this moment,
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he will stop
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thinking about future.
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But
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the normal way,
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when we have
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a lot
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of good
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wealth,
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we will wish to have more.
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Or if we have a good health, we
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will wish to have more. And sometime,
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we might
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waste it
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incorrectly,
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and we did not revise
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that Allah
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choose us
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to give us the health or the wealth
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or the children.
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And this is his plan, and almost Allah
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has planned for
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us. And please
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do not feel unhappy about your life,
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about your status, about your condition that Allah
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chose for you
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because
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we might regret later on. And this is
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the story for all of us to learn
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about
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our status
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and our condition
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in this life. May Allah
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help all us out to be thankful
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and to be happy and to be satisfied
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with our condition that Allah choose for us.
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In that moment,
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the crow changed his mind.
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In the past,
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he did not put himself
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in the situation
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to compare himself with the others,
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and he was suhali.
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And for us, the same idea.
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When we
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have the bounty from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
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we might be happy for a while.
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But when we compare our conditions with others,
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we might reject what Allah
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did for us.
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00:31:52
First announcement, just to let you know that
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00:31:53
the school
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00:31:56
is still is still looking for more,
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00:31:58
students,
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00:32:01
age 4 to 5 years old. That's a
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00:32:03
full time Islamic school. We have a table
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00:32:06
over there, brother Maddock. Doctor Maddock will be
00:32:06 -->
00:32:08
attending. So if you need help, you need
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00:32:11
to sign up your kid, please see doctor
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00:32:11
Maddock.
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00:32:12
2nd,
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we have primary
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00:32:17
coming in August 7th. Primary
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00:32:21
for August 7th for the governor of Michigan.
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00:32:22
As a,
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00:32:25
a, nonprofit organization, the message cannot endorse anybody,
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00:32:26
but we encourage you to vote. We have
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00:32:26
somebody setting up a table.
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00:32:29
We encourage you to vote. We have somebody
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00:32:31
setting up a table. We have a Muslim
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brother who is,
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00:32:35
is running for a governor
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under the Democratic Party,
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00:32:39
for a governor of the state of Michigan.
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You have to be
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00:32:44
registered to vote and able to to vote.
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You have to be an American citizen, and
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00:32:49
you have to be registered voter to,
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00:32:53
pass your vote. Please see the brother over
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00:32:53
there
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00:33:09
about the Quran and about the kids, it
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00:33:12
is important that we start signing up our
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00:33:12
kids
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00:33:14
to the Quran Institute.
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00:33:18
So far, we've opened 10 years, and we
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00:33:19
did not have a single graduate
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00:33:21
of a Muslim.
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00:33:25
That's something for us to remind ourselves first
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00:33:27
and for you to make sure that you
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00:33:30
are involved in your kids, growing up.
