Earthquake Reality:

Pakistan:
News from Pakistan is very disturbing. SubhanAllah. We need to do more inshaAllah.
I learned a long time ago, Allhamdulillah, it is not by us or from us that a people are helped.
It was written for them, and whatever is due to them will come. We help others, inshaAllah ultimately for our own salvation, because we are all created beings assisting other created beings in their time of need.
We need to be so much more grateful for everything. These times are a wake-up call for everyone in the world. Our kids, our life, our homes and comfort. We think we are so detached and away from the devastation that is hitting the rest of the world. It seems like everything is happening all at once, to everyone but us.

The reality of death is very important for us to keep near in our minds. The little troubles of the day do not seem so heavy, knowing that we will soon one day meet our Lord- Most High.
"All that is on this earth will perish: But will abide (for ever) the Face of your Lord, - full of Majesty, Bounty and Honor " Quran 55:26-27

In these last blessed days of Ramadan, we pray to keep near to the important things, inshaAllah- and cleanse ourselves from our faults. Hopefully to last all year through. And I pray for life to again meet Ramadan-i pray inshaAllah in a higher spiritual state.