Ruaa Ibrahim

“People always fall in love with the most perfect aspects of each other’s personalities. Who wouldn’t? Anybody can love the most wonderful parts of another person. But that’s not the clever trick. The really clever trick is this: Can you accept the flaws? Can you look at your partner’s faults honestly and say, ‘I can work around that. I can make something out of it.’? Because the good stuff is always going to be there, and it’s always going to pretty and sparkly, but the crap underneath can ruin you.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

“The thing about having a mental breakdown is that no matter how obvious it is that you're having one, it is somehow not obvious to you. I'm fine, you think. So what if I watched TV for twenty-four straight hours yesterday. I'm not falling apart. I'm just lazy. Why it's better to think yourself lazy than think yourself in distress, I'm not sure. But it was better. More than better: it was vital.”
― Tara Westover, Educated

“Someday you're gonna look back on this moment of your life as such a sweet time of grieving. You'll see that you were in mourning and your heart was broken, but your life was changing...”
― Elizabeth Gilbert

“وعندما تضطرب أحوالُ العَيش، وتبرز صعوبات مقلقة، يزداد تشبثه بربه، فعن ابن عمر، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم : "ما يمنع أحدكم، إذا عَسُر عليه أمر معيشته، أن يقول إذا خرج من بيته : بسم الله على نفسي ومالي وديني، اللهم رضِّـني بقضاءك، وبارك لي فيما قُـدِّر لي، حتى لا أحب تعجيل ما أخَّرت، ولا تأخير ما عجَّـلت" .... سبحان الله! أي علم بالنفس البشرية ومتاعبها كان عند هذا الرسول؟! وأي خزائن ملأى باليقين كان يمنح منها هذا وذاك ليستبقي العلاقة بالله ثابتة هادئة؟!.”
― محمد الغزالي, فن الذكر والدعاء عند خاتم الأنبياء