💌 Five Before Five

Salaam friends,

I was sick with the flu through all last week and I’ve been spending most of my time avoiding work and trying to recover. It’s not fun to be sick, but it made me realize how much I take my health for granted. The morning I woke up with my nose stuffed and my eyes watery, I remember thinking to myself, “I just had a stomach virus a month ago.” We count the days of our illness, but comparatively speaking they are a fraction of the days we wake up, go about our day, and sleep through the night without drastic pains. Today I’m grateful I can breathe through my nose.

🔖 Quote I’m pondering

“Take advantage of five before five: your youth before your old age, your health before your sickness, your wealth before your poverty, your free time before your busyness, and your life before your death.”

— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

📸 Through My Lens