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11 Lessons on Spiritual Growth From ICNA 2016

style="text-align: center">4. “Fasting in Ramadan is a spiritual mirror. It reduces you to your weakest state and lowest self, and you show your true colors.”

– Abdelrahman Murphy

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Abdelrahman Murphy/Facebook

Eat a Snickers; you’re not you when you’re hungry. Just like the cheesy little line on a commercial, we’re really not us when we’re hungry. Ramadan is here, and in this weak state we often forget our boundaries. This is is a wake up call to see how we really can be at our lowest, and learn through the month how to higher that level of strength and endurance.