Imam Ali (a.s.) points to a truth worth sitting with: greed takes a person to the watering place but brings him back without letting him drink. it undertakes responsibility but does not fulfil it. often, the drinker gets choked before he quenches his thirst. the greater the worth of a thing yearned for, the greater is the grief for its loss. desires blind the eyes of understanding. the destined share will reach him who does not approach it.

Identify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.

Saying 285 — Peak of Eloquence / Nahjul-Balagha (Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an ed.)