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Your Environment is Destroying You

4 min readOct 26, 2026

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بسم الله

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The world we live in is designed in such a way that hinders one’s growth, preventing progression before even the first step is taken.

As a child, the zoo seems to be the most wonderful of places- you got to see a beautiful jaguar up close and feed the giraffes! But that awe faded when you realised how they were just trapped in a box room to be stared at for the rest of their days, in an environment that was never meant for them. You think such poor animals.

But do you not consider yourself? The places you are trapped in? The limits that bound you?

Oh, but it’s not the same!

Sure.

It’s not like you stay in a place for hours at a time or get fed food that is half-poisoned.

Oh, wait! You do. (Unless you are reading this from some mountain- in which case, room for another one?)

There might be no admission fee but you still pay the price.

The mind is such a powerful gift from Allah, capable of great things by His will. It has kept generations alive, helped them survive and prosper. Brought about steel willpower when motivation didn’t stand a chance. Solved…

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Ruqayyah Ali
Ruqayyah Ali

Written by Ruqayyah Ali

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