The other thing I’ll say here is about the slump that’s really important, is people compare themselves to others: “that
guy goes to the masjid everyday” or “this person is doing school, work and they’re praying... I’m such a loser”. And
then your slump gets deeper. The core problem isn’t that they’re a winner, the core problem is you're
comparing yourself. No two human beings are the same. You have to compare yourself to "me" [yourself]. I have
to compare myself not to anybody else, I have to compare myself to myself from yesterday. Why was yesterday
better than today? What went wrong? And you have to beat yourself at this game. It’s a constant journey
towards improvement of yourself. If you can tell yourself I did more today than I did yesterday, I’m doing better
than I did yesterday, that’s the winner. Not what you’re comparing yourself to somebody else with.