Watching my students grow in terms of iman (faith) and amal (actions) is like watching a flower bud protruding from its branch, growing bigger and finally blooming. It's fascinating. My part? I'm just someone they meet along the way, learn a few things from me and then they move on along the road and leaving me fast behind. 

Thank you Allah or giving me the opportunity, strength, and ideas to make my moves. To think of it, Allah always give me insights along the way. Ideas of what to do, what to say, how to overcome all the obstacles along the way. So many helps from Allah along the way. 

The best policy from my experience is to stay humble all the way. I never once think that I'm better than my students (or any one for that matter) for I never know maybe that person is better in the hereafter than me. We never know our own destiny what more other people's destiny. So never think that we are better than any one else.

Me must accept that all of us come from all kinds of back grounds. Some of us never perform prayer, some of us never cover our hijab, some of us always utter three letter words, some of us drinks but Allah is always giving us another chance to change and revert back to our fitrah or nature. It is our fitrah to acknowledge that there is only one mighty God or else there will be a lot of wars among gods. Even an atheist will ask to the one and only god when in deep trouble like almost drowning. Let's not turn to Allah only in times of trouble. Think of Allah in our every breath. Think of Allah when we see a baby growing from not even knowing to suck milk from her/his mother to knowing to ride a bicycle. Think of Allah when we see leaves waving due to the unseen breeze. Think of Allah when we see birds flying by flapping its wing, then just glide in the air before flapping its wings again. Think of Allah when a husband see his wife's stomach growing bigger and bigger carrying the unborn fetus, a baby that comes from the joining of two individuals. Think of Allah all the times, always, and constantly. Then we will have the strength to face anything and everything for  we know that Allah is always with those who think of Him all the times.

May Allah bless us all. Amin.