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Does a rose stop being a rose when it is no longer admired?

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Does a rose stop being a rose when it is no longer admired? No, it remains a red rose. Does a rose stop being a rose when someone says they prefer lilies? No, it remains a rose. Does a rose stop being a rose when someone calls it by another name? No, it remains a rose. Likewise, your worth isn't based on the objective truth of who you are. That is, your worth is determined by how Allah sees you, not by anyone else.

Memory blurs, that's the point. If memory didn't...

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Memory blurs, that's the point. If memory didn't blur you wouldn't have the fool's courage to do things again, again, again, that tear you apart. 

I am nothing. I'm like someone who's been thrown into the ocean at night,....

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I am nothing. I'm like someone who's been thrown  into the ocean at night, floating all alone. I reach  out, but no one is there. I call out, but no one  answers. I have no connection to anything. ~Haruki Murakami