Congratulations, here’s a trophy for breathing.

When every kid in the classroom gets a reward, no matter how disruptive they have been, you're making them weak. You're no longer rewarding effort and excellence, you're just rewarding their ability to exist.

This is why we have weaker human beings today. People feel entitled to things they haven't earned, and can't go through any struggle without having a mental breakdown because their whole life has been one hand-out after another.

Parents fall into this trap by seeing the masses go in this direction, and they get duped themselves. Our safety and security should not lead to a path of laziness.

The beauty of Islam is it brings inherent difficulty even to those who are living in ease and comfort. Those difficulties also come with purpose, allowing us to compete for the real prize, which is to see Allah subhana wata'aalah with our own eyes in Jannah.

Fasting,

praying,

striving to do good,

preventing the evil,

giving in charity,

building a community,

giving dawah,

all of these acts of worship and more have different levels of struggle and perseverance, and the benefits are seen both in this world and the next.