We all disgrace the blessings given to us, in the race for that “something more"... in the race, we always loose everything. I need to stop running, i need to win this race.

..what do you do.. when your mind goes numb?... what do you do when you stand on the sidewalk watching your soul drain through the cracks?

There may be sweet pleasures for the body in this world. But anything other than love for God, whose beauty is unmatched, is agony to the soul. What is agony of the soul? It is to advance towards death without being sustained by the water of life.

-Rumi, "Masnavi"

From "366 Readings From Islam," translated by Robert Van der Weyer.