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In spite of the implications related to fasting, it has aided my to development to becoming a disciplined individual. As an attentive individuals, most endeavors I take come with an integrated beneficial factor such as health factors. Fasting for the month of Ramadan was an outlet to to becoming an introspective individual as it allowed me to be contemplative about the choices I make regarding the readily access to food and its effects. Unlike most endeavors, I did not succeed in fasting. Instead of focusing on the act of completing the fast, I put more importance on the lessons I learned from it. As an individual who is aware of her surroundings, the motivation to fast came within the things often taken for granted. For instance, as mass

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