College students: towards the end of the collection of letters of advice to his student, Imam al Ghazali advises eight parting lessons - four things to stay away from, and four things to try and do.

There are times we mistakenly believe that the path to improvement is only found in doing more - while Imam al Ghazali reminds us that being able to discipline ourselves, holding ourselves back from certain things is a sometimes more effective way of improving ourselves.

This Soul Food Thursday, we'll be talking about the four ways of improvement that are centered around withholding from doing something: arguing, becoming self-righteous, avoiding luxurious company, and to not be vulnerable to selling your morals and principles for gifts and money.

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