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I stand on the end platform of the tram and am completely unsure of my footing in this world, in this town, in my family. Not even casually could I indicate any claims that I might rightly advance in any direction. I have not even any defence to offer for standing on this platform, holding on to this strap, letting myself be carried along by this tram, nor for the people who give way to the tram or walk quietly along or stand gazing at shop windows. Nobody asks me to put up a defence, indeed, but that is irrelevant. The tram approaches a stopping place and a girl takes up her position near...
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> It has been narrated on the authority of Abdullah bin Abbas, that the prophet Muhammad( pbuh) is reported to have said : Young man, I shall teach you some words [of advice]- Be mindful of Allah, and Allah will protect you.Be mindful of Allah, and you will find Him in front of you.If you ask, ask of Allah; if you seek help, seek help of Allah. Know that if the Nation were to gather together to benefit you with anything, it would benefit you only with something that Allah had already prescribed for you, and that if they gather together to harm you with anything, they would harm you only...
Read More"A single rose can be my garden; a single friend my World." Leo Buscaglia
As sunlight is attributed to the moon, so is the Beloved’s form ascribed to the lover; but in truth each image painted on the canvas of existence is the form of the artist himself. Eternal Ocean spews forth new waves. “Waves” we call them; but there is only the Sea. Fakhruddin...
Read More"We do not remember days, we remember moments." Cesare Pavese
I have a rather embarrassingly high stack of unread books. Mj’s got it right when he says I’ll probably ask for a bunch of books for my mehr. They are at once my weakness and strength. So thumbing through one volume that’s served its time on my side table, I’ve come to love reading all over again-not that we ever revoked each other, reading and I, but this adulthood thing has led me to have a mind too full, days too busy and inclinations that are recalcitrant of previous affirmations. The reward has been learning all over again what makes reading so special, the...
Read More"It is beneath human dignity to lose one’s individuality and become a mere cog in the machine." Gandhi
Rebel- The surly,ungroomed, tobacco chewing biker on a road to nowhere with scruffy boots and matted clothes that are a narrative of otherness in a world of people rushing blindly towards a plateau of sameness. But there’s another rebel, softer, a more subtle version, the person who forces their way past boundaries, who challenges socialisation practices, who battles the fiercest opposition from those who mean well but essentially, mean otherwise, these rebels must duck, dive, swim with fish, and find more empathy from hibernating bears and yet trudge through, searching for an...
Read MoreGo from me, please.
Go from me. Yet I feel that I shall stand Henceforth in thy shadow. Nevermore Alone upon the threshold of my door Of individual life, I shall command The uses of my soul, nor lift my hand Serenely in the sunshine as before, Without the sense of that which I forbore– Thy touch upon the palm. The widest land Doom takes to part us, leaves thy heart in mine With pulses that beat double. What I do And what I dream include thee, as the wine Must taste of its own grapes. And when I sue God for myself, He hears that name of thine, And sees within my eyes the tears of two. Elizabeth Barrett...
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