Saturday, October 22, 2022

The Fall of Youth


In the arrogance of youth, the green leaf looked at the aging brown leaves with contempt
Basking in the sun, it pitifully looked as another colored leaf fell away

But ,it was Fall
And the falling leaves gracefully whispered,  "we will all meet on the ground"....

What a pompous mistake; to mistake our youth as a permanent season....

Hiba



Friday, October 21, 2022

Building or Breaking...

 I find myself doing what I'm doing a lot of in this season....thinking 

We think so much before breaking something. Despite, having more facts in our favor. Despite knowing why we are breaking something . We only consider breaking something when it's creation has subtracted more than it has added. When it's existence  does not allow co existence of our peace, happiness and dignity . There are less unknowns in breaking because you know exactly what it is that you are breaking 

Yet,  we are encouraged to happily build. We build homes and lives with people on hope and promises. With no assurance of what the result will be, yet we jump to building. We invest so much of ourselves,  we pour so much from ourselves to build. With far less certainty of what will be built,  with many more variables,  we don't think as much or as hard about the risky endeavor of building. 

Why then do we fear breaking those same things? We break with knowledge that we didn't have at the time of building which makes it a safer decision.

Yet, breaking seems more serious than building.  The future is unknown in both but breaking happens after you know...

To break or continue with what was built?

HT



Saturday, October 15, 2022

Sacred Places



We celebrate the butterfly and the metamorphosis of the caterpillar
But, what about the cocoon?
The place that held space

We celebrate the revelations of God and the Prophet
But, what about the cave?
The place that offered solitude

We celebrate the baby and parenthood
But what about the womb?
The place that selflessly offered nourishment

Places matter
They hold space
They offer grace

Be the place,  be the space, be the grace because places matter..

Hiba