Patience and Prayer – May 20, 2019
أَتَأْمُرُونَ النَّاسَ بِالْبِرِّ وَتَنسَوْنَ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ تَتْلُونَ الْكِتَابَ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ” وَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِ ۚ وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى الْخَاشِعِينَ 2:44-45 – ﷽ “Enjoin ye righteousness upon mankind while ye yourselves forget (to practice it)? And ye are readers of the Scripture! Have ye then no sense? Seek help in patience and prayer; and truly […]
Being a Rose – May 17, 2019
…The last roses have opened their factories of sweetness and are giving it back to the world. If I had another life I would want to spend it all on some unstinting happiness… I wouldn’t mind being a rose in a field full of roses. Fear has not yet occurred to them, nor ambition. Reason […]
Just Waiting – May 16, 2019
“In every heart there is a coward and a procrastinator. In every heart there is a god of flowers, just waiting To come out of its cloud and lift its wings.” -Mary Oliver, from “The Kookaburras”
How to Love This World – May 15, 2019
Somewhere a black bear has just risen from sleep and is staring down the mountain… There is only one question: how to love this world. I think of her rising like a black and leafy ledge to sharpen her claws against the silence of the trees. -Mary Oliver, from “Spring”