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Allah Has it in stock
I was reflecting on the concept of a duaa list and how I use it to ask Allah for things. You know when you want to buy something online, and you go to a store website and check their inventory for a specific product? You scroll down, you get happy when you see it has the little green bean next to the words “in stock”? I thought to myself, if no matter what I added to my duaa list, this icon with these words would appear next to every duaa, what would I write? What would I ask for? Would it change the way I made duaa? Al-Ghani The reality…
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Allowing myself to mourn the lives I thought I’d live, as I move toward what is meant for me.
I say lives because it happens more than once.
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The choice of growth
I saw this post on tumblr that said something along the lines of, there is a shift that happens in the type of growth in adulthood compared to childhood. In childhood, you grow essentially out of force: you move up different grades, you go through puberty, your body and environment changes. Whereas in adulthood, growth no longer becomes something you are required to do, but something you choose to do. And you have to choose in increasingly uncomfortable ways. I think that’s so true and I’ve definitely found myself at a crossroads very often, wondering if the chapter in my life or things that I’m going through are even worth…
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What do I want from this dunya? and whatever the answer is, is that a realistic request?
If I could describe my experience this summer in one word it would be: wobbly. No stability. No clear direction. A lot of empty space for things, which comes with a lot of excitement and a lot of fear. One minute I feel like I got it, the next I feel like I don’t. I’ve been hitting the wall and falling down in so many of my dreams that it’s hard for me right now to believe in my future. I don’t feel like my life is mine, I don’t feel like my decisions led me anywhere good. But what is anywhere good? This is something I’ve been thinking about…
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No shame in the looong way: My road to artistry
Hello, my friend! It’s been a while. I wish I could say after a year and some change, there’s been a big change in my life but honestly….. not really. So remember I mentioned that years ago I decided to pause my life (school and work) and really go all in with my art? I felt as if life was beckoning me to go in that direction (i.e. a lot of external validation). So now, as much as I would’ve loved to have been able to continue to fund my arts through my art alone, it isn’t really panning out like that. So now I have to go the long…
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A poet’s journey to self-improvement
#01: Trying to remind myself I’m the only one responsible for my own life (and if I reach the things I wanted to do)
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I’ll be back!
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Read with me: Julius Nyerere & the concept of “Ujamaa”
' I share my reflections on the life and work of Tanzanian's first president, the great Julius Nyerere.
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There is room for everyone, even my flawed self
☁️ I wrote about being flawed, messy hustles, and being anti-perfectionist
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I’m realizing just because I am not “materialistic” doesn’t mean I can’t get attached to this dunya. A personal Reflection
☁️ I’m realizing just because I am not “materialistic” doesn’t mean I can’t get attached to this dunya
