"You confuse yourselves with your actions, even with your thoughts. You barely understand that in order to be, it should not be necessary to act, and that the world changes you far more than you change it." (Malraux, The Temptation of the West, 1961 ) The world consists of wonderful people who enter and exit your life. When you let them enter, your breaths seem more thoughtful, your behaviors more scrutinized, your ideas challenged, and sometimes your brain orgasms from happiness. But when these individuals leave, you experience equally significant things like confusion and hurt. It seems okay to let someone in, someone trustworthy, good, honest, and not concern yourself with the end. As things exist in your mind, there is no harm. Intellectual promiscuity, then, is not so bad. To have intimate, intelligent conversations into the morning is not troubling, either. Sometimes when good people enter, it is not necessary to act, or specifically to resist. When people enter, their ...
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ReplyDelete54. I love that you consider the library your playground.
55. I love that you are "low-maintenance".
56. I love that you are sappy (you are).
57. I love that you hate when i go through yellow lights.
58. I love that you talk to me to keep me up while driving home late at night.
59. I love that you clap your hands when you're happy.
60. I love how excited you get when you say my last name.
61. I love that we remind each other to pray.
62. I love that you want to fast with me.
63. Most of all, I love that you are my better half; that i couldn't ask Allah for anyone better; that you are a perfect example of the bounties of Allah; that I don't deserve you, but Allah has willed that my life be blessed with your companionship.
Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar.
~Mohamed