I have grown so much in the past few days, it’s just simply amazing. I spend a lot of time observing my habits and studying what’s around me, as a result, I learn something new about myself every day, and the people around me. I know it’s odd to say this, but I’m pretty amazed at the rate I’m growing mentally. I’m currently in the the process of building a great spiritual relationship with my creator, Allah, and I’ve been living in my own Islamic utopia ever since I decided to include him in my life. I’m now more in touch with myself, my strengths, my shortcoming, my likes and dislikes. I’ve started to fully accept myself for who I’m, because I know Allah loves those who are content. I hope this personal change continues to happen, so that I can be the best version of myself.
I Love Minneapolis!!
In this city you’re bound to run into such nice people.
For example yesterday my friend Muna was headed home from school & she was waiting for the train at Hennepin Station in downtown and a random stranger gave her the cutest flower.. it was such a pretty rose.
I think that’s the sweetest thing for someone to do.
to give a random stranger something o matter how big or small.
You never know what the person standing by you on the train is going through but something as simple as a rose can totally uplift them and make their day so much better.
This morning I woke up with a smile on my face. I was feeling so happy and lively that I immediately went for a walk with a water bottle in one hand, and a camera in the other. I walked around the neighborhood, felt the morning breeze against my skin, and watched people as they rushed to catch the light-rail. I took pictures during my walk, and now the happiness I felt this morning will forever remain captured, at least in those pictures it will. I haven’t had a day like this in so long, I think I’m slowly figuring out the things that make me happy, not just happy, but really-really happy. I’m finding peace within myself, and learning to love myself.
I read this quote somewhere, and I think it perfectly expresses my feelings even though it isn’t mine.
“Until two days ago, I liked myself. If you’d asked me to swap with anyone I wouldn’t have done it, and I often felt proud of who I was and what I’d done. But I didn’t LOVE myself. I didn’t love myself as if I was absolutely perfectly wonderfully unconditionally irresistibly lovable.
Like truth-seeking, it may be a journey that lasts my whole lifetime, but these days I’m aggressively committed to honoring myself, my needs, my desires, my tastes, my emotions, my choices, my past, my intentions, my body, my art, my mistakes, my everything. I hope to honor it all as if there is nothing more important in this world to honor. I (am working to) love myself as if I’m my own child; as if me and myself were the last two people on earth.”
Sun been down for days
A pretty flower in a vase
A slipper by the fireplace
A cello lying in its case
Soon she’s down the stairs
Her morning elegance she wears
The sound of water makes her dream
Awoken by a cloud of steam
She pours a daydream in a cup
A spoon of sugar sweetens up
And She fights for her life
As she puts on her coat
And she fights for her life on the train
She looks at the rain
As it pours
And she fights for her life
I <3 this song. :)
“I know well what I am fleeing from, but not what I am in search of.” ~Michel de Montaigne
Recently, I turned 19 and as I bow out of my teens, I’m more confused than ever. I feel like I’m in search of something but I don’t know what. Every single aspect of my life is direction less- family life, school life, social life, and even spiritual life. Everything is changing and I’m not keeping up with it. In my early teen years, I thought I knew it all. I had my life planned out- I had expectations for myself, but when I wasn’t able to meet those expectations, I became disappointed in myself, and started to change. I became cynical and pessimistic. The little girl with the BIG dreams died inside of me, and out came a seriously confused person.
So to end this confusion, I’m starting a journey of self-discovery. I want to find out the meaning of life? More specifically the meaning of my life. I want to discover my personal values, my goals, my dreams, and the purpose of my life. I’m tired of living a directionless life, so here’s to change. Hopefully, this journey won’t be disappointing.
“Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. You can’t get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you’re doing. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover will be yourself.”- Alan Alda
Close your eyes for a second and look for your special someone, and see the city through their eyes. You’ll see that your city is even more beautiful than you ever imagined. Who knows, even you might find a companion like I did.
(Source: iktaraiktara, via icravepeace)
We are the lovesick. The fearless ones. The never giving up.
The hearts undone. Sick with the desire to love. To live so far
beyond the boundaries given to us. We are the fence-hopping
fools who never stopped to read the signs. The ones that left
the world behind. Like dreams we’ve drawn in neon light. Just
moments in the sea of time. We are the lost ones wandering.
The soon to be smoldering. Last to be found. The first to fall and
fail to fly then shatter on the ground. We are the rebels running
wild through a darkness that can swallow us. But we’ve set fire
to our souls. Burning brilliant blinding gold. The flames that illuminate
our lonely road. Our futures holding fates untold. We are the
ever-refusing to fold. To fade away or worse to lose. The few that
bend and break apart the cages of our rules. Born desperate for the
promise of the mystery unknown. We are the lovesick. And just like
the sun we will always rise. Hope still shining in our eyes.
Jason’s music is so inspiring. I love him.:)
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
Nelson Mandela
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