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  • Another brush with the faint of heart

    Sometimes I wonder if I’m depressed or am I just an ingrate. I usually get these thoughts annoying me when I’ve had yet another encounter with betrayal or insincerity.

    Fear breeds cowardice as much as betrayal breeds hypocrisy. Or something like that…I think…I can’t really think clearly right now…not sure if it’s the lack of sleep, the distracting pain in my gut, or the untimely reminders of betrayals gone by.

    I’ve realised that in this world, the spineless will always reign supreme in the end because they’re more adaptable than those that have a back bone. It’s so much easier to live a life as an un-tethered liberal. Stand for nothing, fall for anything, and never accept accountability for commitments, either implied or explicit.

    If someone believes in you, that’s their problem. You never asked them to in the first place. Everyone bemoans the fact that they feel insignificant, unloved, unimportant, inconsequential, pathetic, alone, blah blah blah…but everyone is also always pushing away such love or care or concern or selfless commitment because it demands a reciprocation that is too constraining. We cry for companionship or understanding but then despise it when it comes in the wrong packaging.

    What a laughable bunch we are, aren’t we?

  • Reminders of how much I don’t fit in with the local Muslim community slaps me in the face each time I see a veiled lady or a man clad in his kurta or shelwar-kameez (however that is supposed to be spelt). 

    I made a conscious decision not to wear my kurta/thaub/cloak anymore because it has become a symbol of religious elitism rather than the modesty that the sunnah supposed to invoke. I don’t want to be a symbol that represents outward piety but hollow intentions. 

    So I’ve chosen a lonely path. May Allah strengthen me and have mercy on me…

  • I no longer believed in the idea of soul mates, or love at first sight. But I was beginning to believe that a very few times in your life, if you were lucky, you might meet someone who was exactly right for you. Not because he was perfect, or because you were, but because your combined flaws were arranged in a way that allowed two separate beings to hinge together.

    Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil (via make-me-smile)

    My dream is to find someone that has perfectly counter-balanced strengths and weaknesses to my own. Someone whose flaws are perfectly imperfect. Whose smile reflects in her eyes when I walk in the room, and whose cheeks flush unexpectedly when you make eye contact unexpectedly. Someone that feels comfortable enough to show their silly side around me, and indulges my silliness in return. Someone who doesn’t just let me hug her, but embraces me in return. Someone who looks in my eyes and sees me, instead of seeing everything she needs from me. Someone who will find my romanticism endearing and won’t ridicule it as juvenile, fickle or too dreamy. Someone who is willing to live a life of wonder and enchantment with me even though life weighs down more heavily each day. And most importantly, someone that has the courage to be who they are and not who society wants them to be! But I suspect I’m asking for too much…

  • Hmmm…a slightly changed landscape of my Tumblr crushes from a few weeks ago:

    1. http://howfreeitis.tumblr.com/ – Still seems to top the list despite her bad ass attitude… <3

    2. http://realitycasualty.tumblr.com/ – Enjoying the engagement so far, and I mean this in the nicest way possible, but you’re oddly endearing 🙂

    3. http://vendemiaire.tumblr.com/ – I must admit, you’re a surprise entrant in this space. But there’s a sincerity about you that is refreshing. 

    4. http://misanthropyaddict.tumblr.com/ – A fellow troubled soul…need I say more?

    5. http://leilockheart.tumblr.com/ – Have yet to connect, but I like what you post…obviously. 🙂

    6. http://sa-mantha.tumblr.com/ – We relate, don’t we? 🙂

    7. http://surferdude182.tumblr.com/ – I like the photography…and the witty not-so-nice responses to douche bags that post as anon! 🙂

    8. http://moonlightandtrees.tumblr.com/ – Definitely a pleasant newcomer to my crush corner. <3

    9. http://dontakeitforgranted.tumblr.com/ – Love some of the stuff, even though you tend to spam me at times…but why haven’t I been able to Unfollow just yet!? 🙂

  • I must learn to love the fool in me—the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries. It alone protects me against that utterly self-controlled, masterful tyrant whom I also harbor and who would rob me of my human aliveness, humility, and dignity but for my Fool.

    Theodore I. Rubin