umi and love

“There must be something strangely sacred in salt. It is in our tears and in the sea.”

– Khalil Gibran

Eid Mubarak 🌙

Homecoming

“It takes a long time to sound like yourself.”

– Miles Davis

“I want to be remembered as someone who was sincere. Even if I made mistakes, they were made in sincerity. If I was wrong, I was wrong in sincerity.”

– Malcolm X

“Create no images of God. Accept the images that God has provided. They are everywhere, in everything. God is Change— Seed to tree, tree to forest; Rain to river, river to sea; Grubs to bees, bees to swarm. From one, many; from many, one; Forever uniting, growing, dissolving— forever Changing. The universe is God’s self portrait.”

– Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower

“Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.”

– Vachel Lindsay

“I am happy even before I have a reason.
I am full of Light even before the sky
can greet the sun or the moon.

Dear companions,
We have been in love with God
For so very, very long.”

– Hafiz, I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and Joy

“Love must be learned, and learned again and again; there is no end to it. Hate needs no instruction, but waits only to be provoked.”

– Katherine Anne Porter

“And in the end, I believe that we don’t need to do anything to be loved. We spend our lives trying to seem prettier, smarter. But I realised two things. Those who love us see us with their hearts and attribute qualities to us beyond those we really have.

And those who don’t want to love us will never be satisfied with all our efforts. Yes, I really believe that it is important to leave our imperfections alone. They are precious to understand those who see us with the heart.”

– Frida Kahlo

Love.