Reflections – Page 10

Reflection 1-54

People too often take the Deen being easy to mean what’s easy being Deen; when, in fact, the two are worlds apart.

Reflection 1-53

You are the sun whose light erased even my shadow.

[Regarding my spiritual guide]

Reflection 1-52

I shall have loved thee better from afar.

[regarding the paramour]

Reflection 1-51

Perpetual striving to achieve Istiqamah is also an example of the same.

Reflection 1-50

A child learns to walk first by faltering, even falling down, but always getting back up.

So too is the case for one who looks to gain consistency in their actions.

Reflection 1-49

Altercations have the uncanny ability to induce deafness, making the benefit of screaming incremental to absent.

Yelling and education are often mutually exclusive. Teach children what to do calmly but firmly. This serves the latter goal better than incessant tirades which usually are dismissed presently despite their force.