Photograph by Perlette
Twenty-two years of life today and I wonder how have I reached this point. This point in which two decades have gone by, two decades of life, of breathing, of waking and sleeping, of wishing and dreaming, of joys and sorrows – two decades. It hardly seems real that such a long expanse [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Two Decades … and two years
Posted in Life, Photography, Ramblings, tagged Heart, Life, soul, window, time, Mind, Real, Perspective, Eyes, Sight, Twenty-two, Decades, Breathing, Waking, Sleepgin, Wishing, Dreaming, Era, Insha Allah, Birthday on February 27, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Untitled
Posted in Photography, Poetry, Ramblings, Random, tagged Chaos, Dream, Eyes, Far, Flicky, Lips, Madness, Photography, Poetry, Sealed, Serene, silent, Sit, Untitled, Witness on February 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Photograph by deborah lattimore
Such chaos
Yet these lips are sealed
Such chaos
Yet you sit silent
Thine eyes must see some far off dream
To witness madness, madness!
Yet sit so serene
By RaatKiRanii (K.F.S)
Rest
Posted in Death, Fiction, Life, Passages, Photography, Quotations, Quotes on February 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Photograph by Ela48
“I used to think once that if I could have a day of doing nothing, to rest me – a day in some quiet place like that yo’ speak on – it would maybe set me up. But now I’ve had many days o’ idleness, and I’m just as weary o’ them as I [...]
Before Dawn
Posted in Life, Photography, Ramblings, Random, tagged flickr, Music, silence, Life, Photography, World, Dawn, Random, Rambling, Morning, Observation, Peace, Sunrise, Stillness, Soothing, Restlessness, Rush, Panting, Dance, Tune, Rhythm, Writing on February 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Photograph by serni
There was a stirring all around, the soothing restlessness of peace, of the emerging day. Here disappeared the panting rush of the world. No tune to dance to, no rhythm to step to. Silence was music and the dance was stillness.
- Raatkiranii (K.F.S)
Self-sacrifice
Posted in Character, Culture, Life, Photography, Quotations, Quotes, Religion, Society, tagged Character, Culture, flickr, Life, Photography, Quotations, quote, realization, Sacrifice, Self-sacrifice, Society on February 4, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Photograph by superkev
How much easier is self-sacrifice than self-realization!
—Eric Hoffer
"The Oxford History of Islam" by John L. Esposito (Editor)
"O wave! Plunge headlong into the dark seas,
And change thyself with many a twist and turn;
Thou wast not born for tile solace of the shore;
Arise, untamed, and find a path for thyself."
- Allama Muhammad Iqbal