Tag: snow

  • Balance

    As for the earth, We spread it out and placed upon it firm mountains, and caused everything to grow there in perfect balance (Quran 15:19) — English by Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

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  • Eid-Al-Fitr Mubarak 2022

    Another Ramadan has come and gone. A sure sign of the relentless passing of time. As always, it’s been a time of trials and tribulations. Of sincere prayers and deep reflections. A time of lucid late evenings and tired early mornings. And, as always, a time of failure and of success. Today, on the eve…

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  • Thanks

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    Thanks for sharing all your stories, big and small. Thanks for always coming through, and for surprising me when I least expect it. Thanks for your patience even in moments of stress. Thanks for always trying, and for your friendship.

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  • Snow

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    Pure, fresh, pristine.Having arrived just a few hours before,it was waiting for us as we stood at the trailhead.A clean white carpet draped on the forest floor,inviting us in. And we walked. Hard as rock. And unforgivingly slippery.Treacherous under a thin blanket of powder.One misstep and we’d be on our backs. We kept walking. Brittle…

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  • The Dreams We Never Had

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    Sometimes in life, we have dreams. Some can be achieved if we work really hard,pray from our hearts,and are fortunate enough to have just that extra bit of fate on our side. Some are so big, we know they’ll always be outside our reach.Yet we hope, and we pray.And we carry them inside us, safeguarding…

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  • The First Day of Spring

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    Today, after weeks of low temperatures caused by Siberian winds from the East, the snow finally gave in to the warmth of the March sun. From afar, the droplets from the melting snow on the roof seemed to be falling lazily onto the wooden railing on top the fence below. As March 1st, the first…

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  • Winter’s Sunset

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    There’s something wonderfully sad about a winter’s sunset. It deadens the pain, the melancholy of regret. A fleeting moment of calm surrender. And ephemeral beauty. Captured in an instant. Forever preserved. In the vast darkness of my heart. A tiny light deserved

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