Sunday, October 15, 2006


Of speed and uncontrolled enthusiasm.

Assalamualaikum wrh. wbt.

I was reading up on a few blogs.

It's weird, seeing a whole new perspective of things.

It's hard, trying to acquaint your set perceptions with an entirely new perspective of things.

I've come to learnt that you should not judge anyone/thing by the surface it presents to you.

I've also come to learn that I have some incredible social inadequacies.

And that I am going to have to learn to feel pretty much alone here.

I used to pride myself for being the loner that I am.

'No man is an island'.

The lectures on Island Biogeography finally helped me understand the above saying:

An island is an isolated state of being. It's not just a lump of sand/corral/volcanic lava some distance away from mainland.

An island is something separated far away from everything else.
A physical state of being.
Or a psychological state of mind.

No one can live alone. Because being isolated from the rest of mankind can break something in you.

My mother used to comfort me by saying, "Whenever you're alone, remember that you're not really alone. You will always have Allah with you; He's always there with you. Allah will be all you need."

Hasbi Rabbi.
Sometimes I really do forget.

People say that in times of distress, the Quran will never fail to ease the worry and balm the pain.

So let me open a random page.

"So be patient. Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth. And let them not disquiet you who are not certain (in faith)." 30:60

It definitely hits home.

Be patient.
Be patient.
Be patient.

You'll soon be Home. 'And indeed the Hereafter is better for you than the present.' 93:4

Sighing is not good for the soul, I find.

Home. Soon.

Home.

InsyaAllah.

Wassalamualaikum.

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