al-Sabur

“The trees you planted in childhood have grown too heavy. You cannot bring them along. Give yourselves to the air, to what you cannot hold.”

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the workers to gather wood, don’t divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”

The tears that we shed for Imam Husayn ع signifies a harmony between our souls; it represents a brief flight that our soul makes alongside Husayn's ع soul. Such a teardrop has the potential to create within us a little glow of his valor, his faith, his piety; a small spark of his tawhid. And it is for this reason that a single teardrop shed for Imam Husayn ع contains such magnificent value.

You will never find the real truth among people that are insecure or have egos to protect. Truth over time becomes either guarded or twisted as their perspective changes; it changes with the seasons of their shame, love, hope or pride.