🌿self love🌿

36/100 days of productivity-March 16th, 2019

the moon’s glow on a misty evening

the scent of bakeries in the morning

pretty colors in the sky

fairytales and old books

fluffy animals that run up to you and nuzzle their soft face into your hand

when someone is happy to see you

rainbows appearing in a cloud

the warmth and scent of freshly laundered clothes and towels

bumblebees flying from flower to flower

blooming flowers and gentle rays of sunlight after a freezing winter

making your favorite person laugh

people that sweet nice things without expecting anything in return

seeing someone smile for no reason

forests that are home to thousands of creatures and trees

someone making something for you, like a playlist, a meal or a knitted scarf

doing something sweet for someone and seeing how happy it makes them

nicknames, mutual affection and warm hugs

snow that looks like powdered sugar

sweet fruits that are good for you like apples and strawberries

going grocery shopping with someone u love

plush toys, soft pillows and warm blankets

warm glows of street lights in a city

your favorite sweater that keeps you warm

songs that understand you

songs that make you want to dance

walking barefoot on a beach in summer

the gentle crunch of leaves and warm mugs of hot cocoa in autumn

birdsong that wakes you up gently

old paintings of flowers and sceneries

“you make mistakes because you’re focusing on the target and not on your actions”

and i was like woah

Dear Tumblr @staff, 

In light of the recent white supremacist terror attacks worldwide: 

We, the Tumblr community (your community), implore you to change your previously passive policy against white supremacy and white nationalist extremist ideologies. 

Every major news station, social expert, and experts on extremist ideologies have identified that these extremist ideologies are spread and grown on online platforms: specifically social platforms. They have identified the major ways that communities can confront these violent extremist views; the biggest one being for social media groups to actually start removing user accounts that post and spread extremist white nationalist dog whistles, memes, and rhetoric.

Your users are begging for your help in stemming the rising tide of xenophobic violence. As has become evident by the recent terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, these ideologies don’t begin with violence, but with strategically spouted rhetoric and hate speech that riles up others who are vulnerable to being persuaded by their subtle methods. 

Please.  If you support the safety of your users.  If you support the Muslim Community. If you support the Jewish Community.  If you support People of Color.  If you support your users regardless of color or religious background. 

Then it’s time to start taking a proactive stance against extremist white supremacist and nationalist ideologies and remove them. 

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18/02/2019

People get married in mosques. I did. They take their children to full-time or part-time schools that are located inside of mosques. I do this, too.

People gather at mosques to celebrate the birth of babies, and to pray over their loved one who have passed away.

Mosques are home to food banks and soup kitchens for those who are struggling in our communities. Our mosques house counseling services, study circles, and charity events.

We have classes at the mosque, and meals, and meetings. There are bookstores and libraries inside of mosques.

We grow up in mosques, making too much noise at prayer time, running through the lines of worshipers and climbing on the backs of our parents when they’re prostrating. It’s a playground, a sanctuary, a gathering place.

Mosques have served these purposes in our communities for the past 1400 years.

Our mosques are not just ‘places of worship’ where we bow our heads and then go home. They are our second homes.

Mosques are certainly not perfect places. We have our disagreements and divisions and faults. But if I were to walk into a mosque anywhere in the world, I would feel at home. It doesn’t matter if the people around me speak a language I do not understand - our hearts and limbs and smiles speak one language when we’re standing next to each other.

An attack on a mosque isn’t just an attack on people worshiping. It’s an attack on the very heart and soul of our community. That’s why it hurts so much.

Prophet Muhammad (saw) said, “The parable of the believers in their affection, mercy, and compassion for each other is that of a body. When any limb aches, the whole body reacts with sleeplessness and fever.”