when James Baldwin said I can’t be a pessimist because I’m alive

To be caressed by a love that does not demand much of you but meets you where you are

whatever you may be resisting right now, it’s time to give in and allow the water flow to you.

i like to pretend i already died and asked god to send me back to earth so i can swim in lakes again and see mountains and get my heart broken and love my friends and cry so hard in the bathroom and go grocery shopping 1,000 more times. and that i promised i would never forget the miracle of being here

Tawakkul teaches you maturity: you do your part, but you don’t panic about the result. You walk with Allah, and that walk gives you a peace the world can’t imitate.

ai this ai that how about we invent a printer that works first

when a bond is spiritual, you don‘t have to hold on, it holds on to you

I’m so hungry I could eat the gap between what I said and what I meant