Abdelrahman Magdy

“Stop thinking, and end your problems.
What difference between yes and no?
What difference between success and failure?
Must you value what others value,
avoid what others avoid?
How ridiculous!

Other people are excited,
as though they were at a parade.
I alone don't care,
I alone am expressionless,
like an infant before it can smile.

Other people have what they need;
I alone possess nothing.
I alone drift about,
like someone without a home.
I am like an idiot, my mind is so empty.

Other people are bright;
I alone am dark.
Other people are sharp;
I alone am dull.
Other people have purpose;
I alone don't know.
I drift like a wave on the ocean,
I blow as aimless as the wind.

I am different from ordinary people.
I drink from the Great Mother's breasts.”
― Lao-Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“قال الفتى: ولكنني لا أريد ذلك أيضا. في الحقيقة يا والدي أنا لا أريد أن أكون حدادا. سأله الأب بدهشة بالغة: إذاً ماذا تريد أن تكون وقد وُلدت في قرية الحدادين؟! أجابه الفتى: لستُ أعرف الآن. لم أكتشف ذلك بعد. لكنني كلما أغمضتُ عينيَّ رأيتُ شجرة عملاقة لها أزهار بيضاء.”
― أحمد الديب, حكايات بعد النوم

“This life is for loving, sharing, learning, smiling, caring, forgiving, laughing, hugging, helping, dancing, wondering, healing, and even more loving. I choose to live life this way. I want to live my life in such a way that when I get out of bed in the morning, the devil says, 'aw shit, he's up!”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience