Amina Shehata
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“But what can happen over time is this: You wake up one day and realize that you have put yourself back together completely differently. That you are whole, finally, and strong – but you are now a different shape, a different size. This sort of change — the change that occurs when you sit inside your own pain — it’s revolutionary. When you let yourself die, there is suddenly one day: new life. You are Different. New. And no matter how hard you try, you simply cannot fit into your old life anymore. You are like a snake trying to fit into old, dead skin, or a butterfly trying to crawl back into the cocoon, or new wine trying to pour itself back into an old wineskin. This new you is equal parts undeniable and terrifying.
Because you just do not fit. And suddenly you know that. And you have become a woman who doesn’t ignore her knowing. Who doesn’t pretend she doesn’t know. Because pretending makes you sick. And because you never promised yourself an easy life, but you did promise yourself a true one. You did promise – back when you were putting yourself back together – that you’d never betray you again.”
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Because you just do not fit. And suddenly you know that. And you have become a woman who doesn’t ignore her knowing. Who doesn’t pretend she doesn’t know. Because pretending makes you sick. And because you never promised yourself an easy life, but you did promise yourself a true one. You did promise – back when you were putting yourself back together – that you’d never betray you again.”
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“لا تزكين وارد لا تعلم ثمرته، فليس المراد من السحابة - الأمطار، وإنما المراد منها وجود الإثمار.”
― الحِكم العطائية
― الحِكم العطائية
“قلَّ يا رسولَ الله عن صَفِيّتِكَ صبري، ورَقَّ عنها تَجَلُّدي، إلا أنّ في التأسِّي بعظيمِ فٌرْقتِكَ وفادحِ مصيبتِكَ موضعَ تعزِّ، فلقد وسَّدْتُكَ في مَلْحُودَةِ قبركَ، وفاضتْ بين نحري وصدري نفسُكَ، فإنَّا للّه وإِنَّا إليه راجعون،
فلقد اُسْتُرْجِعَتِ الودِيعَةُ وأُخِذَتِ الرَّهِينَةُ،
أما حُزْنِي فسَرْمَدٌ، وأما ليلي فَمُسَهَّدٌ إلى أن يختارَ اللّه لي دارَكَ الّتي أنت بها مقيمٌ”
― نهج البلاغه
فلقد اُسْتُرْجِعَتِ الودِيعَةُ وأُخِذَتِ الرَّهِينَةُ،
أما حُزْنِي فسَرْمَدٌ، وأما ليلي فَمُسَهَّدٌ إلى أن يختارَ اللّه لي دارَكَ الّتي أنت بها مقيمٌ”
― نهج البلاغه
“لا يكن تأخر أمد العطاء مع الإلحاح في الدعاء - موجبا ليأسك؛ فهو ضمن لك الإجابة فيما يختاره لك لا فما تختار لنفسك وفي الوقت الذي يريد، لا في الوقت الذي تريد.”
― الحِكم العطائية
― الحِكم العطائية
“لا تستبطئ منه النوال ولكن استبطئ من نفسك وجود الإقبال”
― الحِكم العطائية
― الحِكم العطائية
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