Abdelmoneim Hamdy

“إذا التقينا قالت لي بعينيها: ها أنا ذي قد أرخيتُ لك الزمام، فهل تستطيع فرارًا مني؟ ونلتصق فتقول لي بجسمها: أليست الدنيا كلها هنا، فهل في المكان مكانٌ إلا هنا؟ ونفترق فتحصر لي الزمن كله في كلمة حين نقول: غدًا نلتقي.”
― مصطفى صادق الرافعي, وحي القلم

“في صور أمهاتنا متعة الحياة وبساطتها. بساطة تجعل حياتنا مقبولة. والمقبول مرادف للسعادة”
― Paolo Sorrentino, Hanno tutti ragione

“أنا لست أول من أصر الآخرون على إساءة فهمه - ولن أكون الأخير - ولا تحسبوا أنني أريد الإيحاء بأنني ضحية عماكم، أو جهلكم، أو قصوركم الذهني. لا، حاشاكم. أنا لست ضحية قطعاً. أنا ذاهب على قدميّ إلى حيث شفا الهاوية، وعيناي مفتوحتان، وتريان.. كل شيء..”
― جبرا إبراهيم جبرا, عالم بلا خرائط

“I release my parents from the feeling that they have already failed me.

I release my children from the need to bring pride to me; that they may write their own ways according to their hearts, that whisper all the time in their ears.

I release my partner from the obligation to complete myself. I do not lack anything, I learn with all beings all the time.

I thank my grandparents and forefathers who have gathered so that I can breathe life today. I release them from past failures and unfulfilled desires, aware that they have done their best to resolve their situations within the consciousness they had at that moment.

I honor you, I love you and I recognize you as innocent.

I am transparent before your eyes, so they know that I do not hide or owe anything other than being true to myself and to my very existence, that walking with the wisdom of the heart, I am aware that I fulfill my life project, free from invisible and visible family loyalties that might disturb my Peace and Happiness, which are my only responsibilities.

I renounce the role of savior, of being one who unites or fulfills the expectations of others.

Learning through, and only through, love, I bless my essence, my way of expressing, even though somebody may not understand me.

I understand myself, because I alone have lived and experienced my history; because I know myself, I know who I am, what I feel, what I do and why I do it.

I respect and approve myself.
I honor the Divinity in me and in you.
We are free.”
― Anonymous