Abeer

“It’s dark because you are trying too hard.
Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly.
Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply.
Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.

I was so preposterously serious in those days, such a humorless little prig.
Lightly, lightly – it’s the best advice ever given me.
When it comes to dying even. Nothing ponderous, or portentous, or emphatic.
No rhetoric, no tremolos,
no self conscious persona putting on its celebrated imitation of Christ or Little Nell.
And of course, no theology, no metaphysics.
Just the fact of dying and the fact of the clear light.

So throw away your baggage and go forward.
There are quicksands all about you, sucking at your feet,
trying to suck you down into fear and self-pity and despair.
That’s why you must walk so lightly.
Lightly my darling,
on tiptoes and no luggage,
not even a sponge bag,
completely unencumbered.”
― Aldous Huxley , Island

“You were once wild here. Don’t let them tame you.”
― Isadora Duncan, Isadora Speaks: Uncollected Writings and Speeches of Isadora Duncan

“نعم نكتب لأننا نريد من الجرح أن يظل حيَا ومفتوحًا.. نكتب لأن الكائن الذي نحب ترك العتبة وخرج ونحن لم نقل له بعد ما كنّا نشتهي قوله.. نكتب بكل بساطة لأننا لا نعرف كيف نكره الآخرين، ولربما لأننا لا نعرف أن نقول شيئًا آخر.”
― واسيني الأعرج, طوق الياسمين

“In a society that profits from your self doubt, liking yourself is a rebellious act.”
― Caroline Caldwell