Humility in humanity | 7.05.2024
I’m being forced to think about how I see myself in spaces I have begged to find. I watch as my body unwinds and learns to slowly ease into the comfort of people who see the good in humility. I am reminded of the importance of self, the reflection it begs at your most jarring and honest critic—yourself. It is here we get the opportunity to really see who we are without the thought of what preys on unpleasant behavior. How we view ourselves is how we turn the word humility inwards, realizing we only have ourselves to succeed.
Do you remember the tale I told about the rain, how it likes to visit us when we are most connected to ourselves? I’ve been thinking about the state of creation it puts us in, how it runs our minds wild, and we exist to live here. Our passion for ideas is so sweet here. The water here is boundless. And just like Ali Bin Abi Talib, Radhi Allahu Anhu, the first Imam of our faith, we dig and dig for the sake of God’s love, for the sake of God to look at the life we have been given and cherish its privileges, living in good intentions and righteousness.
It is when we unlock this weather that we are able to confide in God and connect our hearts closer to the teachings of what has been written for us before our dear Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam, could read or write. The teachings of humility in the human connection and unwavering trust in Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala were written for us to subscribe to. The way the world moves, including its demise, the Book of God is our key to the paradise we dream of on this earth. The fruition of our discipline, the control of our desires, has always been at the tips of our tongues, biting the inside of our cheeks, praying as we let go of worldly desires. The unfolding of societies—it is only with the permissible permission of God do we have this glory.