Today, I’m thankful for Caroline, for the ingenuity and ability Allah blessed humanity with that allowed us to create such machines, for the gift of His sustenance, which allowed us to purchase her, and for His infinite, uncountable, unfathomable blessings, Alhamdulillah!
Category Archives: Islam
Reminders
Today, I’m thankful for reminders. I’m thankful for general reminders, of the sort captured by an iPhone app of the same name. I’m prone to forgetting and in need of gentle nudges to action. I’m thankful for more metaphysical reminders, reminders of my great fortune and health, reminders of my humanity, my frailty, my incapacity, …
Recognizing Errors
Today, I’m grateful for the ability to recognize errors, while I still have time to correct them. InshaAllah, there’s still time to correct them.
Community
Today, I’m thankful for community. I’m grateful to be a small, insignificant part of some larger group, grateful for the support and brother/sisterhood, the understanding and friendship, even the quarrels that come from participating in things with other humans.*
Lazy Sundays
Today, on a rainy, cool Sunday, I’m thankful for rainy, cool, lazy Sundays, with not much in the way of chores or tasks ahead, time to sleep in, reflect on the week just past and the week ahead, and spend quality time with family. Alhamdulillah!
Chemistry
Today, I’m grateful for Chemistry. https://youtu.be/ph8Lfs-bteM Allahu Akbar!
Ramadan Kareem!
As of about 8:30pm CST here in DFW, the blessed guest has arrived. All praise and thanks be to God! Ramadan is such a blessing: the devils are chained, so we can’t blame any of our sins on them; the doors of forgiveness have been thrown wide open, and so there’s no excuse for us …
