being back
it is monday, the start of a new work week, and i have begun to tackle some of the work that has been put off for a month. doing my work makes me feel re-settled into life in chicago. i am back to my old routine, and there is a certain security in that.
before i left for hajj, i expected the experience to change me. in this, i was not disappointed. i feel a responsibility to the hajj i have just performed; i made certain niyats while i was in mecca that i intend to keep.
i'm happy to be back home, but i feel at this moment that a part of me is still rooted in the experience i have just had. or, alternatively, that i have brought the experience back with me. something about the last month feels very tangible to me, and i am able to keep it close. i hope this feeling remains. it is giving me a lightness and a resolve that has so far colored everything i've done since returning to chicago. inshallah it continues to do so.
before i left for hajj, i expected the experience to change me. in this, i was not disappointed. i feel a responsibility to the hajj i have just performed; i made certain niyats while i was in mecca that i intend to keep.
i'm happy to be back home, but i feel at this moment that a part of me is still rooted in the experience i have just had. or, alternatively, that i have brought the experience back with me. something about the last month feels very tangible to me, and i am able to keep it close. i hope this feeling remains. it is giving me a lightness and a resolve that has so far colored everything i've done since returning to chicago. inshallah it continues to do so.
Labels: hajj
...Natural is the static
2 Comments:
Salaam 'alaykum and hajj mubarik!
I would love to go on Hajj sometime soon insha-Allah - and I look forward to hearing more about your trip as and whwn you feel like sharing.
Warmly,
Baraka
To clarify: I know you've written about some experences below, what I was referring to is transformation, which you hint at here:
before i left for hajj, i expected the experience to change me. in this, i was not disappointed.
Thanks,
B
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