Sara Ahmed

A dreamy bookworm with an old soul

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Just finished The Strength in Our Scars and started In the Meantime by Iyanla Vanzant

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It's Friday! What are you reading this weekend?

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After deciding I no longer wish to participate in reality

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Perhaps it’s the possibility of another chapter that leaves us wondering whether a story has truly ended

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A few hours in China, and centuries start to feel tangible.

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It’s always the most ordinary people who worry about the future of their bloodlines

Mashallah

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Frederic Chopin - Mysterious Forest

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May we wander softly through life with no thought of the shadows in our path, or the silent flight of the raven-winged hours.

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“Bewildered in the brilliancy of thine own imagination, and fallen in the flames of thine own youth.”

— Edgar Allan Poe, The Assignation

Poe’s writing feels strangely hypnotic in a splendid way ✨

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The way some players immediately trade queens in chess

What happened to the commitment to the narrative?
Let the drama unfold a little

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Reading and dissociation

Probably not the healthiest coping mechanism, but it’s mine.

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Why can’t people follow the script I already wrote in my mind?

It’s not that difficult, really.

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Almost finished with
A Gentle Reminder by Bianca Sparacino ✨
then starting Classic Tales of Horror by Edgar Allan Poe

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It's Friday! What are you reading this weekend?

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“The older I get, the more comfortable I am with letting things go. Everything doesn't warrant a reaction, response, or rebuttal.
I am most peaceful when I preserve my energy for things that elevate ease in my life.”

— Alex Elle

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“Maybe right now, your journey isn’t about love.
Maybe right now, your journey is about being alone.

Maybe this is the season you are being challenged to be your own savior,
to be your own safe place.”

— A Gentle Reminder, Bianca Sparacino

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I sometimes feel that a big part of what we call needs and desires isn’t entirely innate but shaped by what we learn and go through

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If it stayed still, it wasn’t ready to meet you in your light ✨

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Finally found my perfect yoga class

Everyone’s over 50, we’re all struggling through the poses together…
and the meditation comes with a snoring soundtrack

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Coloring has quietly become one of my favorite forms of therapy ✨

A few of my canvases

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“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.

On tiptoes, and no luggage,
completely unencumbered”

— A. Huxley