I keep on revisiting this. You might not realize the depth of what he said. In urdu poetry, there is a concept where poets view God as a lonely being, so lonely that He created free willed humans for company. Loneliness is a Godly trait & whoever enters its realm meets God there
ever forget how loved you are?
Go ahead and open an old card
a birthday wish, a get well note, a hurried congratulations scribbled years ago…
You’ll find pieces of loved ones’ hearts tucked between the folds, waiting to remind you❤️
the pigeon doesn’t understand your disdain for it; it coos for you anyway. the tree does not know you own an axe for it; its leaves sway in the sun anyway. the starving cat eats the poison you put out. it doesn’t know how not to trust. the earth forgives you, in spite of yourself