Trauma doesn't make people stronger. It damages their nervous system. It hijacks their digestive track. It keeps the person in a constant loop of hypervigilance. To tell someone they are stronger because of trauma is to deny what it has cost them to survive.
the women section in our local masjid host tea time, crotchet lessons and even cooking classes - other communities need to catch on and create more of these safe community spaces !!
I want people to understand how impressive this is. Those are 10-0 nylon sutures closing an irregular corneal laceration. The cornea is ~550 microns thick. That is precise work. Vision saved. Well done!
virginia woolf was right. i, too, long for a large room to myself, with books and nothing else, where i can shut myself up, and see no one, and read myself into peace
theres more virtue in understanding your behavioral patterns and becoming a better person for yourself and those around you. essence of islam is growth and evolution. not mindless verbal repentance, self chastisement followed by repetition of same behavioral patterns.
Just had an argument with daughter who insisted we go in her car instead of my car to visit family (3 hour drive). I finally convinced her to sit in my car cuz it has songs.