The ecstatic beauty and soulful grace of Rumi’s poetry inspires human hearts to believe in possibilities beyond the predictably fatal.
ABERJHANIThe ecstatic beauty and soulful grace of Rumi’s poetry inspires human hearts to believe in possibilities beyond the predictably fatal.
ABERJHANIDelivering well-crafted speeches, assembling unified coalitions, passing historic legislation, signing well-aimed executive orders, and cultivating a poised but accessible demeanor.
ABERJHANIChange is one of the scariest things in the world and yet it is also one of those variables of human existence that no one can avoid.
ABERJHANIThan they are to hearing anything about acts of love or grace.
ABERJHANIFrom her gospel-singing mother Cissy Houston, her legendary pop-diva cousin Dionne Warwick, and her Queen of Soul godmother Aretha Franklin
ABERJHANISomeone had to embrace positive beginnings before anyone could celebrate successful conclusions or continuations.
ABERJHANIOften because the attempt to practice it is misunderstood, discouraged, brought under attack, or made a target of willful abuse.
ABERJHANIMillions of tears have fallen for black sons, brothers, lovers, and friends whose assailants took or maimed their lives and then simply went on their way.
ABERJHANIThe death of a dream can in fact serve as the vehicle that endows it with new form, with reinvigorated substance, a fresh flow of ideas, and splendidly revitalized color.
ABERJHANIWriting for me is a form of spiritual discipline and creative vision, a means of being in the world and giving one’s love to it without compromise or dilution.
ABERJHANISearching for a mind long lost I found it shaping colors and history near the cliffs of your heart.
ABERJHANILiterary genres and techniques tend to take form in one’s mind somewhat the way computer templates provide form for different computer tasks.
ABERJHANILove as a concrete foundation for an authentically functional civilization requires the around-the-clock labors of forgiveness. Without it, Love fails
ABERJHANIOperating to implement a balance and give us an opportunity to turn the horrors we’ve forced upon each other into something more conducive to sustaining at least minimal degrees of sanity and love.
ABERJHANIJust above our terror, the stars painted this story in perfect silver calligraphy. And our souls, too often abused by ignorance, covered our eyes with mercy.
ABERJHANIWhere she offers the kind of insights into the spiritual aspects of Michael Jackson’s creative artistry that mainstream media mostly ignores.
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