My Letter,
It was right in my way, that big-perfect brown leaf, lying there, inches away from being crushed by the fast-walking crowd… Fall is officially here, and winter is so late! But Jordan is going through a jazzy mood, and I like it, a 'gloomy' Amman, never better and always unaffected. Everything is chilled lately. Are your days relaxed too? No? Make it, add the element of ‘relax’ to it.
Life is one fast flying bird. One day you're passing by a street, finding yourself standing in front of a new building, people who once were high-schoolers with you are getting engaged or married, magazines lay with its recent covers on the coffee table, soon are replaced with the next issues. Right on the verge of saying goodbye to 2010 and greeting a new year very soon. Seems like the future isn’t far from here.
Love is stronger than pride?!
Robert Muller once said “To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.” So my Q is, can both words, forgiving and forsaking, be used in the same sentence? Categorized even? It’s a highly taken point that the notion of forgiveness is a forceful option one takes in an attempt of maintaining love for others, and it is really part of loving someone… but could it also be a selfish option of gaining peace within us, and not for the sake of loving something? Does the word 'forsakenness' kick higher or maintain in the same level as forgiveness? That is a battle in within a battlefield of emotions. But, coming to terms with ourselves, with our mixed feelings, the idea of letting go, the idea of moving on… sounds so hard-sounds so easy, and it also sounds so careless! Why someone would want to move on when the idea of letting go isn’t as easy? Words are cheap, and so is any material thing, but not all. Sentimental values are for the keeps, they’re moments captured in materialistic objects, we keep in pages of books, and we keep in our teeny-tiny boxes next to our night stands, or somewhere folded carefully in our basements. And as unrealistic as this is, but having a well connected relationship with someone through those objects is somehow achievable! Objects that holds to the relationship that was, to the relationship that never was, and to the relationship you wished it existed. And just then, the idea of moving on will sound at its silliest! So forgiving, forsaking, and moving on… for now they’re just written words with no identification in our dictionaries.
Life is one fast flying bird. One day you're passing by a street, finding yourself standing in front of a new building, people who once were high-schoolers with you are getting engaged or married, magazines lay with its recent covers on the coffee table, soon are replaced with the next issues. Right on the verge of saying goodbye to 2010 and greeting a new year very soon. Seems like the future isn’t far from here.
Love is stronger than pride?!
Robert Muller once said “To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.” So my Q is, can both words, forgiving and forsaking, be used in the same sentence? Categorized even? It’s a highly taken point that the notion of forgiveness is a forceful option one takes in an attempt of maintaining love for others, and it is really part of loving someone… but could it also be a selfish option of gaining peace within us, and not for the sake of loving something? Does the word 'forsakenness' kick higher or maintain in the same level as forgiveness? That is a battle in within a battlefield of emotions. But, coming to terms with ourselves, with our mixed feelings, the idea of letting go, the idea of moving on… sounds so hard-sounds so easy, and it also sounds so careless! Why someone would want to move on when the idea of letting go isn’t as easy? Words are cheap, and so is any material thing, but not all. Sentimental values are for the keeps, they’re moments captured in materialistic objects, we keep in pages of books, and we keep in our teeny-tiny boxes next to our night stands, or somewhere folded carefully in our basements. And as unrealistic as this is, but having a well connected relationship with someone through those objects is somehow achievable! Objects that holds to the relationship that was, to the relationship that never was, and to the relationship you wished it existed. And just then, the idea of moving on will sound at its silliest! So forgiving, forsaking, and moving on… for now they’re just written words with no identification in our dictionaries.
"Was Sade right? Is love stronger than pride... The exception of forgiveness is the most rewarding feeling... and the most costly, which is true, cause you'll find yourself skipping-a-step over pride!"
Still though, when Sade sang, did she really mean it? Is love stronger than pride? I couldn't help but to ask, can we forgive and forget at the same time, even though we bound not to at times? Does that deny our barriers? And Coming to the exceptional option. And here's your brief: the exception of forgiveness is in fact the most rewarding feeling, the most liberating, and most costly, cause you'll find yourself skipping-a-step over pride! Which is true, finding yourself forgiving, you’ll find yourself free, and freedom never comes in cheap! ...Returning back to this piece that I wrote few months ago, I came to a settlement with it's closing, concluding to me myself and I, that, love is stronger than pride, and that's how it should be, cause that's when you know you have nothing ugly rusting in your heart!
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And welcome to the world of impressive people! More than a month ago, my friend kept telling me about his fashionista friend that I should meet, Signor Jester. And more than a month ago too, me and my friends were discussing Farah Hourani’s work, whom I haven’t met at the time, which was featured on the cover of the October issue of U magazine, admiring her designs and her cultural touch to a one shouldered Jordanian hatta piece. And not far away from that time, I got to meet the duo BFFs! (downward) Getting to know both a little better, I discovered a new community of fashion lovers. The three of us are extreme opposites, Farah is into sharp and high-end cuts, Signor was into avant-gard and unwearables, which he actually wears, and I'm into the street-chic and vintages! But somehow, we got along, discussing the scenes in Amman, future plans and so… This month, cover guy and whom we featured inside, Signor Jester previews some of his designs, accessories and a piece of his mind. On the day of the shoot, he gave me one of his designs as a present: armless ‘breakfast at tiffany’s’ black chained glasses. “I saw how much you liked the one I was wearing the other day, and you didn’t like the round ones… So I designed you this, I think this is perfect for you” he said. It was so sweet of him, and I did, I wore it once to a laid back brunch with friends few days after, and who got obsessed.
This issue is really a bizarre one! Other than featuring Signor Jester’s designing methods, the article on the new attraction will shock you even more. Discussing another side, a bizarre one for sure. Butchy lesbians could be attracted to feminine guys, some watch gay x-rated movies. But why? MJ explains more… Also don’t miss our page ‘Celebs to love’ which we mentioned few celebrity that give you more than one reason to love them. One more, Ahmad’s first hair-loss diaries (pt. 1) has affected us all. He poured his pain into his new column, how losing his hair has affected his life negatively, which many share the same. Wanting to thank him for showing us his vulnerable side, knowing he’s not the only one out there who share the same fears. Welcoming him to the Kali family. As for now, I wish you to take time for ‘you’, and enjoy every little thing that you’re doing. Wishing the best to you, knowing that you all truly are. Take care all.
Kali
xoxo
This issue is really a bizarre one! Other than featuring Signor Jester’s designing methods, the article on the new attraction will shock you even more. Discussing another side, a bizarre one for sure. Butchy lesbians could be attracted to feminine guys, some watch gay x-rated movies. But why? MJ explains more… Also don’t miss our page ‘Celebs to love’ which we mentioned few celebrity that give you more than one reason to love them. One more, Ahmad’s first hair-loss diaries (pt. 1) has affected us all. He poured his pain into his new column, how losing his hair has affected his life negatively, which many share the same. Wanting to thank him for showing us his vulnerable side, knowing he’s not the only one out there who share the same fears. Welcoming him to the Kali family. As for now, I wish you to take time for ‘you’, and enjoy every little thing that you’re doing. Wishing the best to you, knowing that you all truly are. Take care all.
Kali
xoxo