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Imperfect Mortals : A Collection of Short Stories

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“But had we become so awfully used to this love because it was the only kind of love we thought existed? What if love was supposed to be easier and not only be about 'fighting through the hard times and the dark clouds'? And what if there weren't supposed to be this many dark clouds and what if love was not supposed to be this hard?”

“I waited for her outside her house and saw her approaching in the aqua-blue dress I had gifted her on her last birthday. She obviously remembered my love for that colour on her and how I always told her that it complimented her skin beautifully. My heartbeat increased just a little as she sat in my car and the scent of her signature perfume- Chanel No 5- diffused in the air of my car. Her sleek-straight hair fell on her face. "Hi Neel. How have you been?" I thought about the first month of sleepless nights, crying, sulking and overthinking and said, "I've been okay.”

“Sometimes it is when those most traumatic of experiences take place that we have the opportunity to be flooded by that which is called Grace. When the heart is broken, when you are deeply betrayed, when people speak falsely against you, try to find the inner strength not to crack under the injustice and maliciousness of others. Choose not to be filled with rage or despair. Then you are „letting go“ or detaching yourself from this most intimate kind of pain, and a door will open. As the great spiritual teacher Karlfried Graf Dürckheim said: „Open the door and let yourself be found.“ (p. 200)”

“ولكنه تغير، لم يعد يحبني ، وأنا لا ألومه ... أنا أحترم حرية عواطفه حتى لو كنت ضحيتها ... إن العواطف هي الشيء الوحيد الذي لا يمكن اصطناعه ... إنها نسيج شفاف ينسجه قلب طفل أرعن ، ذي أهواء ، فكيف ألوم طفلا على طفولته ... ولكني أتألم برغم ذلك ، بل أموت ... كل هذا المنطق لا يقنعني ، لا يقنع قلبي ... ولا راحة لي إذا استطعت أن أبتر هذا القلب ، وأعيش بعقلي وحده ، بلا حب ... كم من الأيام ، بل كم من السنين، بل كم من الأجيال أنا في حاجة إليها لأقوم بتلك الجراحة ...”