[ Instagram Update ] 22 Juni 2016

TO: THE SISTER WHO CRIED QUIETLY AND ALL THOSE STRUGGLING THESE PAST YEARS

The sister who is spending these past years by herself,
The sister who is lonely because she’s not married,
The sister who is lonely in her marriage,
The sister who is struggling to find work, 
The sister who is struggling to get her financial stable,
The sister who has been trying for a baby for years, and endures regular hurtful comments from others,
The sister who is trying her best to fulfil her obligations and take care of her kids, but is so so tired,
The sister who is struggling with her families,
The sister who is fighting with her mother,
The sister who has lost someone she loves, and she misses them everyday,
The sister who walks alone in shiratal mustaqim but hurtful by relatives unsupported comments,
The sister who has reminded her family to turn to Islam but rejected and alienated,
The sister who is struggling with anxiety or depression,
The sister whose world has been devastated and her life scattered by shocking news,
To every one of you, and all the other sisters who are facing innumerable challenges! 

Know, dear sister, your solace and comfort lies with Allah, Ar-Rahman, the source of our relief and the reliever of our distress. He is Able to Do All Things. Turn to Him and cry. Pour your heart out to Him. He is the One who can bring you ease, who can set right your affairs, who can relieve the burden that is weighing on your heart and know, for your patience, your reward awaits you in Jannah, in shaa Allah!! Hold on to Allah and know, with absolute certainty that He will never leave you, never let you down and that your reward lies with Him. He is the Most Merciful, and He is ever near.

BE KIND TO EVERYONE

As I wrote this, it was a reminder to myself, first and foremost, that we never know what others may be facing in silence. 

As we pray tonight and every time, let’s remember the sisters who are struggling in our du’a.

And as we move through this blessed month and beyond, let’s make the effort to be compassionate, to help where we can, to ease the burden of others if we are able, to be patient and to be kind to everyone.

Your silent du’a for her might be answered!

Annah Hariri

Yang Tak Kembali

"Apakah engkau pernah memeluk seseorang yang sedang merebut kebahagiaanmu, dengan senyum hangat dan ucapan terima kasih, karena engkau tak ingin kalah dengan kesedihan dan kesengsaraan ?"

[ Instagram Update ] 19 Februari 2016

"Laut seperti Ibu. Dalam dan menunggu."

- Laksmi Pamuntjak dalam Amba

[ Instagram Update ] 20 Agustus 2017

"Rendahkanlah dirimu serendah-rendahnya, sampai sia-sia orang yang merendahkanmu." 

#selfnote

[ Instagram Update ] 13 April 2016

[ Instagram Update ] 6 September 2015

"Yang indah memang bisa menghibur selama-lamanya,
membubuhkan luka selama-lamanya."
- Goenawan Mohamad

"Keindahan tak bisa jadi total.
Ketika ia merangkum total, ia abstrak, dan
manusia dan dunia tak akan saling menyapa lagi."

- Goenawan Mohamad

[ Instagram Update ] 11 January 2015

"Barangkali seluruh hidupku adalah do'a yang panjang."

   -Sapardi Djoko Damono dalam Pada Suatu Malam. 

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Foto dan kata-kata ini diabadikan di Rumah Turi, Solo, 
sejenak melarikan diri dari kegundahan ibukota sesaat sebelum resign dari kenikmatan dunia. 

[ Instagram Update ] Black & White weeks ago

Very little is needed to make a happy life.

"Everyone may be ordinary, but they are not normal."- Haruki Murakami

For example, this girl with her selfie stick on a boat, all alone.

"Arjuna bagus ora kemagus, Srikandi ayu ora kemayu." 

.no caption needed.

[ Instagram Update ] 27 weeks ago

"Mengingat kesewenang-wenangan masa lalu tak berarti dibelenggu masa lalu. Kita ingin memperbaiki masa depan.” 

― Goenawan Mohamad, Pagi dan Hal-Hal yang Dipungut Kembali

[ Instagram Update ] 46 weeks ago

"Mencintai itu mudah, yang sulit itu saling." - Tunasmara

[ Instagram Update ] 64 weeks ago

"Urip kuwi ojo dumeh ojo semugeh. Ayem kuwi ora mung mergo bondo ananging mergo roso. Kabeh kersane Gusti seng Kuoso."

"Hidup jangan bergantung kepada siapapun atau apapun yang membuat lupa diri. Ketentraman datang bukan hanya karena kekayaan tetapi karena perasaan. Semua itu berasal dari kehendak Allah Yang Maha Kuasa."

[ Instagram Update ] 77 weeks ago

“He wondered whether home was a thing that happened to a place after a while, or if it was something that you found in the end, if you simply walked and waited and willed it long enough."

"But if you can't go home, 

Make a home." 

-Neil Gaiman :)

[ Instagram Update ] 73 weeks ago

Don't judge people who barely you care about or know about.

Because behind your bad jokes, bad mouths, bad perception, they may suffer a lot more than your common life. Maybe their life have many different experiences and pain to confront, everyday, more than you who just sit, gossip, eat, work, sleep, repeat. When you don't like certain people in your life, please pray for them, not bad mouthing or gossiping. It is all they need. 

" Rahasiakanlah ibadahmu dan kebaikan-kebaikanmu sebagaimana kau merahasiakan dosa-dosa dan keburukanmu."

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