Jabel Jabbar || جبل جبار

“What more can be said? Good for the sake of good is enough”

How long before the pages of history mark this era as Trump’s Trail of Tears?

“What kills migrants is our indifference.” - Pope Francis (August 28, 2024)

Two Mourning Doves, beige soft-looking birds with long tails and pink feet, sit on top of a shepherd's hook bird feeder that is decorated with a metal bird. The doves are sitting so close to each other they are touching, which is super cute and why I took a feeder picture in some random neighbor's yard.

The bird photos will continue until morale improves

Tonight is the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s midnight ride. May his memory remind us all to resist the tyranny forming in our government.

Teddy Roosevelt once said, “Speak softly and carry a big stick”

“As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his foolishness.” -Proverbs 26:11 ⛪️🕯️📖✍️

“When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.” - Isaac Asimov
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“The past is a foreign country” -L.P. Hartley (The Go-Between)

This is why I find it so strange when folks claim that America was “better off” 70+ years ago.

When you try to talk your Weed Virgin friend down from taking the 500mg “Hero Dose” but they won’t listen…

How feels when you find a poem that you just HAVE to share

Deng Ming-Dao once wrote:

“True leadership is a combination of initiative and humility. The best leader remains obscure, leading but drawing no personal attention. As long as the collective had direction, the leader is satisfied. Credit is not to be taken, instead it will be awarded by the people.”

I love this. Turkish Coffee is for relaxing and Cuban coffee is for moving and grooving

For the #coffee fiends out there:

Turkish Coffee vs Cuban Coffe

Thoughts?

Just gonna stick my face into the bag of coffee in the morning

With everything going on with Elon Musk and Donald Trump, I am reminded of one the last conversations I had with my Jiddi (grandfather) before he passed- reflecting on politics he quipped:

“He who has the ear of the king, often holds the keys to the kingdom”

“The irony of pain is that you often want to be comforted by the one who hurt you.”
-Arabic Proverb

As a young man, I struggled with the balance of wanting to achieve my dreams while also desiring happiness with my life.

My father told me this, “Strive for greatness, but be settled in goodness”

Kahlil Gibran, On Reason and Passion:

“Your soul is often times a battlefield, upon which your reason and your judgment wage war against your own passion and your appetite…”

this is what escaping twitter felt like

Artists are always saying they’re artistic… fuck it, I’m artisanal