The Small Things!

Bismillah

Hopefully everyone is staying safe during these unfortunate times, along with reenergizing a love for something you’ve become distant from as well as learning to love something new! Recently I’ve been noticing have much inspiration I’ve drawn from the people around me both in the physical and on social media. It’s almost scary, not the fact that I can draw inspiration from everyone but the fact that I notice it as it’s happening and the ability to pinpoint what exactly has inspired me! I love it!

It’s like with a majority of the conversations that I have is a breathe of fresh air….and with every new conclusion comes a new level of understanding. Now there are some stale conversations that are naturally going to take place which I believe comes with the territory. And I try my best to limit those without being rude or coming off as standoffish…even if it means not talking to that person for some time. Not because I don’t want to but because you need time to miss people sometimes…or at least that’s what I believe.

One habit I’ve developed over the last 6 months or so is to weed out what does and doesn’t serve a purpose in my life. I’ve gotten better at it over time but at the beginning there was definitely more misses than hits lol. The biggest tool I’ve used to help guide me is asking myself “how did I feel at the end of that conversation?”. If I felt like I gained any sort of knowledge or some type of push to want to move forward then I’ll make it a point to keep up communication but if I felt otherwise I’d minimize it. Now I know it sounds somewhat assholeish but it’s what needed to be done keep pushing myself towards the best version of myself I could be!

Something in particular that I do to kind of get inspired when I’m having writer’s block like I’ve had the last two days is, jump in the car and turn on Common’s latest album “Let Love” and just zone out. A couple of tracks that stand out are “Memories of Home” and “HER Love”. Both of which make me look inside deep to find the words that I otherwise may not be able to come with and so far it’s worked every time lol. Now who would thought that an album that I had originally blown off would become a muse?

“The highest human act is to inspire…” – E.J. Asghedom

Asalaam Alaykum