.:Sunday, September 04, 2005:.
one of them rainy days...inshaAllah..
Its one of those overcast, sort of cold days.. its not
really rainy, but it drizzels every now and then.. the
type of day where you just want to sit and read.. or
spend the time talking with somone.. or just do
nothing at all.. I'm sitting in my moms room now, with
a window view.. Since its upstairs and I'm sitting
sort of low you cant see anything but trees and the
sky.. its pretty mashaAllah..
my moms put me to work today. I didnt mind it.. I'm
happy I'm done now though, since there is alot passing
through my thoughts right now.. I had cooking to do,
and bathrooms.. both things I'm ok with. I enjoy
cooking, and I'm used to bathrooms since my mom
dislikes doing them I've been doing them since I was
around 7 or so.
I have a bad habbit of sharpening the knife before
using it to skin/clean chicken and meat. It annoys me
when the knife wont cut good enough. The only problem
is I'll sharpen it to much, and it will cut to good,
and usually end up cutting myself. My mom has told me
to stop more than once since I've had some pretty bad
cuts before.. alhamdulilah todays was really small,
didnt even need a bandaid.
I dont understand the point of the masjid library if
no one uses it. mashaAllah they have so much in there,
whether it be books or tapes, but it never gets used.
I organzed part of it with my mom once.. its awesome..
I understand the reason they dont let anyone take
books anymore, since no one ever returns them.. but
I'm sure they can make it in a way that things are
returned...
On friday khala Summayyah told me alot of the masjids
history. She started attending in 1980, and has been
muslim since 81 alhamdulillah. As an institution
they've been here since 1973.. and they've been on
this lot/building since 1981. Well they bought the
property in 80, it had three houses on it. By 81 they
had built the first half of the masjid wich was the
upstairs and downstairs musalaahs. By 85 they had torn
down the second house and built the extension areas
that are the activity room upstairs and the second
musalah downstairs.. and they put in the basment.. and
library.. Right now they're doing some changes
downstairs, making the basment the mens activity room
and all of downstairs into one big musalaah.. the
third house is still on the property, it gets rented
out as income for the masjid.. although the women want
it taken down and a school built there..
I dont know why Im posting that.. just something I was
thinking about. In my discussion with khala Summayyah
we talked about what needs to be done now for the
masjid.. There is alot that needs doing, just no one
willing to do it.. and the ones that are cant..
certain people are good at complicating things and it
frustrates others.. but alhamdulillah some things are
being taken care of.. and inshaAllah a little at a
time everything will be done.
Being a college town there has been one thing that has
always been a "problem". People never stay. At first
it was all students, when they finished their studies
they handed the masjid over to the next group and so
on.. now there are some permanent families, but alot
of them are starting to leave as well. Its happened
before alot.. people go, people come.. in a way the
whole community structure is in a rebuilding stage..
with so many people that have left and are leaving
there are alot of gaps that need filling...
What is love? A bit random of a question, but like I
said there are alot of things on my mind now, and this
is one of them. I know its a feeling, but what
feeling is it? How do you know that thats what you are
feeling and not something else. I really dont know
where I'm going with this, since I really dont know
what I'm talking about.. I'm just trying to understand
it.
'ala kulli haal, I'm starved and the food smells
good.. enough thinking for now.
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@ 9/04/2005 05:31:00 PM
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