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farah's avatar

i think goodness exists in the relentless persuit of it. i think trying to be good makes you good. nobody is perfect yes, but the act of attempting to be pure has a perfection to it. a perfect world woudn’t be beautiful, it would be nothing. (but you and your beautiful mind and your beautiful words are perfect)

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farah's avatar

i think you absolutely know what youre saying (and at least i hope i do too), but not all who see the bad strive to be good…and the fact that you do makes you good. doing your part of being the good makes all the difference, you have such a profound impact amal, your goodness touches all that and those around you, the midas of our generation everything you touch becomes gold.

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Amal Kiswani's avatar

:’) thank you for making my day with this lovely lovely comment, my heart feels so soft omg. i have so much love for you <3

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Amal Kiswani's avatar

I agree in a sense (and love your beautiful wording) but I do think since we live in an imperfect world, it's impossible to be perfectly good. I guess the point I was trying to make with this piece is that maybe all the badness is what makes you want to pursue goodness? or actually I don't know what point I was trying to make nvm :P

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birdbrain's avatar

reading this broke something within me that needed to be broken 💖

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Amal Kiswani's avatar

Aw :’) Thank you so much for reading, sending you hugs <3

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sgcjm's avatar

your words your letters always healing me out. everytime. never failed me. like somehow you open up my mind to be more aware and surrender and accepting with thats how human bein would be. with flaw with mistake with the urge to always be good. and its going south hardly for me when i thought thats the main purpose bein a human. but then you came and you hold me dearly and tell me softly that we all human and thats also makes us imperfect. thank you my dear for this letter. thank you always 🤍

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Amal Kiswani's avatar

Wow, this comment struck me right n my heart. I am so grateful for this community and to you. I feel less alone writing to you, and I am so glad my words resonate with you. Wow. I am almost speechless. Thank you for taking time out of your day to read, and to comment, and to give me this soft, beautiful piece of you. Thank you.

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sgcjm's avatar

i hope you always know that the reason i chose to stay and still breathin till nowdays was because of your words. so thank you always my dear. and i hope you never stopped writing 🤍

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aarcha's avatar

This brings me so much comfort. Recently I had an argument with a friend where I said something I regretted immediately but I couldn't forgive myself no matter how much ever I apologised. I kept telling myself that I'm terrible. I was too harsh on myself and I would never be that harsh with a loved one. It's uncanny how your words often find me at the right time and I'm so so grateful for that, Amal! Sending you so much love and light 💕💕💕

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Amal Kiswani's avatar

I am so glad it did. And trust me, the thoughts you are having are so similar to those I have often. Be kind and soft to yourself - you deserve it. We are always doing the best we can with what we have. Thank you so much for reading and leaving me a comment. I am sending you love right back, and hoping only the best for you.

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linh's avatar

gorgeous and real as always <3

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Amal Kiswani's avatar

Thank you so much<3

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Danni Levy's avatar

Offering this from the letter I posted yesterday. It reminds us to Return to Truth.

"You are not the reflection in the mirror that you turned away from the last time that you felt the most like a loser.

This is not your Truth.

I wonder:

How can a human love machine as you be so doubtful of your greatness and light?

How can you base your worth on whether or not you find an answer?

Have you forgotten that you must get completely lost before you can be completely found?..."

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Amal Kiswani's avatar

Oh, Danni, that is absolutely stunning. Thank you so much for sharing, I will surely come back to this comment many times. Sending you love and light. Adding your piece to my TBR :’) <3

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Danni Levy's avatar

My light is loving yours right now! xo

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Ayesha Khan's avatar

This is so beautiful! I love this! Felt so personal and raw!

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Amal Kiswani's avatar

Thank you so much for reading!! <3

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Danni Levy's avatar

I love everything about this letter. I feel the pain and the joy, the ugliness and the beauty. The dark and the light. But mostly, the perfection of the imperfection. Then again, I am a romantic too. And for this, I am grateful. I always feel the sun through the clouds. May you feel this today too. xo Danni

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Amal Kiswani's avatar

Thank you so much for reading. I am also grateful to be a romantic - it is something special to be filled with so much love. Thank you for being here <3

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Alice Clara's avatar

The parts about things costing certain quantities of loves made me want to cry. Oh my goodness. And the line about so many of our actions containing at least 1 love. This is so clumsily worded but I'm so glad you think and feel the way you do about this; a little beacon of light <3 Thank you. Phenomenal as ever <3

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Amal Kiswani's avatar

Thank you for reading Alice :') I'm glad the love costing things made sense to someone other than me. For a bit I was worried it was nonsensical haha. Much love to you

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Winifred Liam's avatar

This made me exhale. Thank you! ♡

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Amal Kiswani's avatar

That makes me so glad! Thank you for reading <3

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Goddess Amy's avatar

Love love this

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Amal Kiswani's avatar

Thank you :')

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ira's avatar

I love this

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Amal Kiswani's avatar

Thank you!!!

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