Documentation of my everyday life through the lens, poetry and prose. Enjoy!Tumblr (3.0; @aakifahmaat)http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/“Just as you must come through a woman’s womb to attain physical birth, so must you come...http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50880139810http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50880139810Sun, 19 May 2013 23:26:36 -0400“Don’t be bothered with the next moment, or the next life, or the next world. Make this moment...http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50880072194http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50880072194Sun, 19 May 2013 23:25:42 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1c4ea13fe189b46b53d735ba0079f74f/tumblr_mgp0ytrEEd1qbnaojo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50879691643http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50879691643Sun, 19 May 2013 23:20:36 -0400“The search for wisdom has no end. It’s like trying to count the grains of sand on a beach or...http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50879344652http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50879344652Sun, 19 May 2013 23:16:00 -0400“Marry your best friend. I do not say that lightly. Really, truly find the strongest, happiest...http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50879263746http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50879263746Sun, 19 May 2013 23:14:56 -0400“I have the deepest affection for intellectual conversations. The ability to just sit and...http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50879184013http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50879184013Sun, 19 May 2013 23:13:54 -0400““What’s the best way to connect to your ancestors? Just be sincere.” The universe and the...http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50879085154http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50879085154Sun, 19 May 2013 23:12:35 -0400“Lose yourself to improve yourself. Only when we shed all self-definition do we find who we...http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50879019419http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50879019419Sun, 19 May 2013 23:11:43 -0400“As mystics throughout time have found, the road to discovery, to peace and enlightenment is a...http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50878864975http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50878864975Sun, 19 May 2013 23:09:41 -0400“Knowing the Self is being the Self, and being means existence, one’s own existence. No one...http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50878778710http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50878778710Sun, 19 May 2013 23:08:34 -0400“You were born with potential You were born with goodness and trust You were born with ideals...http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50878536462http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50878536462Sun, 19 May 2013 23:05:22 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6e9e7d0a55ddca54287abe81850a0b96/tumblr_mkgd12usEa1roaz4co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://awakeningapril.tumblr.com/post/50696161548" class="tumblr_blog">awakeningapril</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://criminallyinnocent.tumblr.com/post/46637760425/nizar-qabbani"> </a></p></blockquote>http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50878447613http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50878447613Sun, 19 May 2013 23:04:14 -0400“You tried to change didn’t you? closed your mouth more tried to be softer prettier less...http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50878408490http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50878408490Sun, 19 May 2013 23:03:45 -0400“The female is sacred in the culture of the Akan. We trace our genealogy through the female...http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50878327464http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50878327464Sun, 19 May 2013 23:02:42 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d441d48fd156ff7da00497b7dcbaef5a/tumblr_mlz3fc8Sds1rpzo0yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50878205420http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50878205420Sun, 19 May 2013 23:01:06 -0400“Immature people falling in love destroy each other’s freedom, create a bondage, make a...http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50877999694http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50877999694Sun, 19 May 2013 22:58:28 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0e30743ec5a4c4257bd4ec46098ec2d0/tumblr_mmrcjpuiO01qe7qeqo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5dbb2402d87514b440ce7f25551d1019/tumblr_mmrcjpuiO01qe7qeqo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c1df8b649edebcf8bc2d71dade493114/tumblr_mmrcjpuiO01qe7qeqo3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1eae4ffb1710920aee73242b7f3cd010/tumblr_mmrcjpuiO01qe7qeqo4_500.png"/><br/> <br/>http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50873176168http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50873176168Sun, 19 May 2013 21:57:55 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mek8rcrXVG1rsn4c6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50850479856http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50850479856Sun, 19 May 2013 17:02:09 -0400“You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of...http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50850409892http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50850409892Sun, 19 May 2013 17:01:21 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdnc2o4bzm1qbt6vso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50850343357http://aakifahmaat.tumblr.com/post/50850343357Sun, 19 May 2013 17:00:34 -0400