Inwards

5 Ramadhan, 1440

I referred yesterday to the disorientation experienced in the early days of Ramadhan. Perhaps I might better have written of reorientation. The world is made strange in a fundamental, simple way, forcing you to see it, and yourself, through different eyes. You're reminded of what a poor, vulnerable creature you are, and of the rich variousness of the world you find yourself in, so easily available, as you only really understand when you make it temporarily unavailable.

For me these early days always seem to be about inwardness. The challenge is in taking those steps that constitute the outward journey that goes beyond self, leaving self behind.