Modern Shooting Star

A moment, an occasion arrives. Time itself builds a speed breaker. When you pause and look back, life plays like a movie before your eyes—mistakes, faults, irreversible events. Yet, even then, you hesitate to accept them. A secret voice rises from within:

"Enough. Stop deceiving yourself."

You have no history of your own. You don’t know how your ancestors lived a hundred years ago. Kings paid to have history written in their favor. The ruined fort walls were all built with the blood of common people.

If every syllable slips carefully from your tongue, words turn into mantras. The sun must see us, but we cannot see the sun. Too much light is still darkness.

The whole world is becoming like Palestine. To wipe away tears, you need strong hands. If you don’t stretch your own hand far enough, it won’t even reach your mouth—so goes the verse from the Quran.

A land where coffins are made instead of cradles will always be soaked in tears.

If you wish to compete, first learn who you are in nature. A camel cannot race in water. For an ant, a few heavy raindrops are a storm.

Life is like going to a history exam but receiving a physics question paper. For the one who fails, every test feels the same.

Even without knowing the alphabet, you can stumble over garlands. Return only to the one who serves you. In grocery shops, scraps of paper that weigh lentils are used to measure the worth of your knowledge. Among a herd of donkeys, even a horse must bray—otherwise, the rest will kick it down.

When God wants to speak to you, you stuff your ears with cotton. Signs are always there, but you still wait for a red light where no signal exists.

To understand surroundings and behaviors, fall in a race. You’ll know who lifts you and who tramples you. Just like the blind describing an elephant—the world appears differently to each, but the truth is: there is no elephant.

No matter how drenched it gets, a crocodile never catches a cold.

When elections come, leaders suddenly fall in love with people.

When a bull is decorated at a fair, it’s not for the photo.

A wine shop is nothing but a gathering of philosophers—every brand carries a different philosophy. Life keeps falling and rising.

While treasure sits in your own cupboard, you search the world. It’s destiny to train in football and dream of winning at basketball.

If you want to dig a pit for someone, you don’t need a spade. Just keep praising him. He’ll fall in himself. At the end, throw in a handful of soil.

The man who speaks of astronomy without looking at the sky becomes the guide.
That is the modern shooting star.