Skip to main content

Newification

Image
By
This is another page from my ninth book called "Dear God". I was inspired to write this book after writing "I am voting for God" on my blog. It continues in that format. Short letters (or prayers) to God. It gives me an opportunity to write more and write to God at different moments in my life.
___________________

Dear God,

Today we celebrate Eid in Trinidad. Ramadan has come and now gone. God willing, we are here next year to benefit from another Ramadan and Eid. There is joy mixed with sadness. The new moon has been sighted for the next month of Shawwal. I read that Shawwal signifies new life and renewal after a month of spiritual cleansing.

I came across the Arabic words islah (reform) and tajdid (renewal) in trying to learn more. I like how Shawwal and renewal both end in -wal. Reminds me of another Arabic word I have come across before, which is wallahi which is to swear by God. I also came across the word "newification" and I smiled and my eyes opened wide. What an interesting looking and sounding word that I do not remember seeing before. Also the word newify.

I read that "newification" isn't a standard English word and it seems like it might be a neologism. Not renewal and not reform but a return to the original state as I read in this article.


A return to the original path and the pure path if my understanding is correct. Nothing can beat the original so to speak. Please God, let me have more eye opening moments like this as I walk a path that You intended for me. Not a new path or a different path but the path that You intended for me.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Kickstarter for Trinidad

By
It is Saturday before Christmas and the beginning of the long weekend. The place where I live is extremely quiet. There are hardly any cars on the road. I ate my breakfast and I am surfing the web. Then I came across Kickstarter and I started asking questions. Mainly, can Trinidadians use Kickstarter? Are Trinidadians using Kickstarter? Do we need a Kickstarter type website for Trinidad and Tobago/Caribbean? There is fundmetnt but the idea is not the same. Kickstarter is for creatives and you are creating a tangible deliverable that is shared with backers. Also there is a vetting process. Fundmetnt is more akin to gofundme. I went to the Kickstarter website and I filtered by Trinidad and Tobago and only 17 projects were returned and many of them dated. This is not much. I contacted @kickstarter on Twitter and asked them "Hi. Can Trinidadians 🇹🇹 use Kickstarter? Will they be able to get the funds to their local bank?". I will also send an email. I will also send an email to ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Google Pay in Trinidad

By
Update : It is prepaid and credit cards not debit. Linx on facebook said that the Linx machines do not fascilitate Google Pay.
Post a Comment
Read more

Stop and stare at the crotons

By
It is 147pm. I just woke up from a nap. I had Sunday lunch which was chicken soup. My mobile phone does not have much charge left. I decided to write. What can I write about? I asked my mom what to write about. She said to write about flowers plants. She wants flowers in the yard. Flowers are beautiful. Flowers are attractive. Flowers are calming. Flowers are part of God's creation. I am reminded of the saying that we should stop and smell the roses. We should appreciate the now. Learn from the past, plan for the future but live in the now. I asked my mom why she likes flowers? She says it is therapy for the mind, it helps her to elevate her spirits and it makes the place look beautiful. That is flower power I would say. My favorite plant is the croton. I love passing through the countryside, especially in Tobago, and seeing the rich croton plants. Crotons are flowers-like I would say. Let us say they are pseudo flowers plants because of the mixture of colors on the leaves that see...
Post a Comment
Read more