The Trumping of Crack

I am so excited! And most of you will have trouble believing this.

But first, add to the original Rules of Life the following, please:
.1. Pursue knowledge. Always and forever.
.2. Never think that you are complete, or that you are good enough or that you can not be bettered.
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.3. When you feel the need to compare yourself to someone, make certain that the person chosen is better than you; for to improve yourself, you must always aspire to those greater than you.

So…last week, I’m walking around the Crack section of a majour department store one of the foundations of CANADA that is now owned by Americans when a stunning pair of Crack caught my eye.

Imagine it: Wedge heels vertically striped with half a centimeter of taupe and then half a centimeter of candy apple red. Beautiful. But it gets better! They are an open-toed sides-open back-closed lacquered candy apple red. AND they had a little bow at the back of the shoe, right where the top of the lacquered red touches your skin.

Quite literally, I salivated.

The cost was normal; Crack does not come cheap, and this Crack was $138.

I walked away and came back and thought about it and tried them on and walked away again and played a little peekaboo with the Crack while no one was looking or so that’s what I tell myself, anyway. I may have even winked a little wink and blown a little kiss Crack’s way, but no one can prove anything.

I decided not to purchase the Crack because I chose to pursue knowledge instead. Now, as you know, I’ve been getting to know Islam for the past little while and will continue to do so Inshallah for the rest of my life, knowing fully-well there will be ebbs and flows in the voracity of that pursuit.

The knowledge I chose to pursue, the cost of which was near $200, but the reprecussions of which will render me a smartie pantes? Your webMama will soon be the proud owner of :

.A. “What Happened to Poetry? ” A discourse on the disappearance of poetry by the director of the Zaytuna Institute in California, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Hanson.

.B. “Foundations of Islam” Insightful, intellectual presentation about Islam made to non-Muslim educators. Topics include: How the Quran Was Revealed and Compiled Pillars of Practice, Articles of Faith, Concept of Ihsan, Signs of the Last Day and more.

.C. “Islam In America: A Panel Discussion”

.D. “A Return to the Spirit: Questions & Answers” This final work of the greatly revered Martin Lings opens with an insightful autobiographical account of his own interior journey, the finding of a spiritual master, and the conclusions he ultimately reached regarding the inner life and Islam. The 96-year-old author, a respected British scholar, recounts the lessons learned from his life including the answers to profound questions such as: How did I come to put First things First?, What is the Spiritual Significance of Tears and Laughter?, What is the Spiritual Significance of Civilization?, What is the Qur’anic Doctrine of the Afterlife?

Prior to publication of this volume, its distinguished author, Martin Lings, did in fact “return to the Spirit” on May 12th 2005. This has occasioned the addition to this work of an “In Memoriam” appendix. Readers will be treated to tributes that have arrived from the world over written by those who simply read and loved his work to those who knew him personally, some of whom were under his spiritual direction. These diverse accounts of this extraordinary man round out a profound image of his person. The book also includes a selection of previously unpublished photographs taken throughout his life.

A special “In Memoriam” section includes words from Shaykh Hamza Yusuf.

.E. “Purification of the Heart” 17 CD SET, The suffering of the world is spoken of in term of wars, starvation, hatred, competition, and the struggle of the survival of the fittest. Yet all the suffering of the world originates in the human heart. Every crime committed, every act of oppression, every callous cruelty, and every injustice to the self or others emanates from the hearts of men.

The soundest of hearts was the heart of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) who, through his purity and singularity of intention, transformed the world. His teaching remains and the challenge is for each of us to take it and to transform our hearts with it, thereby, transforming the very world in which we live.

Courtesy of Alhambra Productions. Shurkan!

YAY!!!! I AM SO EXCITED, I AM NEARLY JUMPING OUT OF MY SKIN!!!!
YAY!!!! I AM GOING TO BE SUCH A SMARTIE PANTS!!!!
YAY!!!! ALHAMDULILAH!!!! YAY!!!!

But before I can be a smartie pants, I am going to go wear a little dress and pretty golden Crack and twirl around so that my dress can twirl really high and over objects.