Have faith, but tie your camel first, by Wajahat Ali
Meditative Story
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4.6 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
It's early morning. A hotel room. Wajahat Ali, playwright and author, is traveling for work when he gets a call from his wife – she's sobbing, panicked, heartbroken. Their tiny daughter, Nusayba, has been diagnosed with Stage IV cancer. And time stops. What can he do? Rage. Despair. Sob. Fight. Then ... let go. Waj shares the story of how his young daughter's fight with cancer taught him to strike a delicate balance between faith and action, between exhausting his efforts and accepting the outcome.
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| 0:00.0 | There is an Islamic proverb. |
| 0:19.0 | Trust in God, but tie your camel first. |
| 0:24.8 | Which means exhaust all your efforts. |
| 0:29.0 | Do everything humanly possible. |
| 0:32.1 | And then let go of the reins. |
| 0:41.3 | Thank you. Let go of the reins. Wajahat Ali is a writer and public speaker whose perspectives on political, social and |
| 0:46.6 | cultural, in particular multicultural issues, are always shared with a balance of |
| 0:51.1 | humour, vulnerability and striking insight. |
| 0:55.2 | In today's meditative story, Waj invites us on his family's difficult but hopeful journey |
| 1:00.7 | through the illness of his young daughter, an ordeal that forces Wage to strike a delicate |
| 1:05.4 | balance between faith and action, between exhausting his efforts and surrendering to the outcome. |
| 1:12.3 | It is sensitive, challenging stuff, so be gentle upon yourself as you listen. |
| 1:17.6 | In this series, we combine immersive first-person stories and breathtaking music |
| 1:22.2 | with the science-backed benefits of mindfulness practice. |
| 1:26.8 | From Wait What and Thrive Global, |
| 1:29.6 | this is meditative story. |
| 1:33.0 | I'm Rohan, and I'll be your guide. The body relaxed. |
| 1:56.0 | The body breathing. |
| 1:59.0 | Your senses open |
| 2:02.8 | your mind open |
| 2:05.2 | meeting |
| 2:07.8 | meeting the world |
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