A Little Bit About Me
In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful...
Family from Central and South Asia, grew up in Scandinavia, living in the states...learning Spanish. Ideally hoping to find someone, just you and I, walking along, overcoming life's inevitable challenges by working together; celebrating small victories and BIG, friends to the end. Always with the aim of Heaven beyond.
Life is such a short thing, you definitely want to have someone beside you who smiles and laughs, all the way to the end. When it rains sometimes, someone to hold, and who will hold you because they're invested in wanting to see you happy and okay. That's how you get through to the sunny days again.
Love for my Maker is my beginning, and my end. In between I learn - learned to walk, to talk, and to run; to laugh, to love, to enjoy life and all its gifts, all the people and creatures I meet. To sit with my sorrow in the stillness of the night, and clean my heart with remembrance (zikr).
I'm a rather active person - gym-goer, surfer, do yoga on occasion, love archery (which is even sunnah). You don't have to be at the same exact level as myself, but be active and aim to keep yourself healthy.
‘Tokelau’ isn't my place of origin but a nomad would probably be the best description of how I've lived my life, so I left it at that because there was no option for 'other'. Also wish there was an option for something between 'sometimes' and 'usually' for salat
Haji from a young-ish age, and yet, I'm quite western in my ways, not always in my mindset, but there's so much more to it than just that. There's good and bad everywhere. I was raised in a western environment, took on anything I felt was good. I've adopted things from a lot of different cultures, both east and west. Through all of that though, my heart has mercifully always belonged with my Maker. Alone, or in a relationship, that is where I'm aiming to return and that's really all that matters.
I’ve checked “Willing to relocate internationally” but I’m def landlocked to the States for a good few years due to having pets. They’re family and I don’t abandon anyone or anything. Until they pass away I’ll be living around these shores I believe.
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What I Am Looking For
A good, kindhearted, loyal soul! One who loves her Maker and wants to fulfill half her deen. Whose priorities isn't this world, but the next, but with a sense of compassion, fun and love, for the time she is here in this world. Appreciation for the gift that is life, but with the good sense of what it's really supposed to be used for. Someone aiming for Jannah, not this world. Happy and content. Someone who keeps fit as that is a point of health and allows you to go on adventures and do fun things in life.
Someone who loves a person for who they are, not for what they have. If you haven't realized that a Mercedes isn't going with you into the grave, you haven't become free yet.
It would be helpful if you're in your mid 30s to mid 40s. I'm an active guy, and a lot of people far younger than myself can't keep up with me unfortunately.
May 28th 2023
I've never felt that I had a national belonging in my entire life. What I cultivated in my heart instead, was a belonging to The One Who made me. This is the connection I've always been concerned about, not my connection to any society or their ever changing values. I've lived in, and been exposed to, a few different societies and cultures in my life.
May 30th 2023 / 1444 AH
"Be like a flower that gives its fragrance to even the hand that crushes it." (Not actually Ali Ibn Abi Talib it seems but God knows best).
May 31st 2023
Though I always make decisions wholeheartedly and with good intent, I'm hesitant about this online thing. Hesitant because I'm not sure that it would allow me to find something that would be suitable and work for me. I'm not a social media person, I've never liked that. It’s equally addictive as drugs for some. I like reading books, learning, writing. And of course, to be completely transparent, I sometimes also feel a little too old to be starting something new.
Jun 8th
Saw someone having this quote on their profile which I really liked, "Don't waste sunsets with people who will be gone by sunrise."
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Thanks for reading my "blog" :) Good luck!
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