As I stood in the deserted parking lot, the most amazing thing happened. I witnessed, for the first time in my life, a shooting star.
The light of something overhead caught my eye. As if a plane had caught fire and was zooming past my very eyes. As if a rainbow of one light, one color were passing through my space. As if God were sending me a message written of light and love.
I saw the light burn and sizzle into nothingness behind my car, my Masjid, my school, my world. I saw something millions of miles away remind me of things we forget. It took the death of that star to make me see the millions of other lights in the sky.
For the first time in my life, I saw a shooting star. For the first time, I breathed in both fear and hope while standing in the presence of life forgotten.
A shooting star: a magnificent reminder.
SubhanAllah.
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