I love how your posts link the environmental with the spiritual and sociological at once. So many take aways but one that is most standing out to me now is the link between how we treat depleted soil with artificial fertilizers with how we treat our exhausted selves with excessive caffeine intake in order to produce more. One observation I had having grown up in the Middle East then living in America for a decade before returning back is how in the former caffeine is used to connect socially and as part of hospitality and most of the time you don't see people walking and drinking coffee at the same time whereas in the latter it is part of grind culture. Unfortunately, parts of the Middle East are following the grind culture footsteps that we can also see in their relationship with caffeine and even with tobacco as band-aids to being exhausted by global capitalistic exploitation.
Thank you for that Reema, I really appreciate your thoughts and observations. And you express them so eloquently. It's all about using our blessings with gratitude and moderation, isn't it? I too love to slow down with a hot cup of tea and a good book, or meet my friends at the coffee shop.
I love how your posts link the environmental with the spiritual and sociological at once. So many take aways but one that is most standing out to me now is the link between how we treat depleted soil with artificial fertilizers with how we treat our exhausted selves with excessive caffeine intake in order to produce more. One observation I had having grown up in the Middle East then living in America for a decade before returning back is how in the former caffeine is used to connect socially and as part of hospitality and most of the time you don't see people walking and drinking coffee at the same time whereas in the latter it is part of grind culture. Unfortunately, parts of the Middle East are following the grind culture footsteps that we can also see in their relationship with caffeine and even with tobacco as band-aids to being exhausted by global capitalistic exploitation.
Thank you for that Reema, I really appreciate your thoughts and observations. And you express them so eloquently. It's all about using our blessings with gratitude and moderation, isn't it? I too love to slow down with a hot cup of tea and a good book, or meet my friends at the coffee shop.
What a great addition, thank you Umar!