Me before I write
I was deeply engrossed into the jurisprudence teacher's words. His lectures, are something I wait for the most. He was explaining the criteria on which different aspects of fiqh are based. Carefully listening to all the precious gems that he coherently laid out, I was trying to save all of them through my pen until he said “You will have to decide what qualifies for this standard and what fails”. ‘Qualify’, I refreshed. So that I don’t lose it. “What a beautiful word to use” I sighed to myself. It was this moment, that I realized how writers are just one word away from being distracted. One word away from a completely different universe. And for the word, is no set standard. The only merit it has got to fulfill is to not be in frequent usage of its potential user. I had been completely zoned out, unaware of what, if anything, the teacher imparted ahead. My mind was strongly caged by the fact that I hadn’t used this word in a long time. And, no longer was it that I began pre...