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Some days are honey & some days are onions.

Life is not just the good bits & finding meaning in the lesser days.

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Yvonne McClaren
Jun 08, 2023
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There is a saying in Arabic: ‘Yom asal, yom basal’, which means ‘One day honey, one day onions’ and speaks of the bittersweet quality of life. I heard this on a podcast the other day and have been pondering its meaning ever since.

It is such a simple but powerful phrase that led me down the sufism pathway to discover music, religion and a way of li…

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