Practicing Islam in Short Shorts 🌐

I never quite rejected Islam, I just took a break from going through the motions of prayer out of guilt. I wanted to see if I could be compelled to return to my prayer rug. I did. I returned when I felt like my life was empty without worship. I prayed out of gratitude. I prayed and it gave me solace. Ablution became less about splashing water over various parts of my body and felt more like a daily cleanse. A baptism.

Such an interesting parallel to so many millennials who find themselves parsing their often resented traditional religious upbringings for a salvageable spirituality.