Searching For- Qismat In- -

Because qismat, in the end, is not something you find.

One morning, you hear a word in a language you do not speak. A documentary about the Arctic. An Inuit elder says qimmirq —the act of waiting for the ice to break. It is not a noun. It is a verb. A waiting that is also a becoming. Searching for- qismat in-

And you think: What if qismat is not a destination? What if it is a verb? Because qismat, in the end, is not something you find