I find it somewhat offensive when someone tells me ‘oh you’re so lucky’ – be it in a work situation, or in general in life. I don’t think there is anything more demeaning than telling someone that they are lucky as if the efforts they put in to get where they are didn’t matter at […]

Today was my birthday. Unlike every year, this year I was happy, content and felt lighter. Usually it is not the case, birthdays are difficult sad and very heavy for me. There were times when I just wanted to disappear because of how this day and the people around me at the time made me

I think often times we do not realize what we have until we don’t have it anymore. Or we see someone else losing something and realize we have it too but maybe we do not honour it enough or take it for granted. Taking people, things and our surroundings for granted becomes a second nature.

A couple weeks ago I was watching a video where the orator was addressing those who moved abroad for the betterment of their and their families’ lives. He said that you need to look after yourself because you are there for all those you left back home, but no one is there for you. I

On a daily basis, we carry several fake and dishonest conversations. But the fakest of them all is asking the questions “How are you” and responding it with “I’m good”. It is usually the first question asked after greetings or salutations. The one asking it is asking because it’s a formality to do so, they

For the last couple days I have weird unsettling feelings and dreams. I don’t know what it is and why but my peace and calm is so much more disturbed than ever. Praying and hoping all the time that Allah creates ease for me and my family and for once, we can live peacefully and

As the year end approaches, work starts wrapping up the goals and milestones for the year as well. It is a nice approach to divide a year into quarters, quarters into weeks and complete the tasks one at a time. If we apply the same approach to our personal lives and personal goals, it will

It’s Thanksgiving today. I don’t know too much about it except that it dates back to Indigenous People who celebrated to thank for their Harvest. Later in 1500s and onwards there were various different celebrations such as harvest, safe voyage etc. I’m not sure why and when Turkey’s became the symbol for Thanksgiving, I’ll look

And so it begins! The first snow of the season is here and it is crazy cold. I was not dressed for the weather today. Sneakers should never be anyone’s first choice of footwear in a weather like tonight. However, since the snow was ideally supposed to be starting tomorrow i.e. October 12th, I was

Birthdays are weird. At least for me. It mostly makes me realize how another year has passed and I haven’t been able to achieve many of my goals. I don’t remember my early childhood birthdays because a lot of time my parents were having a clash and we would be cutting cake at any of