It’s Not Really About COVID

Salam everyone, I know it’s been awhile. The last time I confidently had the energy to write was back in January for my yearly reflections. This time, I realized how much I truly need to filter my thoughts and get them off my chest. Some life updates: back in January, I had almost reached a …

Ode to 2018

Salam everyone - PHEW, glad that's over. I can say 2018 was a good blur. I started my third year of teaching- one of which they say if you can survive- you're good. Then I was told it's actually after year 5. Yay. A couple of challenges hit me really hard this year. Some of …

Refuge

You know exactly the source of my pain It’s pin pointed in my heart It was never there from the start You ask of me and I refuse I come and cry to you Allah, you are my refuge. I’ve been betrayed before and continue to shrink in agony. My tears are my sins- I …

Red Balloon Runaway

Alhamdulilah for you I am beyond grateful of the lessons and happiness you gave me. A love that had so many bounds, of which we had no choice to leave tied like two ships in the sea He controls the tides, An endless ride of life that we're on Many moments, hair rushing with the …

Ramadan 2018

Salam guys! *youtube voice Wow... I don't really know where to begin honestly. I know I am not alone in these struggles. Last year's Ramadan hit me like a train. I wasn't ready at all. I gained my Iman "high"- trying so hard to pray more sincerely, convincing myself to believe, and then have it …

Messy Places: Some reminders on the heart

Salam everyone! I know it's been a really long time since I've been on. But I've had this urge to throw all this up and have you guys ponder with me. Lately I've been struggling with the areas of curing the heart. I'm not sick alhamdulilah but some recent reminders have come to surface that …

What Tugs at Your Heart Strings:Realizations

"My words are wrapped in barbwire, my actions speak for what I can't say-when my head tells me 'no' my heart tells me 'go' so I'm on my way." -Lea Michelle "On My Way"   Salam guys, So I've come to many realizations and pretty fast I might add. Every time my Facebook daily memories …

“Greatness Just Ahead”-Conforming to Society & Realizing Our True Potential

Salam everyone! So Alhamdulilah I was presented with this great and very useful topic to be discussed with you all. Often times we see so many great people ahead of us, successful in all ways. On the other hand, we see those who we assume are "lower" than us, doing poorly in school, and just …

The Certainty of Uncertainty- An Ode to 2013

I need to first start off by how thankful I am for my life and how it's turning out to be. I say progressive "turning" because I'm young and I don't know what to expect even for this week, or even tomorrow. I'm thankful that I've had spontaneous bad things happen, but also, spontaneous good. …

Let These Be Your Desires, a poem by the famous Arab poet-Khalil Gibran

Let These Be Your Desires Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself But if your love and must needs have desires, Let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook That sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed …