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I’m reading a cool book about black holes. The book, like much of astronomy books, tries to put things into perspective that our brains can ...

I make sure to listen to people when they talk about family stuff and things that they say that they may not think anyone is really listenin...

Today a young woman was courageous enough to say hi to me when I was taking a break in the kitchen having a snack. She introduced herself an...

There is one instance in my recent memory I wish I had behaved differently. Not too long ago I was doing namaz in public the way I've do...

I've often confused the words nice and kind.  They are not the same.  It's important to be kind.  That's easy to know.  It's...

How someone feels when they come to my house matters. I want to be responsible generally for making people feel good. That’s being human. I ...

 I heard an interview and part of it was biographical.  The interviewer asked about regret and said something along the lines of "your ...

I was having a long day and got some afternoon coffee.  My dessert coffee, DD😀.  I saw a man doing Asar namaz in the parking lot.  It looke...

 There's a lot of probability in my work and a lot of potential biases.  There's very little in work or in life that's 100% cert...

 I feel so lucky to be here in Paris listening to Moula’s waaz relay everyday. I often wonder what took so long. I’ve thought a lot about th...

 Yesterday Yusuf had a milestone.  One of those where he probably didn't give it a second thought and thinks what's the big deal and...

 This is one of my favorite pictures. I like it so much that I have it my closet. I see it every day.  I took this picture over 20 years ago...

 Red is on top for a reason.  Taher, stop first. Then act/speak.

It’s easy for me to fall in the trap of thinking “you get what you deserve”.  I don’t think that’s true mostly. It follows logically that “i...

I’ve recently had the opportunity to do some volunteer stuff. It was most important to me to make the kids a part of it. I wanted to do this...

It’s Ramadan again and I want to write something down. Each year I like to focus on something. Each year one of the things I like to do is j...

 Last night it was my good fortune to help someone out. It was raining and dark and this woman’s car was blocked. It was my friend’s mom. I ...

I have this wonderful memory of sitting in Moula Ali’s roza for the first time this past year. The memory evokes what I was feeling. This ra...

I heard a story that was inspiring. I’ve heard the story many times before and thought I got it, but I heard it again and a different commen...

I was expecting our trip to be Karbala and Najaf to be spiritual and rejuvenating. No surprise it it is.  What I wasn’t expecting is that th...