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I went back to my high school to see Nooriya’s gymnastics meet. It has been 25 years since I was in that building. A lot is different there,...

Life can be rough.  Duniya kind of stinks.  Stuff happens all the time that sucks.  It is easy to focus on that. Everyday, though, there are...

Life is short though it may not always seem like that.  It has a way of seeming even shorter when looking back.  Kids grow up and things cha...

This a favorite lyric of mine.  It's a mid 90's song that was fun to listen to and then something more.  The song goes, And soon if ...

I'm thinking about the plan .  There is a plan.  It's just not the one I made.  It's better and I don't see it.  I don't...

I recently learned about something in the brain.  It is when things are procedural or too easy we lose out in the long-term.  I thought the ...

Yesterday Yusuf and Nooriya cooked everything.  Another time to be in the backseat  and just enjoy.  I was the helper.  It made me feel so g...

Money can’t buy you happiness. Happiness is maybe more complicated than that. There’s a lot to it probably.  There is definitely a relations...

There’s lots of interactions everyday. One yesterday stands out. It was after vaas. Moula was padahring just past. Everyone was seated and d...

The more I learn the more it becomes clear that stuff doesn’t matter as much as it seems in almost every case.  So much we’re instructed to ...

The day has its twists and turns. It plays out and is done once it’s done. We have one body. It’s an opportunity though. We can each live th...

This is post mostly advice for me to read later.   What do you see when you look at people?Don’t be surprised. They are exactly who they are...

So much good or bad happens in our lives. Some clearly good. Some clearly bad. And much that’s a matter of perspective. That’s the part that...

Rewards aren't usually linear.  They aren't something to strive for either.  They are more of a consequence.  Good deeds have a cons...

The other day we went out together.  I was driving. Yusuf got out before me and he’s faster than me. I was ~10 seconds behind. I saw a woman...

This week Michelle Obama spoke.  It was inspirational.  I watched it twice.  There were parts that were political and relevant right now.  T...

I don't get to experience many firsts anymore.  Most of my firsts over the past 16+ years have been vicarious firsts that I got to obser...

This past week I gave my coworkers a presentation about being Bohra and talked about my topi. It was very 101. It was good for me to try to ...

I was able to do a ziyafat this year. I went for tahkmeen and the amount I was hoping for was not nearly enough. I saw that it was a higher ...

Helping is not zero sum and it is not reciprocal.  It is not a good mindset to help because that person helped me so I should help them or I...