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It is a choice to see everything as a miracle.  It's not hard to get there.  Think of anything; it's a miracle.  Literally everythin...

We do this dua to break our rozu every day in Ramadan.  It's probably automatic for most and I think we rarely listen.  There is one par...

There's going to be highs and lows by definition.  It's natural to want to stay in the high and avoid the low.  This seems like a lo...

One of my very recent posts was about Karbala .  I think I'm beginning to understand the limitlessness of this place and its significanc...

As I was on the treadmill this past week, I rewatched the Martian.  It's a fun watch.  The basic idea is that the main character gets st...

I have written about acceptance before. I didn’t really get it then. I do now. Very likely in some years I’ll wonder why I thought that 😅 ...

This year in Ramadan I want to focus on two things .    The other day I overslept for fajr. It’s the first time in many years I missed doing...

Every year in Ramadan I like to focus on something.  It's a great opportunity to think clearly about something every single day for a mo...

I have this picture from early 2021 as my screensaver.  I don't think I'm ever going to change it.  Mom is in it🩷  It's a great...

This is beautiful and deep. When something isn’t right we often have the instinct to excise or eliminate or do away with the broken and bad....

This scene is amazing. It’s about building a bridge. I have a thing for bridges. I think this scene is a metaphor though. The bridge thing i...

Lyrics have inspired so many of my thoughts and blogs. The authors take my mind to new places. It’s like reading is for so many, it takes m...

It seems the clock influences our thinking.  It counts in minutes and hours.  The clock conditions us to think small I think because of this...

Today, I got to spend some time with Zahra’s dadima. It’s a treat. I see her a couple times a year. For the past couple years she hasn’t kno...

I'm like everyone else. Patient sometimes and with some people and less so sometimes and with others.  I try to be more patient all the ...

Being kind changes the world. Everyday has this potential. It doesn’t have to be a big thing either. It’s easy to say stuff like, “if I had ...

Another post inspired by song lyrics.  The lyrics are better than I can write.   "And what about those shoes you're in today? T...

Last night Zahra and I did some adulting.  On the surface, it was a rather boring errand.  We needed to buy a new washing machine.  No doing...

Smiling is on my mind again.  I wrote about it before .  Yusuf and Nooriya have got me saying, "it's not that deep".  They mig...

I’m thinking about parents and all the things they’re leaving behind. I have some of the most generous parents.  My dad went above and beyon...