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I’ve written several times that this blog is for Zahra and the kids. It is. I’m not sure who else would even read this… I hardly ever give u...

I’m at BBA and I’m enjoying being a spectator. The highs and lows are so much more extreme for me now than when I competed.  There’s somet...

The garden keeps on giving 😃 Gardening is a mindset and not simply an activity.  The mindset is about planting seeds .  Investing time/ener...

Very recently I heard someone sharing their story about a sibling with an addiction.  She had lots of emotions.  Anger, resentment, frustrat...

Worry is a natural cognitive process. It isn’t an emotion or a feeling, and it doesn’t belong in the same category as them. Worry shows up e...

This song is a work of art and it’s inspired me before. I even wrote about it before. I wanted to remind myself that today would soon be yes...

I’ve written about this before. This thing I have is very frustrating and very very annoying. I need a bunch more assistance than I used to....

The waaz today talked about timing essentially. Yusuf and Nooriya have told me both separately that I could say whatever at a different time...

It’s not possible to meet our niyyat often, but there seems to be a lot of good in the trying. The waaz made clear how important niyyat is. ...

I knew the first waaz would be awesome. I learned something that will shift my behavior even before the waaz started. It was repeating behav...

I feel good about the decisions I made today. There was a fair amount of FOMO and I really wanted to take advantage of being with all this f...

Mom used to tell Zahra to notice the people who were there and not notice the people who weren't.  Zahra shared this wisdom with the kid...

There's a great story I want to remember to understand about the importance of being open-minded.  It's a good reminder that learnin...

In a bayan, Moula was making a point.  He was saying be yourself.  Whatever the situation be proud.  Then, as he always seems to, he shared ...

Yesterday, Yusuf went for a haircut like he's done many times before.  His usual didn't work out so he went to a new place.  He got ...

So much of my actuarial training and experience have been about looking at past events. It was frequently in the flavor of the past indicate...

I heard this Buddhist parable and thought it was worth writing down. A man has to cross a jungle.   He comes across a river.  There is no br...

When a big change happens to us it creates a lasting change within us. Big changes are going to happen.  I've had a few.  Some expected ...

I'd heard an interview this week and the guest put something into words that I'd thought about, but never been able to put into word...

Duniya sucks.  That's not new.  Crappy things are bound to happen. Yusuf and Nooriya are inspiring this post.  They both had less than i...