Reflections As I Begin My 30th Orbit
Birthdays have always been among the most difficult days of the year for me. I didn’t grow up celebrating them. The older I got the more I thought “What even is there…
Ramadan 2023
In The Name of The True and Living God The Beneficent, The Merciful. I begin writing this with full eyes and an empty heart. How far I’ve strayed and how low I’ve…
Music & Ramadan
In The Name of The True and Living God The Beneficent The Merciful. Ramadan is upon us. Ramadan is a time when Muslims undergo a major shift in their daily routines, habits…
J. Cole and Islam – What’s the Relationship?
You probably opened this page to find out what J. Cole and Islam have in common. Well, allow me to explain. When I first heard this track I was left feeling some type…
Purpose – A J. Cole Framework
Do you know your purpose? Are you in tune with it? Are you moving in line with it? Let's take a look from a J. Cole perspective.…
JAY-Z Teaches Us 5 Life Lessons
We take a quick look into some of the bars from JAY-Z's song "Anything" and the lessons we can extract from them.…
Heavy – Unloading One Another’s Burdens
There are people who are masters of hiding their burdens. Whether you and I are one of them is left for us to decide. But years of practice enables them to be…
Time Is Money… Or So They Say
Since the beginning of time, mankind has consistently sought one thing - more time, be it through trials of reanimation, healthcare, medicine or trying to physically turn back time. We have been…
Discipline – The Lost Art in The Search For “Success”
We all know that the “self-help” industry is one big sham, right? So why do we keep falling for their tricks and games? Why do we still give them our money and…
Facade – To “Be” Everything Other Than What We Are
Have you ever felt like you have multiple facades ready depending on where you are or who you are with? Have you ever felt like you have to be a different version…
Change is Inevitable, But How About its Timing?
Everything is everything. Our families are our families. Our community is our community. Our country is our country. And we are who we are because of the experiences we live through -…
What is the Real Meaning of Goodbye?
The term “goodbye” is used so loosely these days to the point where only a few of us know the history behind it and its true meaning. It could be concluded that…