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 to celebrate?” And now as I start my 30th orbit around the sun, I can only…
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 of way. As a Muslim, as someone who with all their innate faults has consciously submitted…
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 quiet and bear their heavy loads in silence.…
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 to the moon. We have built submarines that can reach the floor of the deepest trenches.…
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 of yourself because of the environment you're in or because you value someone else’s opinion of…
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 - mostly affected by the aforementioned factors we did not choose. We cannot change those, but with…
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 we don’t care about the origin or that it is customary to use, but it goes…
It Was Written, It’s All Written, Let’s Learn Something
It was written. It’s all written. We can never write it moving forward. We can only read it once we look back when we realise that it was written.…
Intuition – A J. Cole Perspective
Sometimes our instincts can tell us something that would take months of conscious thinking and analysis to understand. …
Nipsey Hussle – 1 Year On
Man, the first thing I thought this morning was "Thank God I got to live another year". No, it's not a new year, nor is it my birthday, but I believe there to be many moments throughout one's year when one can reflect and be grateful for what…