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.…
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.…
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…
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…
Blood is Thicker than Water. Or is it Really?
“Same brother, different mother, same orphanage” refers to our shared origins. It’s funny, ‘blood is thicker than water’ is one of the most misunderstood phrases: it actually means the opposite of what everyone thinks it does.…
Mathematics
In 1787, the “Three-Fifths Compromise” was reached during the United States Constitutional Convention. At that time, slavery was widespread and a large number of black people made up the “general population”. In order to determine the number of seats each state would have in the United States House…
Started with a Mustard Seed
A mustard seed is among the smallest of seeds available to farmers primarily in the middle-east region, where all Abrahamic religions originated from. When fully grown, a mustard plant can be 2 – 3m in height making it one of the largest garden plants grown from one of…
We ’bout to take this whole thing to Mars
Kanye West gets delivery of his new Tesla and tweets about.…