For the longest time, I’ve been convincing myself that people aren’t really ‘judging’ me, because I’m so obviously not the center of the universe. No one will possibly leave all they have to deal with in life, and start thinking about me in their heads instead, or even openly around others. People must have […]

I’ve always loved languages. It was always interesting to hear someone express themselves so fluently in a language that’s not their own, and I always wanted to learn. I’d enjoy listening, reading, writing, and yet it wasn’t always comfortable for me to speak. I’d get scared. Of saying the wrong thing. Of sounding funny. Of […]

It gets so confusing whenever I start wanting something to happen so bad and it doesn’t. Because in my head it’s like; do I continue believing in it, since I need to want it hard enough for it to actually happen? Or do I let go, since not having it make its way through, is […]

Dear stranger who was once a friend, I don’t know why I’m writing this, when I know you won’t be reading. I just miss you. And I know I can only miss you from a distance. Because for the very first time, I chose to walk away. And I no longer find it in me […]

I used to dislike how I turn into a different person around different people. It would confuse me, and I’d feel like it makes me less genuine or less authentic. I’d often wonder, which of them is who I really am? Until recently, I realized: they’re all actually me! All the different versions. And I […]

  It always confuses me how everyone resumes from where they believe we’ve left off and not where we actually are inside my head. It always confuses me how random strangers on the internet have no clue I even exist when I bring them up in my every conversation like we’re the best of friends. […]

  I like to believe that documenting our thoughts and life events as and when they happen, is one of the nicest things we can offer our future selves. Over the years, it can be easy to remember days, events, or even phases of our lives, with people who might or might not still be […]

  I’ve asked this question on Instagram yesterday, and the responses were really touching. They included failure, doubt, loss of oneself or people (to death or to life). Ending up alone. Holding onto what’s not meant to last. Not pleasing God or making it to Jannah. And my favorite was: stumbling upon cardamom while having […]

  It’s interesting how humility sounds so much like humiliation, and yet they both lie on two different ends of the spectrum. Because you never have to humiliate yourself into humility. You can be humble and still feel good about yourself. You can be humble and still believe in all the good qualities you have. […]

  Our days have become so busy. So very busy we don’t even realize it. It only hits us hard when we begin to lose something we never realized we took for granted. It forces us to hit the pause button. And focus on what really matters. It brings us back to appreciating the little […]