It seems that one of the most prolific results of the Covid pandemic is the unprecedented rise in people suffering from mental health issues. Not surprising given the wildly different and bizarre circumstances many people worldwide found themselves in. Today, in a world which has been shaken by the pandemic and is still reeling fromContinue reading “The Runaway Bandwagon”
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Positive With Covid
Last week, I ended on the note saying, “Alhamdulillah“. Today, I return and again I start with where I ended. Alhamdulillah. I am in the throes of Covid along with my sons. We have all finally succumbed to this stubborn viral infection and none of us have escaped it this time. So why the gratitude?Continue reading “Positive With Covid”
2021’s Swan Song
This week, I looked back at my posts from a year ago and it seems quite surreal that the Covid pandemic is still very much with us. Arguably, in 2021 even more so. Omicron has been the year’s last performance. In all this time, we have lived like cats chasing our own tails. The endContinue reading “2021’s Swan Song”
The Future in Focus
Last week, I wrote about my attempts not to lapse into an emotional quagmire of the past. In a conscious effort to avoid that, this week I have busied myself in other things. The first of those is a full focus on my own ‘children’. I use that word ‘children’ in its loose sense sinceContinue reading “The Future in Focus”
Patience For and With the Good
We all know the need to bear patience when things don’t go to plan. Our plan. How many times have we heard someone give that timeless advice to keep positive, understand that when things go seemingly wrong, it’s Allah’s way of testing us to remain calm? We need to put our wholehearted trust in Him.Continue reading “Patience For and With the Good”
A New Perspective on the Old
I’m writing today knowing that there is heaviness in many people’s hearts, not just about Christmas being cancelled, or 2020, but about so much beyond. To be honest, although the months and years are obvious markers of the movement of time, I feel we should not get too fixated about measuring life against them. IContinue reading “A New Perspective on the Old”
A Eulogy for 2020
By now, we all know it is simply impossible to talk about 2020 without mentioning ‘COVID-19’ or ‘coronavirus’. These two words have become synonyms for this year. It has been a time of unprecedented grief, anxiety and loneliness for many people worldwide: the loss of loved ones, loss of jobs, loss of homes… Need IContinue reading “A Eulogy for 2020”
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