Society and religion puts pressure on women and mothers become enablers to the continuation of women being second-class citizens Do you know how much we stand in our own way? Then, do you know how much of what we’ve been taught is standing in our own way? Then, do you know how much culture and…
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Mother nature is a powerful force that can get a country, nation, even the world to stop. Today she’s laid the white blanket flat on the trees, roads, houses and rooftop. Trees, leaves, and branches are weighed down, but now and then she’ll be the breeze to ruffle them off. She’s arrived so elegantly…
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When I was eighteen years of age, I didn’t know that feeling down could happen even at twenty years, thirty years, forty years, fifty years, sixty years and above. Does it get worse? How would I know? I was only eighteen. I was just starting out in life. One thing I’ve always had naturally was…
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You’re almost baked and will be out of the oven soon. Are you ready? …
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There are so many people living in victim mode that they have no idea how much they are cheating themselves of for the small benefits they get from choosing to live as a victim. Playing the victim allows you to get away with bigger responsibilities, makes you feel that you know better and that you’re…
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Isn’t it hard to bear it all? Isn’t it harder to bear it all when you know the personality of certain people around you and the level that they are at in their spiritual lives compared to yours? You damn right this is a risk i.e. to show yourself at your weakest point. Some of…
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For a second imagine yourself coming out of an egg and finding yourself amongst a lot of movement. You follow who is in front of you, next to you, on top of you and everyone is rushing to go somewhere. You have no idea, but your instinct is driving you towards the water. You try…
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Recently I read the article about Rahaf al-Qunun, an 18-year-old Saudi Arabian girl who fled the abuse from her family as well as threats after renouncing Islam. Rahaf fled from her family while on a holiday and got stranded at Bangkok airport when she was stopped by Thai immigration authorities and her passport confiscated. She…
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Have you ever found yourself wanting to stand up for yourself and what is right all the time? How many times have you seen injustice perhaps with the way things have been running in your country, or perhaps with something that happened to your kids, or maybe to your grandparents? You really wanted to defend…
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