Semester breaks are psychological lines. These lines separate the learners who study only for the exams and the ones who seek meaning in learning. The reason is, each semester break is a breathing space woven into the marathon of your university life, a space where the study load of the exams […]
Your Life Story: Learning from the ‘Unsuccessful’ in Life
As university students, one of the most useful habits is listening to each life story that others share with you. Instinctively, you want to listen only to the ‘successful’ people: the artists with multi-million followers, the scholars who shift paradigms, or the millionaire entrepreneurs who started from nothing. After all, we can only learn success […]
Navigating Faith in Your 20s: Becoming a Less Bad Muslim
Being less bad Muslims does not sound inspiring. It is, however, a fair starting point for many, especially if you are in your late teens and early twenties. The reason is, you are at that mercurial stage of figuring out who you want to become. And wanting to become good Muslims can be emotionally expensive. […]
People You Don’t Like Make You Better
The more you interact with others, the more you will find people you don’t like. Two things might happen: One, you would follow your default impulse, which is to mentally attack them, creating a wall between the egos — I versus you, us versus them. Or two, you can use that encounter to deepen your […]
A Learner’s Guide to Mastering Forgiveness (When It is Bloody Hard)
Embodying forgiveness is difficult at times; our mind knows that resentment is a cancerous aspect of the ego, but our heart refuses to let it go. When I am struggling with it, I guide myself with these ideas. Of course, these ideas are not apps that we can click and make us forgive immediately. As […]