A reflection on how our efforts and faith in God come together to shape our lives, inspired by psychology and Islamic teachings.
Author: Salma Daboul
Silent Talks
Two opposing words yet it makes sense to combine them. Silence is the absence of sound, and talk is a type of communication which involves trading of thoughts. The concept of social life is already weird. Bonds get to form while others get broken; much like how atoms join together. Only you stays with you…
Just a Dream
I have yet dreamt of you again, how dare I forget? Reflecting on my exhausting day at work while studying at a coffee shop, it clicked. How dare I forget? You were in the back of my mind when I’ve been asked if I had a dream today… You were nothing but a foggy thought,…
Reflection of Mental Health
Car tires come with limited amount of rubber for traction and friction to keep the car from slipping. The more the car drives the more that rubber wears off. The limit is when it becomes dangerous when tires are smooth. Dangerous enough for the tires to explode. Likewise, our mental health needs regular maintenance. If…
Daily Life with Philosophy
Each day can be different or the same as the other, but how we decided on our perspective in perceiving will surely effect our overall happiness and conviction. This could be in a way viewed in Cognitive Behavior Therapy, but the root of it is really philosophy. Philosophy not only can improve our perspective, but…
Sorry For Raising Your Hopes Up
Sorry for not meeting my own expectations of how I should act and be like. Sorry for spending those long silent times without coming up for a conversation. Sorry for not always being there when you need me. Sorry for ignoring all your messages and your calls. Sorry for not confronting and expressing my problems….
Colonizing Disability
From what we have witnessed history-wise is that the colonizer always tries to make the colonized people forget their mother-tongue-language and adopt the colonizer’s language. Such mentality of having the need of others to accommodate their own lives in order to fit the liking of one’s opinion is quite backward. Just like a kid that…
Confronting Future
Problem solving is a skill obtained throughout life in order to survive. The better the approach, the easier life becomes. Confrontation is one of the ways of solving problems, and I see it as facing personal obstacles vis-a-vis in order to achieve internal peace. Throughout childhood, it was very easy to go around the confrontation…
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