Author: afzal

  • You’re Just Another Part of Me – Part 3

    With time, I’ve learned to live with you. Although always discomforted by your presence, you’ve become something familiar, someone I know, someone I can count on. Today, you’re just another part of me. It is during my prayers that I’ve come to appreciate you the most. You’ve taught me resilience, patience, and the value of…

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  • You’re Just Another Part of Me – Part 2

    We were together at the office, as I worked my way through what seemed to be an endless stream of emails every day. You accompanied me to my meetings, and even joined in on my one-to-one conversations. And yes, you were present even in the most confidential discussions. At home, you never left my side,…

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  • You’re Just Another Part of Me – Part 1

    You are the first one to greet me when I open my eyes in the morning. Like clockwork, you arrive instantly and make it clear that you are here to stay. You bring with you a familiar feeling that I can always count on. As routines, no matter how easy or hard, bring certainty in…

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  • Bright Stars

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    Bright stars, why do they disappear?What happened to me, everybody asks.Searching for myself, I’m wandering around.Why am I nowhere to be found? Seeking myself, on these paths.Not sure why, i feel I’m drifting away Why do all dreams shatter?Why do they part their ways? What happened, did you ever pause to think?Who am I, and…

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  • Moments in Time

    It is true, it feels like time is running fast – and continuously accelerating. Until everything becomes a blur in the past, and we never again get to glance in that window. I keep trying to immortalize past moments by the click of a shutter, and my experiences – my state of mind – by…

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  • End of the Day

    I hope you get to relax a little after all the chores are done for the day. After all the emails are attended to, or at least the ones that are burning bright with today’s colors. After dinner and dessert. Even after the prayers in the dark. Snuggled up in the corner of the couch,…

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  • Balance

    As for the earth, We spread it out and placed upon it firm mountains, and caused everything to grow there in perfect balance (Quran 15:19) — English by Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

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  • When We Walked Together

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    For a long while I walkedwith you by my sideonly to realizethat our paths will never cross Enjoy the viewmy friendthis is allyou will ever have

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  • Eid-Al-Fitr Mubarak 2022

    Another Ramadan has come and gone. A sure sign of the relentless passing of time. As always, it’s been a time of trials and tribulations. Of sincere prayers and deep reflections. A time of lucid late evenings and tired early mornings. And, as always, a time of failure and of success. Today, on the eve…

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  • Thanks

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    Thanks for sharing all your stories, big and small. Thanks for always coming through, and for surprising me when I least expect it. Thanks for your patience even in moments of stress. Thanks for always trying, and for your friendship.

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