Category: Being Me
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Am I Beautiful?
What defines a person’s beauty? When I searched in the thesaurus, synonyms that stood out to me were “alluring”, “appealing”, “attractive”, “lovely”, “stunning”. I began to wonder if I fall under any of these above-mentioned categories. It did bring me back to a childhood memory though – One morning, while I was walking through a…
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On Dating
I can barely remember the time when I was young and all dreamy eyed, and going on a date meant talking about the future, aspirations, who I thought I was then, who I wanted to be growing older, wondering the same things about my date, eventually planning out that future we’d spent so many hours discussing,…
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Untouchable
When there’s so much going on or even when there’s so little, I feel a certain distance build between me and everyone around me. And everything. Like I am a part of existence, and yet I am outside of it. I feel untouchable, unreachable sometimes, lacking a connect. Even if I try to listen to…
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The Universe!
I’ve been through 27 months of pregnancy – the nauseous, anxious kind and 3 crazy labour stories and none of that could add up to how sick I’ve been this last week. Unable to even sit down, tied to my bed, flat on my back was the most complicated experience I’ve lived through so far.…
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A Safer Home
I was driving through the island over the weekend and noticed flags of the UAE along the sides of certain roads. It got me disoriented for a few seconds trying to figure out which country I was in. On asking around I realized that the flags were up for the upcoming occasion of the UAE…
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Inner Voice
Sometimes outside noises are so loud, I find it hard to hear my own voice through it. I’ve been told and I’ve come to understand that when I listen to someone beyond my capacity, my voice is replaced by theirs. Once I allow that to happen, every time I need to make a decision or…
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Achieving Balance
A search for balance – this is what my life has always been about. At the end of this period of “the scales”, I would like to write about this need for balance that has constantly pushed me a certain way. When on task, I’ve always given it my all or I’ve given it nothing…
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Be The Reason
You know when they say, when you laugh the whole world laughs with you but when you cry, you cry alone? I hate it when these sayings kinda manifest in my life and I experience it first-hand. Especially the unhappy ones. The world is a hard place. The thing that I struggle with most is…
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The Infinite Process of Learning
It always catches me by surprise when I learn something new on any given day. When I was a teenager, I thought I knew it all and yet… Every time I open my mouth or open a chat box, I fear the stupidity that may leak out. I’m worried of sounding clueless or lost on…
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From Weakness to Strength
I’ve had a weird couple of weeks, which doesn’t get old because most of my weeks are weird. There’s a lot going on upstairs – in the mushy room. Two weeks ago, I’d mentioned understanding & acknowledging my weaknesses in order to be able to love myself completely. Today, I’ve been thinking about them a…
Surviving The Noise 