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Continue reading →: Avoid Deny Negate
Avoiding the truthDenying the factsNegating the realityThe path to ecstasy The illusion we createTo appease our mind and heartFrom the pain of the truthAnd the facts that are so real Can bring peaceTo a mind burdened in painUnable to find the purposeAnd the beauty of life and living Dark on…
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Continue reading →: Fifty Awesome People
(This post was originally written on May 12, 2016. It was left in the drafts and found today as I went through the drafts to delete them.) These are the most important people in my life, as I turn 50 years old. A journey that has been awesome with the…
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Continue reading →: Finding happiness
Acquaintances, coincidences Sum total of both and our thoughts Thereof, generate the elements That determine and shape our future Some thoughts make us feel good Others make us feel bad or horrible Either of these feelings make us think Thoughts that are either positive or negative It is those thoughts…
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Continue reading →: Definition of Us
Adversity and opposition Is what define us as a generation Perhaps unknown to us That we are what we despise We are so knowledgeable Of ethics and civility And rights of all sorts And the dignity of being human We are so proper So outstandingly good On stage and on…
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Continue reading →: Back after a long time
It has been a long time since I have blogged. Party due to most of my ranting being on Facebook and Twitter. Partly due to the break I took after struggling with my writers’ block and the anxiety thereof. However, I feel that the feel that the experiences that I…
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Continue reading →: Why we need not fear death
Amid the Covid-19 outbreak, we are in a time of absolute uncertainty. We have been slapped in the face with the reality, that our destiny is not in our hands. That nothing is in our hands. That we cannot be certain of what tomorrow holds. The truth is that we…
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Continue reading →: Happy Women’s Day – make a woman feel good
It is yet another Women’s Day. And I am sure the celebrations are going on everywhere. I don’t find “celebration” the right word for the occasion, because women are the most abused, marginalized, victimized – for nothing else, but just being a person of the female gender. Today, I wished…
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Continue reading →: Fear is a Lie
Fear Fear of Losing Fear of Failure Fear of Rejection Not true We know for a fact That is not true but an idea In the mind that hold us back Because You cannot lose Until you try, and No one can lose trying Failure is an attitude of mind,…
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Continue reading →: Double Standards
Wondering Where to go What to think Where to seek answers When rights Is a business Of people who know Nothing about suffering Of the ordinary people When what was An absolute right Without qualifications Need a thousand and one pages For proving the wrong In what Is so wrong…
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Continue reading →: The Madness of Peace
I know My thoughts Are confusing And nonsensical But that Is what thoughts Ought to be like, Without logic and sense And then There comes The fear of Judgement and ridicule That is when You have to censor Your thoughts into words That are sensible and acceptable To those Who…
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Continue reading →: Science of Wisdom
Clean tidy and neat A feeling of happiness And joy that resonates In the mind and through The depth of the Soul A result of A daunting detox A reluctant effort A mighty task despised But imposed by the Master Yet another example Of how little we are Aware of…
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Continue reading →: Mending the Broken Heart
I look Forward to these conversations For moments of joy Because happiness Is knowing, that you are Cherished and appreciated Not for things but who you are It is wonderful To be loved and cherished And a conversation of love Is what makes the day blossom Broken thoughts Broken hearts…
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Continue reading →: One more human rights day is gone
Day before yesterday was the Human Rights Day. It was celebrated with much fan and fervor. Being in a self imposed isolation away from the hustle and bustle of human rights and the rest of the cruelties of society, I wondered what impact this celebration will have on the lives…
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Continue reading →: Nothing about us without us
The “National Conference on Revitalizing Public Health: Working together for a Healthier Nation” – an event which will happen over the next three days in Paradise Island Resort. Perhaps, a sound public health system should lead to paradise style life. 1. I am not sure who the participants of this…
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Continue reading →: Toxic work environments
We need to teach our children and young people how to survive toxic environments. It is one of the many skills that are needed for the money-based society that we have swiveled ourselves into in the Maldives. Respect to human dignity, tolerance of those who are less fortunate, and…
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Continue reading →: From my lived experience
It has been one of those days: reflecting and giving a thought to those suffering in silence, invisible to the world around us. It is a heart breaking experience. Especially for those who have taken the journey of anxiety and depression. Nothing can teach a person about mental disability than…
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Continue reading →: What to do on mental health day
Mental health day should be about visiting a family member, relative, friend or colleague who is going through a tough time, to sit down with them and to give them dedicated quality time to listen and let them know you have heard, and respect their feelings without prejudice and judgement.…
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Continue reading →: Mental Health Day thoughts
The country is celebrating Mental Health Day today. Walking, talking, running, posting, boasting, and what not. The person who is suicidal is there in the crowd and watching. Given up on life, without any hope or meaningful purpose. The only hope for them is the deafeningly loud noise telling them…
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Continue reading →: Violent extremism in the schools of Maldives
Today I came across this amazing piece of writing, which – according to a friend, was circulating in Viber groups. The author is Mr. Ismail Shafeeu, who is said to have worked at all levels of the education sector over the past years and is currently pursuing his education further.…
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