You can’t say ‘Happy new year’ during a genocide, can you? So, it’s a strange feeling these days. Specially at this end of the world. Look at it from any perspective, from any angle. In such situations, when there are too many dichotomies around me, I need to have a one-on-one chat with myself. ‘Where …
Today, I’m living in a world where my eyes see, but still it is hard to believe. I don’t want to spoil your mood immediately, so I’ll share a ‘good’ unbelievable story first. A few months ago, I saw my female cocker spaniel Duchess actually feeding kittens of a stray tabby. The mother had suddenly …
This is life in todays’ world. It has been a roller coaster time for all. I’m sure you will connect with me, no matter where you are living and which place in life you are. Things are quite topsy turvy. This post is an amalgamation of the good, the bad and the ugly; both in …
Conventional cancer treatment is very expensive, and very unpleasant to go through. The treatment itself can feel as if it will kill you! Still, as I write, it is the most effective treatment for cancer. Hopefully, in time, some new scientific invention will get rid of the chemotherapy. However, not everyone can afford this treatment, …
. How can this book on My Cancer Journey be completed without touching upon the factors that caused it, in the first place. In fact, throughout the time you are undergoing cancer treatment, you are asking yourself, ‘where did I go wrong?’ and ‘how could I get it?’ I didn’t smoke, drink, or even had …
Once cancer has struck one’s body, you become so focused on it, that you forget that other parts of your body may also be needing attention. We need to realize that this body has taken a lot of beating, while the treatment was on. It is time now, to also give attention to other part of our body, to stay fit.
Honestly, it is our choices and decisions that make us what we are today. So, we must choose wisely. Develop the instinct to make right harmonizing choices. Not choices that take us in all directions. But choices that combine to make a wholesome life for ourselves.
Oops! Six months of this year are already gone. It is time to do some self-analysis. So, stop. Stop whatever you (and I) are doing, and let us re-align ourselves to check if we are moving in the right direction. It is like saying, ‘I want to go to Karachi this year.’ And you are …
It is important to come to terms with one’s stage in life. To value and appreciate all that we have been blessed with. No one can remain twenty five years old, all their lives. Birthdays are milestones to be acknowledged and put into perspective. Here is my take on my sixty sixth birthday. This was just before My birthday. Actually, I had a blast on my big day, my friends and family gave me a great time. Alhamdolillah. More on that in my next post.
