LIFE be not proud.
DEATH be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not so, For, those, whom thou think’st, thou dost overthrow, Die not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill me. John Donne All roads lead to Johannesburg. Rome had its day and the other half have their helipads. It’s Johannesburg that’s captured the direction of the physically mobile; the gridlocked will bear testimony. Roads from Johannesburg are altogether another matter, why they exist is the bane of all philosophy. The road to Vereeniging, for instance, stretches interminably long....
Read MoreOn being a spoke in the third wheel – A clarification
> This was not meant to be an exercise in self pity, nor even a window into any piteous state I may be in. But I’ve received some concerned feedback so I’d best clarify what my thinking was. And because I’m lazy, it is a Saturday night after all; I’m copy-pasting my elucidation to Kimya: shafinaaz ur spoke in the wheel post is sad u ok? Me you’re the second person to ask me that i must clarify it’s meant to be a metaphor for growing up, independance, standing on two feet without a supporting wheel…. shafinaaz aah! eureka ...
Read MoreTen Things I’d like my unborn child(ren) to know
> I come from a family who regard reading just one newspaper a day an affront to literacy. Granddad reads three, or four on weekdays and up to six on Sundays. My mother becomes irritable if her subscriptions are delivered after the crack of dawn. When I was a baby of just a few days old, my grandfather took it upon himself to read the newspaper to me, so says my uncle. It’s something of a family tradition this reading business. I get the headlines peppered to me all day on Twitter which allows me to sound well versed in the wiles of the world, but the reality is I’ve been reading...
Read MoreWishing you all a blessed Friday.
> It has been narrated on the authority of Abdullah bin Abbas, that the prophet Muhammad( pbuh) is reported to have said : Young man, I shall teach you some words [of advice]- Be mindful of Allah, and Allah will protect you.Be mindful of Allah, and you will find Him in front of you.If you ask, ask of Allah; if you seek help, seek help of Allah. Know that if the Nation were to gather together to benefit you with anything, it would benefit you only with something that Allah had already prescribed for you, and that if they gather together to harm you with anything, they would harm you only...
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