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Contentment Isn’t So Bad After All

A Brief Look at Contentment and Motivation from Different Perspectives — When Two Extremes Meet: Alexander the Great Meets Diogenes In Western culture people sometimes tend to think of contentment as a synonym for complacency, as an erosion of self-improvement and motivation. Ambition becomes a vehicle through which we reach the final destination of our goals and dreams. …

Psychology

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Contentment Isn’t so Bad After All
Contentment Isn’t so Bad After All
Psychology

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Published in Oceans of Ink

·Jun 13, 2021

Reviewing Reopening Muslim Minds

What happened to Islam? — “In the Qur’án do not thou, O son, regard (only) the exterior: the Devil regards Adam as naught but clay. The exterior of the Qur’án is like a man's person, for his features are visible, while his spirit is hidden.” -Rumi Foul Play Imagine you grew up on an island where animals…

Religion

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Reviewing Reopening Muslim Minds
Reviewing Reopening Muslim Minds
Religion

11 min read


Published in ILLUMINATION

·Jan 18, 2021

5 Reasons Why Americans Should Consider Working Overseas

Whether you are a recent American graduate looking for work or an American frustrated with the high cost of living in America, you should consider working overseas. I have done it myself, and, speaking from experience, I highly recommend it for certain people. …

Teaching Abroad

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5 Reasons Why Americans Should Consider Teaching Overseas
5 Reasons Why Americans Should Consider Teaching Overseas
Teaching Abroad

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Published in Oceans of Ink

·Jan 13, 2021

Reviewing White Too Long

What a personal relationship with Jesus means — When browsing the library I like to start with the new books in front of the counter. Lo and behold there was Robert Jones’ White Too Long, an over two hundred page evaluation of the legacy of white supremacy in American Christianity. I licked my lips, checked it out, and…

Religion

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Part 1: Reviewing White Too Long
Part 1: Reviewing White Too Long
Religion

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Published in Without Borders

·Dec 11, 2020

Luring Remote Workers

How three states are approaching this — Across America remote workers are being lured away from the nation’s largest metropolitan cities. Some cities have been doing this for well over a year now, seeking to stop the increasing yearly exodus of its educated population, whereas others have started doing this as a result of COVID-19 and a…

Remote Work

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Luring Remote Workers
Luring Remote Workers
Remote Work

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Published in Change Your Mind Change Your Life

·Dec 2, 2020

Little Acts of Kindness

A Reflection — Seeds of Kindness Similar to how we may take continental drift for granted, we may take little acts of kindness for granted too since these movements through space and time are so subtle and small. Worst of all we may become incognizant of their existence even though they are happening all around us…

Psychology

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Little Acts of Kindness
Little Acts of Kindness
Psychology

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Published in Oceans of Ink

·Oct 29, 2020

Discussing Qur’an 4.34

On the Subject of Wife Beating — Introduction “How do you treat women?” “You treat them well, don’t you?” “You don’t require women to cover their faces, do you?” “You don’t beat women, do you?” Maybe you have heard questions like these before when getting to know someone for the first time because you are a Muslim or…

Islam

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Discussing Qur’an 4.34
Discussing Qur’an 4.34
Islam

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Published in Oceans of Ink

·Aug 21, 2020

Rumi’s Greatest Miracle

Rumi is known as one of the top best-selling poets in America and Britain. This seems paradoxical in America where Muslims are viewed in a much more negative light than other religious groups, especially by Evangelicals.¹ He lived and died a Muslim during the Middle Ages and quotes or alludes…

Rumi

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Rumi’s Greatest Miracle
Rumi’s Greatest Miracle
Rumi

4 min read


Apr 11, 2019

cactus buffalo

let’s play cactus buffalo her long hair the breeze sighs in; her plump lips the sunlight holds onto all things ask for her to grow little warriors are creeping low, eyeing their target — her faceless doll draped in navy blue let’s play cactus buffalo the shooters release their arrows…

Poetry

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cactus buffalo
cactus buffalo
Poetry

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Published in Oceans of Ink

·Aug 11, 2018

Putting Away Childish Things

“When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.” -1 Corinthians 13.11 Evil Spirits Are Lurking Everywhere? The Southern Baptist preacher seized his handkerchief, patted his forehead, and beat the drenched piece of…

Christianity

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Putting Away Childish Things
Putting Away Childish Things
Christianity

8 min read

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