Sonya Syed

Every so often life shows us different paths and out of those many paths we need to choose one way, and that one way will be the determining factor for the quality of our entire life.  Today I feel as if I am standing at the junction of two points where one leads to the right way and other leads to total chaos. Its similar to when we graduate from school and are required to select our college. Sometimes right and wrong are not written in black and white, and you fear that what might look right to you could be very wrong for somebody else. I wish that God would just give us a manual where everything is pre-written and all we need to do is go to the index and get our solution. With all the education, intelligence and experience you have- it is strange that you don’t know your way. Nevertheless, I think this is the beauty of life, this is the magnificent opportunity given to us by Allah to strengthen our connection with Him. And when you put your trust in Him, He ...

My deepest condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones in this earthquake. May Allah give the departed souls eternal peace and best place in Jannah, and bestow His Mercy and solace upon the ones who are grieving their loss. Thankfully, with the Grace of God Karachi and other parts of Sindh and Baluchistan have remained safe even with such huge magnitude of earthquake. These are the moments when you feel most uncertain about your existence and your heart is gripped with fear and anxiety of the unknown. What to say in such times is still unknown to me, there are no right words that could express the true feelings. However, with the kind of atrocities prevalent in our state today this earthquake should not really come as a surprise. Sacred places of worship are bombed regularly taking hundreds of innocent lives, small children are brutally molested, arms and bullets are cheaper than vegetables, and corruption of every kind is circulating with the blo...

Aah wait! Don’t worry I am not going to write about this infamous song but I have to say something else. I have heard this many times, sometimes with believe, but often as old age tradition transferred to us by grandmothers. Nazar or evil eye is the most commonly used and believed concept in Muslims, Hindus, and many other cultures around the world. I always thought that there could be some authenticity in this or may be its just our fear based thinking, until yesterday. I had the most severe headache for two days with back pain and tension in my cervical. There wasn’t any physical symptom, just unknown depressive feelings or extreme anxiety attacks. I went for acupressure & reiki to ease myself because I couldn’t think of anything else. For some reason I couldn’t stop thinking what my teacher once told me, ‘rinse yourself from head to toe with rock salt (lahori namak) or simple salt, and then wash off the salt with plain water. This will clean y...

I cannot believe as to how many times I have deleted and re-written this post, nothing worth mentioning was coming to mind. However, today I feel that I am in much better state so let’s begin. Today is a very important day for Pakistan in many respects, first it is the death anniversary Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. A great leader, extraordinary lawyer and a politician- who gave us the vision, strength and the motivation to have a beautiful country Pakistan. Although I am not sure as to what extent, we as a nation have been able to take care of this precious gift. When I think of those hundreds of thousands of people who gave their lives, their wealth, their children and innumerable sacrifices so that today we can live as an independent nation with dignity and pride- I feel ashamed. Where we have come today from that passionate spirit to poverty & misery. When we talk about Quaid-e-Azam we all wish that it would have been a blessing for if he could have liv...

Feel so sleepy that I can doze off right here and now, but a commitment is a commitment. I feel bad for not being able to take pictures this morning of the beautiful surroundings that I was in.  After a long time I woke up at 5 am and stayed awake for the rest of the morning to complete some pending work. I must say it was a fulfilling experience; the green trees, the light blue sky and the beautiful soft wind were breathtaking. What a blessing it is to be able to see and feel nature. I love early morning as this is the time when I am at my best, that is if I am able to stay awake. Today was a very fast paced day, I was doing one thing after another and thankfully everything was well taken care off. I hope I didn’t bore you guys with my yesterday’s post, I couldn’t help it. I was seeing so much health issues that I was unable to stop myself. Ok, I think I cannot continue for another moment because already the screen is blurring due to sleepiness. Me signing ...