This year I decided to participate in a well-known Muslim practice known as Ramadan. Ramadan is a celebratory Holiday that is observed during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. During Ramadan Islamic practitioners, referred to as Muslims, fervently partake in four of the five pillars of Islam: Shahada- the profession of faith, Salat- prayer, […]
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The other day a coworker asked me “Do you smoke?” I said nothing. She looked at me in disbelief “YOU DONT SMOKE?!” she exclaimed ridden in judgment. A tone I’d gotten when I would tell people “I don’t drink.” “Because I don’t want to” was never a good enough answer. So, I started telling people
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This year I decided to participate in a common Catholic/Christian practice known as Lent. According to an article written by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: “Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It’s a period of preparation
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“It’s difficult to trek a journey with so many bags. You get one backpack to carry on this journey. Discern what goes in the bag and what gets set free.” I remember the first time I felt so overwhelmed with my woes that I googled “how to let go.” I had been separated from my
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“Anxiety is described as a sense of uneasiness, nervousness, worry, or fear of what’s about to happen or what might happen.” I woke up feeling rejected. I’d sprung from a dream in which I desired affection from someone I love, and they would not reciprocate. I woke up feeling nervous. I had court, and even
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As my 25th birthday began to approach, I saw myself seeking guidance from any and everyone considered elder to me; if even by a month. The overarching question on my mind: how did you feel when you were turning 25? A quarter of a century. Something about its approach was giving me a sense of
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Yesterday as I lay offerings of chicken soup dinner at one of the altars, I asked my ancestors, Orisha, and Spirit for guidance by way of a dream. I asked if it would be in my best interest to revive a certain relationship. When I woke up I remembered a voice telling me “When you
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