The power of Friday

Today I was due to go to a conference for work and take my son for his first day at school. Before I went away I was poisoned with all the Toxicity of life and decided that the conference was more important than my son. What is really interesting for me is that during the first few days of Nichehero I kept talking about how I wanted to keep my job, and that I could apply all the learning and these skills to my work and then just continue to excel and be amazing and be their hero. . .

Man, I got a lesson or 2! During the programme I realised what was really important in life and no matter how much we try and deny it (yes deny it!) Allah is the provider. So why did I want a successful career and make all those sacrifices for my own kids, to make a difference to the lives of others? One of the most profound lessons I learned, which may be hard for those reading this to digest is that there are difficult choices to make in life and often the hardest ones are those where you have to be selfish.

Today, I have spent much of the day reflecting on the jummah salat I attended last Friday- it was truely awesome and mashaAllah I was in the best of company. Today, I am at home just wishing I was back there, but you know what there will be others and the power of Friday is to have hope and be decisive inshaAllah.

The noise of life

Today I am going to work from home. I have a few key things I need to get done, but I am feeling so lost. How can that be when I know where I am? I am on the roundabout of life and not sure of where I will get off. Two of the exits have names and I dont know how many others there are or what they are called. The real test comes from the noise on the roundabout- its like there are massive roadworks and we are all distracted by the noise. So how will I stop listening to this? That will be a real challenge but perhaps just allowing some of the noise through is the answer.

How do you stop listening to all the noise?