‘Insha’Allah‘ is a word I heard growing up from the Muslims I interacted with who were either friends of my family, school or college mates and later colleagues. It’s a lovely word that means ‘if God so wills it’. And yet, it’s not a word that has any fatalistic tones…
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Diamonds Fish and Wealth
A friend of mine gave us a small silver bowl for as a wedding gift. I haven’t got it valued, but I’m certain it costs a lot with silver prices being what they are. She explained to me that their family tradition was to give wedding gifts of land, gold or…
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Excuses Begone #MondayMusings
No. This is not a review of Wayne Dyer’s Excuses Begone! although I am going to share with you something from that a little later. This post was sparked off by an article I read in the June 2015, Reader’s Digest, called ‘Dear Teacher,’. The articles has some priceless excuses written…