I turned around and saw his disappointed face. I wanted so much to wipe his tears away. Every tear drop was a pain in his heart. It was so immense that it took a while for me to finally get a grip of myself. I know I could not be much help but to stare [...]

He loved to run – the best little runner in the neighbourhood. He could outdo his two older brothers; they were fast, but he always took the lead. And he could skate as fast as he could run – even faster. His first skates were second-hand bob skates, tied tightly with thin leather straps across [...]

When time ask for us to decide; things seem too difficult to discern. Sometimes we wanted to escape, living everything behind. Escaping somehow is the easiest way to do; but we know that reality will always hunt us wherever we go. To decide important parts in life; seems breaking us apart.  It stops our heart to [...]

  “I always knew it.  This has confirmed what I have felt all along.  My son is special.  He is here for a reason.  God will not let him leave his work incomplete.”  The elegantly dressed lady epitomized poise and courage. I listened in silence.  There is little one can say in such a situation.  [...]

Long ago in a far away land there lived a powerful king who wanted to wield the source of all power. He summoned all his wise men to advice him and assist him to this end. At the caucus, the wisest of the wise men pondered upon this great opportunity and rose to say that [...]

by sethi When I was a little girl, my Mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long hard day at work. On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage and extremely [...]

All I have to say right now is to believe in yourself. Life isn’t easy and it can be tremendously difficult but having hope that you will succeed will put you on the right track. You have all that you need inside of you. Go ahead and search your soul; its there. If you can’t tell what [...]

My story begins when I moved from Virginia, USA, to the United Arab Emirates at the age of almost seven. As a new school year started, there came new phases in my short-lived life. I am originally Pakistani, and students of my age began to critisize my heritage. Rude comments and ignorant foul-mouthed insults would [...]

Till college, the life is predefined. Pre-school, school and then college. It’s a foundation for the life ahead. After college, when the world around us seems to change, the people who are exactly like us and with us all the time change. When I saw the world around me change, I didn’t want to know [...]

Since she was young all she heard were the sounds of destruction. She dreamed of a world where demons had taken over. A world without a Savior and a world of hell. This world, in her dreams, is full of hardship and disappointment; Its full of greed, anger and hatred. Its similar to the life she [...]