How to control yourself, and why is it important? — Since the day we were born, we have been experiencing emotions. Slowly we realise how to inform others of our emotions. Showing anger by raising our voices, showing happiness by laughing loudly or smiling. Showing sadness by lowering your voice or not speaking at all. We find ways to communicate…

A rant on the negative affects of rap music and how it is damaging the youth — Music has changed a lot over the years. From having to buy a physical disk or a record to being able to stream any song over the past 30 years, if not more. With great demand comes great responsibility. Scarce are the houses where there is no music crazed individual. …

Should you take intelligence measures seriously? — IQ tests don’t make sense to me. The problem is the fact that there are so many determinants to intelligence. Anything at all can have a correlation to intelligence. What this makes me think is that we have no idea what intelligence is. The fact is, intelligence is a very…

Be smart, be aware — You’re a house; I am a house. We both are eternally inhabited houses, and only we live in them. The mind is a powerful tool but no one said it can’t be deceiving. Spoiler alert — it is… Here’s the deal, we aren’t aware of our own problems. Like the…

Hold onto you, be moral, and know what you stand for — The world is an ever-changing phenomena. With constant change comes constant criticism to those who decide not to change. So, people who are stubborn tend to be hated, all the while being few. If you are in a group and that group happens to be ‘straying’ it is easy to…

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger — not quite — I suck at running. I felt lazy majority of the day which is why I had to go. I convinced him to come with me, 1–0 to me. I was all prepared for the run, nothing was going to stop me. I wore my shoes, laced them up, drank water…

Teachings of Islam and the importance of the presence of a God — Do you believe in God? And if so, do you believe that your life is better because of it? The presence of a God, I believe is essential for the emotional, physical, and spiritual faces of an individual. I believe that anyone in the world needs something to starve for…

The art of having strong opinions and being articulate Ever forgotten what would have been the argument winner during a discussion? Ever thought of something that totally made sense, but then you said it, and it really didn’t so you ended up looking stupid? Both have happened to me countless…

Some questions need to be answered — The main goal of therapy is to improve one’s life through emotional-mental support. People with mental health problems go there to work on themselves to better themselves. An extreme answer is unwanted here. You ask someone, is therapy useful, they’ll say yes, of course it is. But people are beginning…