A Reflection on My Academic Journey This milestone may seem small to some, but to me, it’s monumental. Tackling this challenge wasn’t a...

Individualism is a death nail in society for exclusive self interest can extremely handicap your community and family in dire times of...

Through the Eyes of Grace By Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar Why is it so easy to spot someone’s faults, yet so hard to notice their virtues?...

Clair de Lune’s Reflection By Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar You’re as enchanting as Clair de Lune’s soft serenade a melody that cradles the...

EKG: Echoes of Kindness and Grace By Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar If someone hooked up a spiritual EKG to your heart, what would it reveal?...

Freedom and Famine By Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar Freedom is an interesting thing, isn’t it? We talk about it as though it’s the ultimate...

Don’t Let the World Steal Your Glow By Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar Life’s not always kind, is it? Some days, it’s like walking through a...

The Wild Whisper of Wisdom: Lessons from Nature’s Masters By Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar If you ever stop long enough to notice, nature is...

When You've Done All You Can By Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar I know the kind of tears that carve rivers into your face the ones that spill...

The Silent Drain of Social Media: Protecting Our Life Energy By Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar We’ve all been there. You open up your phone,...

When Life Makes You Look Up By Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar Here’s the thing we don’t really see how good we’ve got it until life yanks the...

The Many Roads to Seven By Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar I’ve met a lot of people in life who hold on tight to the idea that they’re always...

Objects in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear By Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar You ever notice how the smallest things in life carry the...

The Gift Hidden in Rejection By Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar Rejection hurts. Not in some distant, poetic way, but in a way that grabs you and...

The True Success of Real Friendship By Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar Success is a word we’ve overused and, honestly, misunderstood. Most...

The Grass May Be Greener, but Check the Water Bill by Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar You ever hear about that ancient myth where the earth rides...

The Gift of Staying Afloat By Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar Here’s something fascinating: water, the lifeblood of our existence, is mentioned...

Outrunning Life’s Cheetah By Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar I was flipping through channels the other day and landed on the Discovery Channel....

Putting Our Dis-ease in Remission By Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar There’s a heaviness that creeps into our lives when we’re out of sync when...

Purifying Our Conversations: A Call to Lift Each Other By Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar There’s a quiet toxin in the air, and no, I’m not...