Taha Ghayyur

Support. Care. Understanding. These are the most powerful ways that you can personally assist a person suffering with depression, which is perhaps the most misunderstood mental health problem in our community. 

I am concerned that with limited resources that creative people and media organizations have in our community, a couple of generations of Muslims would miss out on entertaining programs that educate and engage to produce confident, caring, and contributing Muslim citizens and leaders.

Negativity and pessimism engulf us today. It’s like air we breathe. Throughout the day, you are bombarded with anxieties. It’s easy to become depressed, and lose sight of the bigger picture.

Every day is filled with wonderful opportunities to tell the special person in your life, how grateful you are for this relationship. Here are some simple ways to shower your husband or wife with well-deserved appreciation everyday.

Whether you consider yourself a positive, easy-going person or a demanding, hard to please person, these tips can help you become a more grateful, caring, and content individual.

"We still have half an hour to the next prayer"

"I can start the assignment next week"

"The early bird deadline is tomorrow. Insha Allah, I will try to purchase them soon"

"Last minute Eid shopping is so exciting!"

These are some examples of excuses we make to put off important responsibilities and tasks to a later time. This is called procrastination, which is usually accompanied by shifting our focus to some other distraction.

We all feel bad "wasting" time. We realize time spent on trivial things makes us lazy and unproductive. However, many of us fail to visualize the long-term consequences of killing time on futile matters, both in this world and the world that awaits us.