The Playtime Council: Time to Potty
Jun 21, 2020
Five teddies. One potty. This could be interesting… … More The Playtime Council: Time to Potty
Author: Yacoob
I'm a writer, blogger, husband and father. Writing is my passion, and sharing beneficial knowledge and insights has been a pillar of my life for many years. I blog at dreamlife.wordpress.com.
How Poetry Can Change Your Heart: takeaways and reminders
Jun 17, 2020
A little book with a big impact. Give it a try. … More How Poetry Can Change Your Heart: takeaways and reminders
Run
Jun 14, 2020
Rekindle that wild, uninhibited freedom;
where the world is an open plain,
and your only barrier
is shortness of breath,
and tiredness of legs.
No thinking.
No worrying.
No concern for what might happen
if you fail to pace yourself
or control your path. … More Run
Complex Colours
Jun 12, 2020
There’s beauty all around us – even in the tiniest details. All we have to do is look closely enough – with eyes and hearts that are open to seeing beyond our routines… … More Complex Colours
Overload
Jun 4, 2020
It’s hard to stop. And it’s hard to see this for what it is: an addiction. A craving – a compulsion – that none of us asked for, yet it crept into us as we went along with the modern world’s frantic evolution of communication technology.
We see the older generations as backwards. Not with the times. Struggling to operate a BlackBerry, or some other dated relic from the technological dark ages just five years ago. They’re not constantly communicating. They’re out of the loop. … More Overload
Old Soul
May 29, 2020
Life was never “too short”
to this old soul
in a no-longer-young body.
Feeling the immense weight – the passing moments
even from my early 20s;
an age of youthful vigour –
yet those years were prolonged… … More Old Soul
Behind the Book: Part 7 – Paper rules
May 28, 2020
From e-book to print, and what comes next…this wraps up the series detailing the story of my book, “Let it Flow”. … More Behind the Book: Part 7 – Paper rules
Eid Mubarak
May 22, 2020
When this month leaves you, please honour it by making an intention to take forward its gifts to you – even if it’s just *one* action, habit, conscious thought, change of perspective….*something*. An intention to make that one thing a permanent fixture in your life. … More Eid Mubarak
Let it Flow: One Year On
May 13, 2020
Can we really change the world?
Or are we waiting for our new heroes?
Our new revolutionaries?
Malcolm, Dr King, Ali, Mandela…all historical figures to us now.
But have their struggles really come to an end? … More Let it Flow: One Year On
It’s OK
May 5, 2020
It’s OK
if you don’t feel the spirit of Ramadaan this time around.
If your nights are filled not with the standing in prayer,
but instead standing washing dishes…
getting what little spirituality you can
from a YouTube lecture you otherwise wouldn’t take in
amidst the activities of the rest of life. … More It’s OK
slip-sliding away..... 