You yourself are your own barrier – rise from within it.

Books had rescued me when i most needed saving… Books were smarter than me and words inspired me… to try something new, charge forward without a clear understanding of what would happen next, because “given...

I’m a spiritual person, she said. “I believe in Allah, you know, though I don’t always call It ‘Allah’ and I pray the way I want to pray. Sometimes I just look out at the...