Some roads you need to take alone!

I no🌈 1292 – Wednesday, 9 October 2024 23:33

London

It’s been a long day, so I need to head to bed soon. I’m aiming to hit the gym tomorrow morning before work. I checked the schedule for the abs class—it’s from 7:20 to 8:00 AM, and hopefully, I’ll make it. I spent some time reading about finances and flats, and the time just flew by.

I woke up early today with nothing but my mom’s CT scan appointment on my mind. It’s so hard to process and believe that my dear, loving, and caring mother was diagnosed with breast c****r just last week. I can’t even bring myself to say the word. I wish the radio, news, media, and TV would stop mentioning it altogether. It feels like, somehow, when you constantly hear it everywhere—from social media to every other channel—it eventually finds its way into your own life.

She’s going to have surgery soon, and Dad and my older sister are there with her as her carers. I love them so much and really wish I could be there too.

All I could do this morning was sit, pray, and get up to log into work on time, trying to stay focused and avoid distractions. It was tough knowing my family was at a three-hour appointment, and I kept wondering why it was taking so long. But I stayed at my desk for most of the day, doing my best to keep going.

Logged off work at 17:25 and took a nap to 10 min alarm, then went for a run, all the way from Picadilly by Horse Guards Parade, Westminster Cathedral on the left, Church Street, then past Lambeth Bridge on my left up to Vauxhall Bridge crossed the river to another side by MI5, then Albert Embankment, Covid memorial wall on my right, took the stairs up to Westminster bridge, cross Parliament square, by rear side of Downning street, ran back home 45 minutes..

I went straight home, meditated for 10 minutes on 40 Alham, and then started cooking. My brother called from the Middle East to catch up, and we ended up talking for over an hour about our day. Now, I’m sitting down to write before heading to bed.

Around the world today –

• Middle eastern war – Israel’s invasion intensifies in south-west Lebanon

• Russia invading Ukraine – It’s cost Ukraine enormous effort and a huge toll to resist Russia’s invading army for what’s fast approaching 1,000 days.

• USA: Catastrophic Hurricane Milton is expected in Florida.

3 things I felt grateful for today –

• Grateful that the task I’ve been working on all week is finally nearing completion.

• Grateful I went for a run this evening; otherwise, I felt like I might lose my mind.

• Grateful I’ve finished some writing, and now I can go to bed with peace of mind.

What would it take for me—and I know you’d want to join as well—to send a ton of love, gratitude, compassion, healing energy, and light to my dear mother for her full healing and recovery? Let’s also extend that same love and care to all the mothers on this planet and, if there are others out there, to mothers across the entire universe…

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Goodnight, good luck!

Ash Khaleem