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The Last Letter from My Grandfather. Content Warning.
When my grandfather passed away, I felt nothing but emptiness. He was always quiet, never told stories, and I assumed he had taken all his thoughts with him. But one week later, my mother handed me an old envelope hidden inside a drawer. What I read in that letter broke me — and rebuilt me at the same time.
By Qasim khan8 months ago in BookClub
The letter that changed everything
Tania was 28, and from the outside, everything looked perfect. She worked as a customer relationship officer at a prestigious bank in Lahore. Her hair was always tied neatly, her heels clicked with authority, and her phone buzzed constantly with updates, approvals, and balance sheets. Her family was proud. Society approved. She was “settled.”
By Shehzad khan8 months ago in BookClub
Power of I AM
Note: For the TL;DR please go the final paragraph. “The Power of I Am: Two Words That Will Change Your Life Today,” (2016) by Joel Osteen is a self-help book which presents Positive Thinking as a Christian principle. Positive Thinking is the idea that our words or thoughts manifest into reality. For Osteen, these thoughts are “I am” statements which “will bring either success or failure,” (1) because “whatever you follow the “I am” with, you’re…giving it permission to be in your life.” (2). Osteen presents this idea as a Christian principle by using Bible passages, and writes that when your “I Am”s align with ‘who God says you are’ you “invite the goodness of God,” (7). Despite this affirmation of belief, a closer examination of Osteen’s message reveals disconnects from core Christian teachings.
By Judah LoVato8 months ago in BookClub
Every Mirror in This House Lies Differently
The first time I noticed something wrong with the mirrors was the day after my mother’s funeral. I was brushing my teeth in the upstairs bathroom, the one she always kept too clean, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw her. Not her ghost or some shadowy presence — no, it was her, alive and vibrant, humming some old song while brushing her hair, just like she did every night.
By Zohaib Khan8 months ago in BookClub
True Crime Book Club: "Bringing Down the House" by Ben Mezrich. Content Warning.
Synopsis: Real life all too rarely offers stories that are quite as satisfying as fiction. Bringing Down the House is one of the exceptions- a real-life action thriller oozing with money, sex and some extremely dodgy dealing... Cheating in casinos is illegal; card-counting - making a record of what cards have so far been dealt to enable the player to make some prediction of what cards remain in the deck - is not. But casinos understandably dislike the practice and make every effort to keep card-counters out of their premises. Bringing Down the House tells the true story of the most successful financial scam ever, in which teams of brilliant young mathematicians and physicists won millions of dollars from the casinos and blackjack tables of Las Vegas, in the process getting drawn into the high life of drugs, sex and spending big. Bringing Down the House is an insight into a closed, excessive and utterly corrupt world of gambling in Las Vegas.
By Kristen Barenthaler8 months ago in BookClub
A Sociological Perspective
In every society, people are often judged by their income, job titles, or educational qualifications. However, there is another kind of classification that goes deeper than wealth or degrees — the mental class. A person’s mental class is defined by their thought patterns, daily habits, emotional behavior, and moral outlook. It is not about what you own, but how you think and act.
By Muhammad Suliman khan8 months ago in BookClub
The Man Who Collected Silence
No one ever noticed Mr. Yusuf. Every morning, he left his quiet apartment on the top floor of an aging brick building in the heart of the city, a city that never stopped humming. With a wool coat too big for his shoulders and a little leather notebook always in his hands, he drifted through the crowd like smoke—seen by many, remembered by none.
By Zohaib Khan8 months ago in BookClub
When the World Breaks Your Heart: Finding Meaning in Pain Through Islam's Eyes
You wake up to news that tightens your chest. A loved one is sick. The job you desperately needed slips away. Headlines scream of suffering in distant lands, echoing a personal ache you carry silently. That heavy question, whispered in the dark hours or shouted at the sky, inevitably surfaces: "Why? Why does this hurt so much? Why Suffering Exists? 😥" If you’ve ever felt that raw confusion, that sense of the world cracking under the weight of pain, know you’re not wandering alone. Islam offers a profound, deeply human perspective on this universal ache – not just an explanation, but a companion for the journey.
By Eternal Wisdom8 months ago in BookClub
The Heavy Math We Carry: Unpacking "The Zero Equation of Judgement Day"
You know that feeling? Standing in the grocery line, tapping your foot, watching the person ahead fumble with coupons, their cart overflowing. A tiny voice whispers: "Seriously? Could they be any slower?" Or scrolling online, seeing someone’s seemingly perfect vacation photos, and that familiar pang: "Must be nice. Must be so easy for them." Or worse, looking in the mirror after a rough day, and the internal critic launches its daily broadcast: "You messed up again. Why can’t you just…?"
By Eternal Wisdom8 months ago in BookClub
The Tug-of-War Inside Us All: Is Your Destiny Written, or Yours to Grab?
You know that feeling? Standing at a crossroads – maybe it’s quitting a soul-crushing job, finally saying "I love you," or just choosing between the safe route and the wildly uncertain one. A voice whispers, "Maybe this is just how it’s meant to be." Another fires back, "But what if I choose differently?" That internal wrestling match – Destiny: Written or Choice? – isn’t just philosophy; it’s the soundtrack to our most pivotal moments.
By Eternal Wisdom8 months ago in BookClub
