Sumaira McCloud

Stop comparing your life to all your peers! We all do it. Everyone has taken a little more time on social media scrolling endlessly through someone’s feed just making up all kinds of (great) assumptions from the visual life presented. STOP! You must always only compete with your own self because no other person will ever have gone through your struggles in life. Age doesn’t mandate where you should be in life. Trust in your path and make healthy changes to be a happier you. Easiest tip: Make a list of things that you do regularly. Make a second list of things that make you happy. Adjust accordingly. You’re welcome! Don’t take offense. It’s easy to read, see, or hear something and instantly go into defense mode as if you’re the only person of your race/religion/job/background that must go fight for your rights! An all Caucasian family will never understand how it is to grow up in America as a first generation Indian, Latin, or Middle Eastern etc etc etc person. And yo

Even though it's twenty-fifteen I'm witnessing things I cannot believe Americans are fearful of Muslim citizens So many lies are continuously on CNN "The teleprompter says it- so it must be so true" ...Except for the fact that it's incredibly far from actual truth People use words to justify their actions They throw in the word religion- but it doesn't make it accurate All kinds of terrorists come in multiple different races- Religion, political party, and all kinds of faces It's easy to avoid what you simply do not know about but please educate yourself before you start to shout The word Islam itself means to surrender, it's about peace But you wouldn't know that if you only see what is on Fox TV I can easily go kill a dog and say it's "in the name of Islam" but does that make it true? No, not even a little Any evil person can say or do what they want but hate THAT one person, not an entire population of inno

Relationships of all kind have always been of huge importance to me. As I get older, I sadly have to accept the reality of change . Change isn't always a bad thing, but it's often difficult to adjust to when you had no choice in the matter. For example, as I get older, more and more dear friends move away and start their lives in cities hundreds of miles away. I miss them, all of them, but it isn't terrible. I'm learning distance makes the heart grow fonder and the times we spend together (now) are more meaningful, less drama involved (cause, really, who has time for that?) and it's sincerely a new appreciation of the person, the friendship, and the love. I don't like being hundreds of miles away, but, I have no choice in the decision. So, I have two options. Pout and continue to be upset about it or accept reality and learn the new ways to maintain a friendship. Here's what I've learned matters when someone you love is no longer down the str